AROUND OUA: Gaels make short work of Trent in straight sets win

SCOREBOARD

Queen's 3 @ Trent 0

Guelph 3 @ Lakehead 1

Gaels make short work of Trent in straight sets win

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. (February 3, 2017) - The Queen's Gaels (6-8) had no trouble taking down the Trent Excalibur (2-10) in straight sets on Friday night with set scores 25-10, 25-9 and 25-18.

GAME FLOW
Caroline Livingston (Kelowna, B.C.) had a game high 11 kills and 14 points Friday evening to lead the Gaels. Danielle Corrigan (North Vancouver, B.C.) was also a standout for the Gaels as the first-year outside hitter put down seven kills on 10 attacks for an impressive 0.500 kill percentage.

The Gaels pushed the pace early leaving Trent far behind as the Excalibur were only able to total a combined 19 points across the two opening sets.

The Excalibur pushed the Gaels in the final set however, reaching 18 points but once again falling just short.

Sierra Hardy (Oakville, Ont.) had 19 assists for Queen's while Livingston led the team with seven digs. The Excalibur were led by Carley Gougeon who had 5.5 points for Trent.

BY THE NUMBERS
19 - Total points for Trent across the two opening sets combined
0.348 - Kill percentage in the second set for Queen's, the highest of any set
2 - Service aces for Livingston to lead the Gaels

UP NEXT
The Gaels host the Lakehead Thunderwolves on Sunday, February 12 at 1pm in the ARC Main Gym. For tickets visit gogaelsgo.com/tickets or catch the game live on OUA.tv.

Source: Queen's Gaels

Gryphons defeat Lakehead in four sets

THUNDER BAY, ON - The University of Guelph women's volleyball team defeated the Lakehead Thunderwolves 3-1 Friday night in Thunder Bay. Set scores were 25-23, 25-19, 21-25 & 25-22.

The first set saw the Gryphons fall behind early and were down 16-13 at the technical timeout. Lakehead continued to lead by three but Guelph made their move with a 6-2 run late in the set to win 25-23.

Set 2 was close in the early going with the Gryphons taking a slim 16-14 lead into the timeout. A 5-0 run later in the set allowed Guelph to win the set 25-19. The third set saw a poor start from the Gryphons as they fell behind 6-0 and they could never get closer than three, falling 25-21. In set 4, Guelph jumped ahead early at 5-2 but Lakehead battled back to tie it at 6-6. The Gryphons forged ahead 16-12 at the timeout and expanded the lead to eight points later, but had trouble finishing the set. Lakehead battled back and closed the lead to two points before a missed serve handed the set win to Guelph at 25-22. 

Gryphons head coach Paul Funk stated, "We played well at times tonight but had two bad stretches at the beginning of the third and end of the fourth sets. Overall, the group was disappointed with how things ended and we feel fortunate to get the win. Cayte Wilson did a great job coming off the bench tonight getting our middles involved in the offence." Michaela Hellinga led the offence with 13 points (9 kills, 4 blocks) followed by Victoria Golebiowski with 12 (8 kills, 4 blocks) and Maddie Dedecker with 10 (9 kills, 1 ace) while Kayla McMullen contributed 11 digs defensively. The Gryphons are right back at it again Saturday when they finish the back-to-back against the Thunderwolves at 7pm.

Source: Guelph Gryphons