Box Score The Waterloo men's volleyball team got exactly the performance they were looking for from a pair of veterans in their 3-1 (26-28, 25-22, 25-21, 25-21) OUA semifinal victory over the York Lions on Friday night in Hamilton. <br /> <br />Fourth year outside hitter Zachary Doherty (Goderich) and fifth year middle Jordan Dyck (St. Catharines) brought their A games to the Burridge Gym as Waterloo erased the memory of three straight losses in OUA semifinal matches to advance to the OUA gold medal game and CIS Championship next week in Saskatoon.<br /><br />Doherty was simply unstoppable with 18 points in the contest which included 16 kills and two blocks.  He also tossed in a service ace and played tremendous defence with 14 digs.  Dyck was as impressive in the middle with eight kills but more importantly stepped up his net presence with a game high five blocks. <br /><br />After dropping the opening set, Waterloo shifted their focus to the middle attack and it seemed to catch the Lions off-guard, working time and time again.  Adding to Dyck's middle attack was another Jordan, Jordan McConkey (Stratford) who also put away eight kills.  McConkey also provided several key blocks at critical points in the game.<br /><br />Waterloo took the second set 25-22 and the match look to be heading towards 5-sets.  The Doherty attack and middle efficiency however gave Waterloo the momentum in the final two sets and they would claim both by the identical scores of 25-21.<br /><br />Also playing a key part in Waterloo's offence was Aidan Simone (London) who put away eight kills in the win while Gibson Graham (Markham) was a solid setup man with 37 assists.<br /><br />Defensively, Erich Woolley (New Dundee) was showing the OUA who the top libero is with his game high 17 digs, frustrating the Lions attack on several occasions. <br /><br />York's offence was provided mostly by Marko Dakic and Josh Henderson who put away 16 kills each.  Veteran outside hitter Ray Szeto chipped in with 12 in the loss.<br /><br />The Warriors will now face McMaster for the OUA championship title tomorrow at 8pm in Hamilton.  Both teams have already advanced to nationals next week in Saskatoon (Feb. 26-29) but OUA gold will be the goal tomorrow.<br /><br />