Box Score
It was a bitter sweet night for fifth year senior
Casey Clunas (Harriston), who played her final regular season home game as a Warrior in a hard fought 3-1 loss to the McMaster Marauders on Friday night.
Clunas has had an incredible career with the black and gold and Friday was no different as the middle blocker put up 8.5 puts with five kills, three service aces and one block.
McMaster won their 13th game of the season but it didn't come without a fight from the Warriors. The Marauders won the first two sets 25-23, 25-20 before Waterloo earned the third set 25-22 thanks to strong play from
Claire Mackenzie (Vancouver),
Sammie Gwozdz (Waterloo) and Clunas. McMaster would however regain the momentum in the fourth set, winning it 25-15 to claim the match 3-1.
With the loss Waterloo falls to .500 on the season with an 8-8 record, good for fourth in the OUA west with their 16 points.
Mackenzie also had a big night with 15 points on 14 kills and one block while adding an impressive 17 digs on the defensive side.
Emily Ibbotson (Cambridge) was also strong with six kills while
Kayla Wierts (Drayton) had five.
Claire Gagne (Cambridge) finished with 29 assists in the match while libero
Sarah Remedios (Ajax) collected 12 digs.
McMaster was led by Rebecca Steckle who had 12 kills while Carly Heath was huge defensively with 22 digs.
Waterloo will now look to close out their season on a strong note after losing their last three. The Warriors battle Ryerson tonight in Toronto before closing out their season next weekend against Toronto (Friday) and Trent (Saturday).
