Windsor Lancers

In their first road trip of the season, the Lancer women's volleyball team fell 3-0 (11-25, 18-25, 21-25) to the host Queen's Gaels on Friday night in Kingston before rounding for a 3-1 (25-17, 25-19, 20-25, 25-14) over the RMC Paladins on Saturday. 
 
The split moves the Lancers to 2-2 on the year and they currently sit tied for third place in the OUA west division. 
 
Friday vs Queen's
The game opened strong for the Gaels as they took the first three points of the game. Queen's then found a spot in the middle of the court and started tipping the ball short into the middle where the Lancers were unable to pick up the ball. The final score of the first set was 25-11 for Queen's.

The second set opened up with four straight points for the Lancers, trying to get back into the match against the Gaels. The entire set was extremely scrappy with a lot of scrambling for the ball on both sides. Although the game was closer in the second the Gaels were able to pull out a win and take the game 25-18.

The third and final set opened up with a score of 1-1, similar to the score for the rest of the game. The Lancers stepped up their enthusiasm which was evident being able to stay neck and neck with the Gaels. At a score of 16-13 Gaels, the Lancers closed the biggest gap of the set between with four straight points. With the Lancers holding a one point lead, a big kill from the Gaels gave the hosts control of the game to win the set from there. The final score was 25-21 Queen's. 
 
Saturday vs RMC
The Lancers didn't let Friday night's loss hold them back as they came out strong against the Paladins. The two teams battled back and fourth throughout the first two sets, but the Lancers pulled away in both to take them 25-17 and 25-19. 

After the Paladins came back to prevent the Lancer sweep, Windsor dominated the fourth set and left to questions about who was in control of the game, taking the set easily 25-14. 

Melissa Smyth had a great game for the Blue & Gold contributing 10 kills. Carleigh Bailey led the way defensively with 30 digs, while Jade Ziebarth had 14. Rookie Rachel Cauchi finished the game with 9 kills and 10 digs. 

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The Lancers will return home on Saturday November 19th to host the Ryerson Rams at 2:00pm at the St. Denis Centre. The game can also been seen live on oua.tv.