The Lancer men's volleyball team closed out 2015 with a weekend split on home court against the Toronto Varsity Blues and Ryerson Rams.
 
On Friday night, Windsor dropped a 3-1 decision to Toronto (21-25, 25-22, 15-25, 18-25)  before coming back with a huge five set 3-2 victory over the third place Rams (25-21, 14-25, 25-27, 25-23, 15-11) on Saturday.
 
Heading into the holiday break, the Blue & Gold are 2-8 in the OUA standings.
 
After falling 25-21 to Toronto in the first set, Windsor rebounded 25-22 in the second but couldn't maintain the momentum. The Lancers bowed out 25-15 in set three, and gave up the best-of-five with a 25-18 loss in the final set.
 
Josh Edwards led Windsor's effort with 11 kills, while John Moate and Brad Gyemi contributed 6 apiece. Defensively Shawn Reaume and Blase Wasser had 8 digs each with Gyemi and Matthew De Benito registering 6.
 
On Saturday, the Lancers came out strong against the Rams taking the first set 25-21 before struggling defensively against the Rams in the second, falling 25-14.
 
Windsor rebounded in the third going point for point with the Rams narrowly falling in extra points. The fourth was a set full of long rallies making for an entertaining game. Brad Gyemi came up with huge late in the set with four points to push the game to a fifth set.
 
In the final set, Ryerson took a 3-0 lead before the Lancers rallied with four unanswered points of their own. Unforced errors on the Ryerson side of the net gave the Lancers the opportunity to secure the win and a kill by Gyemi did just that.
 
Edwards and Gyemi led the Lancers with 14 kills each, while Matthew Pe Benito led the team defensively with 15 digs.
 
The Lancers will now break until January 15th when they host the Waterloo Warriors at 8:00pm.