The men's volleyball team split a pair of road games over the weekend against the Waterloo Warriors and Guelph Gryphons.

On Friday the Lancers fell to Waterloo 3-2 (25-20, 25-23, 20-25, 20-25, 13-15) before rebounding to beat the Guelph Gryphons in three straight sets on Saturday 3-0 (25-14, 27-25, 25-22).

Against Waterloo, Windsor took control of the match in the early going with a 25-20 first set win before a spirited second set would see both teams battle for net presence.  With Windsor up 15-13, Waterloo would respond to even the score at 15 and both squads would go point for point to make it 21 all. The Lancers would notch the next three points and sneak away with a 25-23 set win.

The Warriors found a new energy in the third set that they rode over the next three matches to come from behind and take the game from the Lancers.

Harrison Oake led the Lancers with 20 points including 19 kills and one block while adding three digs in the loss.  Kyle Williamson added 15 kills with setter Will Alexander putting up 39 assists.

The next night at Guelph, the Lancers started out strong and only a few minutes into the game had already built a solid seven point lead over the Gryphons. Guelph struggled with returning Windsor's attacks. The Lancers had good line-up including outside hitter Kyle Williamson (Essex, ON) who helped lead the Lancers with 11 total kills.  The Lancers took set one 25-14.
 
Guelph came into set two ready to go, and took an early lead. Guelph put enough pressure on the Lancers to stay on top for most of the set, forcing the Lancers to call multiple time-outs to regroup.

Windsor managed to hang on and the Gryphons soon found the score tied 25-25, as the intensity rose on the court. Ultimately a failed Gryphon block led to their demise; 25-27 for the Lancers.
 
Set three was a repeat of the first, with the Gryphons encroaching on the Lancer lead. Rosser and Whitaker continued to lead the Gryphon attack, competing with Williamson, Oake, and Adam Thompson on the other side of the court.
 
The Gryphons started to make a come-back in the last minutes of the game and forcing the Lancers into a time-out when the board sat at 21-24. Guelph grabbed one final point before the Lancers took the game with a Guelph service error.

Windsor will travel to face the Western Mustangs next Friday night at 8:00pm in London.