The Windsor Lancer men’s volleyball team continued to showcase their winning ways this weekend across the province up in Kingston while taking on the RMC Paladins on Friday and Saturday.
The number nine nationally ranked Lancers swept the Paladins in both outings coming away with a convincing 3-0 (25-18, 25-8, 25-21) victory on Friday night and following up less than 24 hours later on Saturday afternoon with another pleasing 3-0 (25-13, 25-20, and 25-16) win in the Limestone City.
With the pair of wins the Lancers now improve their record to 5-1 on the season.
FRIDAY STATS Darian Koskie and Gustavo Siqueira each continued to dominate the Lancer offense by both leading the way with 5 respective kills each in the Friday night victory.
First year Wes Long had 3 kills in his season and OUA debut for the blue and gold.
Meanwhile Markus Law-Heese dished out 18 assists in helping set his team up for eventual victory and even had 2 service aces on the evening while Koskie had 3 service aces of his own to boast.
Julien Jouan also provided strong serving notching two service aces of his own that fell in uncontested across the net.
SATURDAY STATS Chase Bridges led the way offensively with 9 kills and recording 2 service aces leading the way on Saturday afternoon for Windsor.
Anthony Ivanovski produced 7 kills of his own to chip in offensively to win while Joshua Timukas also contributed significantly with his 6 kills that helped propel the Lancers to victory again.
Law-Heese had 28 assists, 2 service aces, and 6 digs in the second day victory while Jouan also had another solid outing at the service line with 3 service aces achieved.
HOW IT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY
The Lancers were able to come out the gate in control and ensuring that they maintained consistent focus and composure against the Paladins throughout.
The blue and gold successfully were able to generate a solid offensive performance during the opening set to carry them out of the set with a 25-18 first set win and 1-0 lead in the match.
The second set saw a similar scenario yet more enhanced with the Lancers beginning to not only put on display their nationally ranked talent but also their depth with a whopping point spread margin intact that allowed them some comfort to cruise to an eventual 25-8 win and go up 2-0 in the match.
The visitors achieved their feat of sweeping the hosts after the rattling second set became a little overwhelming for RMC to match up with Windsor.
However, to the red and white’s credit, they were able to sustain a healthy competitive third set throughout allowing them to stay within reach of the Lancers lead.
But ultimately the blue and gold were too much for the Paladins to handle who closed out the third set and match on a 25-21 and 3-0 winning note to close out the first game of the weekend doubleheader.
HOW IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY
On the second day of competition the determined Lancers continued to shine offensively over their weekend counterparts at RMC.
The blue and gold were able to take advantage of quality sets from Law-Heese and put on a solid road showing to maintain rhythm and momentum throughout the first set and coast to a 25-13 win.
The second set proved to be the best for the Paladins who outkilled the Lancers offensively and put up more points in a closer contested set.
Windsor, with their experience, did not allow RMC the opportunity to overthrow the momentum they had and ensured the visitors would remain on top closing out the second on a winning note with a respectable 25-20 victory.
The struggling Paladins who continue to be winless on the campaign could not extend the match beyond a third set as the Lancers again showcased their skilled depth with a variety of players and were able to earn another successful team win on the road with a close out third set score of 25-16 and a second consecutive 3-0 win on the road.
UP NEXT
The Lancers will now return home to h’ost the Paladins cross-town rivals from Kingston, the Queen’s Gaels, on Friday December 1st at 8:00pm and again on Saturday December 2nd at 8:00pm at the Toldo Lancer Centre.
Fans can purchase their tickets in advance here at goLancers.ca/tickets or at the TLC box office on gameday. Also, the game will be livestreamed on oua.tv for volleyball viewers to take in the action from outside the venue.