Sweet Smell of Success
Head coach Gord Williamson just may be one volley away from bringing out a huge urn and encouraging his troops to “wake up and smell the coffee!”
Fully expecting a one-sided victory on home court with the Trent Excalibur from Peterborough as guests, the Durham Lords men’s volleyball squad was inexplicably coaxed into a lull long enough to suffer a shocking 3-2 Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) loss in a five-set marathon Thursday night.
There are still several games remaining on the agenda. However, the Lords ability to cough up a clunker in this one while handing Trent its first victory of the season was in sharp contrast to how well they played at the recent Adidas Cup at Durham and a spirited exhibition encounter against the highly-touted Knights at Niagara College.
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