Box Score
Guelph 3 vs. Western 1
 
26-28, 25-16, 25-19, 25-20

London, Ont. - The University of Guelph women's volleyball team completed a road sweep Saturday night with a 3-1 victory over the Western Mustangs in London. Set scores were 26-28, 25-16, 25-19 & 25-20. The first set started out well for the Gryphons as they quickly jumped out to a 7-1 lead but Western fought back and pulled even in the middle of the set. The teams were tied at least four more times as the set progressed and each team had set points before Western closed the set 28-26. Set two started with Guelph falling behind early but they forged ahead after being tied at 10 all. A 15-6 run followed as the Gryphons claimed set two winning 25-16. The third set saw Guelph lead 16-8 at the technical timeout before a run by Western narrowed the lead to 23-18. The Gryphons however, righted the ship and finished with a 25-19 win. Set four saw the teams change leads early but Guelph moved ahead 11-9. From there, the Gryphons never trailed as they finished the set and the match at 25-20.
 
Coach Funk said, "After a less than great effort last night in which our bench bailed us out, tonight our starting group played much more consistently and with much better energy against Western. Our game plan was to limit the scoring of their middles and we did a great job of neutralizing that so it was a good road win." Maddie DeDecker (Dorchester, Ont.) rebounded with 20 points (18 kills, 1 ace, 1 block) to lead the offense followed by Shannon Morelli (London, Ont.) with 11 (9 kills, 2 aces) and Nicole Collard (Sudbury, Ont.) with 10 (6 kills, 4 blocks). Kristen Almhjell (Richmond, BC) led the defense with 14 digs followed by Morelli with 13. The Gryphons' next action is next weekend on the road when they travel to Thunder Bay to take on the Lakehead Thunderwolves at 2pm on Saturday afternoon.