The Lancer men's volleyball team lost their lone game of the week 3-1 (17-25, 25-20, 18-25, 200-25) to the Western Mustangs Friday night in London.
 
Both Windsor and Western are now 3-2 on the season and sit in a four way tie for second place in the OUA standings.
 
The Lancers relied on Pierce Johnson and Brad Gyemi to generate points, with each athlete putting up 16 points.
 
The Mustangs got off to a strong start, claiming the first set by a decisive score of 25-17. The Lancers struggled with attacking errors throughout the set, while the Mustangs recorded only three.
 
Set two was more closely contested, with the teams exchanging points before the Lancers broke the pattern to jump into an early lead. The Mustangs responded by matching Windsor's score at 11-11, before falling back into the familiar pattern of trading points back and forth.
 
Despite the tight start, the Lancers would run away with the set to claim a 25-20 victory over Western.
 
Windsor exploited the strong purple and white blockers, deflecting the ball off of Mustang hands and out of bounds.
 
Windsor maintained their momentum moving into the third set, taking a 6-3 lead early on.
 
The Mustangs slowed down the Lancers, creeping back into the set to tie the Lancers at 9. The purple and white took the lead at the technical timeout, before exploding in the second half of the set for a 25-18 win.
 
The fourth and final set of the evening saw the two teams continue to wrestle for momentum, with neither being able to establish a substantial lead.
 
The Lancers once again struggled with errors, with a lack of communication between athletes resulting in a handful of unearned points that went towards the Mustang total. 
 
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The Lancers will host the RMC Paladins and Queen's Gaels next weekend at the St. Denis Centre. Both games are at 8:00pm Friday and Saturday, respectively, and can also be seen live at www.oua.tv.