The Warriors took on the Western Mustangs on Saturday night in their final regular season contest of 2018. Despite falling in four sets, Waterloo has a lot of positives to take out of the match as they prepare for their OUA quarter-final match on Saturday against Ryerson at 4pm.
The Warriors took the opening set in convincing fashion, winning it 25-17 before Western came back to win the second set in lopsided fashion, 25-16.
The final two sets were a battle from both squads but the Mustangs escaped with 25-22, 27-25 victories to claim the match 3-1.
Sarina Trasolini (Vancouver/) was outstanding in the match with a team high 17 points on 15 kills and two blocks.
Claire Mackenzie (Vancouver/) and
Samantha Warner (Ayr/) were also in double digits in points with 11.5 and 11 respectively while
Serena Otshudi (Stoney Creek/) was huge at the net with six blocks.
Setting up the Warriors attack was
Claire Gagne (Cambridge/) who finished the match with 33 assists while on the defensive side, Mackenzie collected 18 digs and
Sarah Remedios (Ajax/) had 17.
For Western, it was an offensive clinic put on by Kelsey Veltman who put away a game high 30 kills in the win.
Waterloo finished the season at 8-11, good for the fourth and final playoff spot in the West and will crossover to play the top-seed Ryerson Rams from the east next Saturday in Toronto.
It will be a tough match for the black and gold against a Ryerson Rams team that went a perfect 19-0 and dropped only 11 sets all year long. Waterloo will however go in with confidence having played their top volleyball of the season their last couple of matches.
