Western On Top
The Western Mustangs men’s volleyball team makes winning look easy.
On Friday November 27, the Mustangs cruised to a straight-set win over the Waterloo Warriors (25-22, 27-25, 25-20) to improve to a 8-1 record. Left side hitter and team captain Eric Simon led the way with 15 kills. Their 3-1 victory over Guelph the next day puts them in first place in the OUA standings at the season break and edged them to tenth spot in national CIS rankings.
“We were pretty consistent,” Simon said. “We had one or two lapses where we dropped our play. But other than that we played full sets, which is what we set out to do.”
On the other sideline, Waterloo coach Chris Lawson was far from impressed with his Warriors.
“For us it was a disaster really,” Lawson said. “Western played well, but we did absolutely nothing. When your outside hitters have an efficiency of zero, you’re not going to beat a girl guide team let alone a nationally ranked team.”
Read more from Steven Howard, uwogazette.ca
(with additional notes from OUA.ca)
