Box Score
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York 3, Guelph 1
 
Guelph, Ont. (January 18, 2014) - The Guelph Gryphon's men's volleyball team were defeated in a close contest by the visiting York Lions 3-1 on Saturday night. Set scores were 25-18, 24-26, 25-23 and 25- 23. The loss drops the Gryphon's record to 5-9 on the season.
 
Patrick Strzalkowski led the Gryphon's in scoring with 16 points (8 kills, 8 aces). Luke Woud chipped in with 13 points (10 kills, 2 aces, 1 block).
 
Marko Dakic led the York Lions in offense with 20 points (17 kills, 3 aces).
  York took control of the first set early on, getting a quick 7-3 lead. Both sides treated the fans in attendance to a few quality rallies in the beginning part of the set, but despite that York remained in control for the majority of the first set. York started increasing their lead, going up 18-12, and eventually taking the set 25-18. Marc Wilson led Guelph with four kills, Luke Woud added another two kills of his own, and Kyle Richards chipped in with 12 assists.
 
In the second set York took the lead early once again, gaining a 6-2 advantage over the Gryphon's. Guelph battled back to take the lead, 7-6. The set was much closer than the first, with both teams battling for control. Another huge Luke Woud kill tied things up at 16. Strong serving from Guelph's Patrick Strzalkowski provided the type of spark the Gryphon's needed, as he had four service aces in the set. Guelph took the lead late, 23-21, but could not put York away as the Lions tied the set up at 24. A York service error followed by another Patrick Strzalkowski ace gave Guelph the set, 26-24, to even things up at one set apiece.
 
The third set was another close affair early with Guelph on top 6-3. York battled to take the 7-6 lead over the Gryphon's shortly thereafter. Plenty of back and forth scoring ensued from here, with Guelph re-capturing their lead 13-11. A York miscue gave Guelph the 16-12 lead, and forced the Lions into a timeout. Momentum seemed to be firmly in Guelph's favour up 18-13, but somehow York was able to string a few points together to make it a 19-19 tie. York captured the lead 21-20, but a Luke Woud smash would even things up once again. York pulled things out in the end, taking the exciting 3rd set 25-23.
 
York took control of the fourth set early on, going up 5-1 on the Gryphon's. Guelph took 6 of the next 8 points to tie things up at seven. Once again, neither team seemed capable of taking control of the game as things were tied up at nine and then again at 11 and 12. York then took four of the next six to go up16-14. York slowly started to slip away, extending their lead to 19-16. Guelph made things interesting late thanks to some strong serving by Jordan MacIntyre, but York would pull out the set victory 25-23, giving them the match.
 
The Gryphon's play again January 25 at home against the Waterloo Warriors at 4 pm.