Box Score The Warriors men's volleyball team fell to the Guelph Gryphons in straight sets (23, 20, 22) in the first annual school day game held at the PAC.  Over 1,000 elementary aged kids filled the seats of the PAC to take in the exciting OUA volleyball action.  Unfortunately for the Warriors, their 16 service errors and 22 attacking errors proved to be costly in the loss.

In the opening set, Waterloo found themselves down 15-8 but battled all the way back to take 12 of the next 17 points to make it a 20-all game.  Guelph would however take advantage of Waterloo's errors down the stretch to win the opening set 25-23. Waterloo finished the first set with 12 kills but also had nine attacking errors.

The second set again saw Guelph get out to a big lead, as the visitors jumped ahead of Waterloo 17-9.  The Warriors again showed their fight to get back into the set getting to within two but the deficit was too much for the black and gold as Guelph took a strangle hold on the match with a 25-20 second set win.

The third set looked to be going the way of the Warriors as the home side took a 14-12 lead but the next six points would go to Guelph.  The seasaw third set would continue that way as Waterloo tallied five straight points for the 19-18 lead.  The two combatants continued to go back and forth but Guelph sealed the victory, collecting the final three points to win the set 25-22 and match 3-0. 

Braden Cok (Waterloo) finished the match with a game high 13 kills while Kevin LeBreux (Cumberland) put away eight.  Cok and Matthew Mawdsley (London) each finished with four blocks in the loss. 

Nikola Dimitrijevic (Mississauga) finished the match with 32 assists while Philippe Piche (Ottawa) was solid defensively with eight digs.

For Guelph it was a pair of outside hitters doing the damage as Joshua Green and Jared Harris combined for 16 kills. 

Great crowd on hand at the PAC! Thanks to all schools who came out to watch some @OUAsport ????@guelph_gryphons @UWaterloo #goblackgogold pic.twitter.com/YOmnXoYEEK

— Waterloo Warriors (@WlooWarriors) November 10, 2016

Waterloo will be back in the PAC on Friday, November 18 to face Queen's before their final home game of the fall terms comes on Saturday against RMC.  Both games are set for 8pm and can be seen live on OUA.tv. 

Awesome energy for MVB home opener! #packedPAC @WlooWarriors @RenWALC pic.twitter.com/Qutzifut68

— Jeffrey Newell (@uwnoolie) November 10, 2016

Great crowd at @WlooWarriors vs @guelph_gryphons @OUAsport school-day game! Thanks to all the @WCDSBNewswire @wrdsb schools attending! pic.twitter.com/C0358Qpqve

— Roly Webster (@rolywebster) November 10, 2016