The Lancer men's volleyball team split a pair of weekend home games at the St. Denis Centre.
 
On Friday, the Lancers fell to the No. 1 ranked McMaster Marauders 3-0 (17-25, 13-25, 23-25), before rebounding on Saturday to sweep the Guelph Gryphons 3-0 (25-16, 26-24, 25-21).
 
The Marauders showed why they are the top team in the country, registering four blocks in the first 10 points and using their height to hit over the Lancer defense.
 
After falling behind in the first two sets, the Lancers showed their potential in the third and kept the set close right until the very end.
 
The Lancers were led by rookie Brad Gyemi with 6 kills.
 
On Saturday, the Lancers looked like an entirely different team, dominating the Gryphons in the first set from the opening serve and taking the game easily 25-16.
 
The Gryphons came out strong in the second and took the Lancers to extra points as the Blue & Gold struggled with their serve throughout the set. Windsor was able to hang on and take the set 26-24.
 
Gyemi opened the third set with five consecutive points to give Windsor an early lead. Guelph went on a streak of their own with Jared Harris and Gregory Olenjnik leading them offensively with a handful of kills. The Lancers responded with their own set of kills from Milos Savic late in the game to push them to victory.
 
Gyemi once again led the way for the Blue & Gold with 15 kills, while Josh Edwards and John Moate each contributed 6 kills.
 
The Lancers will host the Nipissing Lakers next Saturday at 8:00pm, and will close out the  regular season portion of their schedule on Sunday February 7th when they host the York Lions at 3:00pm on Senior's Day.