Guelph, ON - The University of Guelph women's volleyball team defeated the McMaster Marauders 3-2 Saturday night at the W.F. Mitchell Athletics Center. Set scores were 22-25, 25-23, 25-19, 21-25 & 16-14. The first set was tight through the technical timeout but the Gryphons forged ahead to lead 21-19. From there, McMaster used a 6-1 run to finish the set winning 25-22. Set 2 was close again with Guelph leading 16-13 at the technical timeout. The Marauders narrowed the gap later but the Gryphons hung on to win the set 25-23. The third set saw Guelph jump out to a big lead through the first half of the set but McMaster gained some momentum back late. The Gryphons were able to finish the set at 25-19 to take a 2-1 match lead. Set 4 saw Guelph fall behind early down 8-1 and they couldn't close the gap the rest of the way losing 25-21. The fifth and deciding set was a hard fought battle with McMaster leading 8-7 at the switch. They increased the lead later to 14-11 but the Gryphons kept fighting and were able to close the match on a 5-0 run to win it 16-14.
 
Coach Funk stated, "I don't think either team played up to their best level as there were unforced errors on both sides but we managed to pull it out of the fire late. We did some good things with serve to try and limit some of their options offensively. Our blocking wasn't very good at times in terms of tactics, but we'll take the win." Maddie DeDecker led the offense with 12 points (12 kills) followed by Meghan Morelli (8 kills, 2 aces, 1 block) and Nicole Collard (7 kills, 1 ace, 3 blocks) with 11 each while Kristen Almhjell led the defense with 26 digs. The Gryphons home stand continues next weekend when they take on the Western Mustangs next Friday at 6pm.