The Lancer men's volleyball fell to the Western Mustangs 3-0 (19-25, 21-25, 16-25) on Saturday night in London.
 
Windsor remains tied for fifth place in the OUA west division with a 2-9 record, while the Mustangs improve to 7-4 and sit in third place.
 
Windsor was led by John Moate and Pierce Johnson who each contributed 10.5 points, while Brad Gyemi – one of the ten highest scoring athletes in the league – was limited to ten points and far off his usual points per set average of four.
 
Despite Western jumping out to a fast four-point lead, the Lancers began to slowly cut away at the Mustangs lead throughout the set. However, the Mustangs offense was too much for the Blue & Gold as Western took the set 25-19.
 
The two teams traded points to begin the second, with the game tied at 7-7 before the Mustangs began to pull away. Windsor initially had luck blocking Western's heavy hitters but as the set wore on the Mustangs began to break through.
 
Zeid Hamadeh earned the final point of the set for the Mustangs at 25-21, giving the purple and white a two set advantage heading into the third.  
 
Windsor began the third set with their first early lead of the match. Instead of focusing on power and speed in their attack and serve, the Lancers began to lay off the gas in favour of accuracy.
 
However, the Mustangs quickly tied the game at 6-6 and were able to rely on the same pillars that had allowed them to hit the 25-point mark in the previous two sets. Well in charge of the pace of the game following the technical timeout, Western to a 25-16 win.
 
Windsor returns to the court next weekend when they face the Waterloo Warriors on Friday February 10th in Waterloo, followed by a match against the Guelph Gryphons on Saturday February 11th on the road.