GUELPH, Ont. – The Gryphons men's volleyball team hosted the Trent Excalibur for a weekend doubleheader in their 2025-26 OUA regular season home openers from the Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre on the weekend (Friday, Nov. 7 and Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025), with the Gryphons coming away victorious in both matches to improve their overall record to 2-2 on the season.
Friday, Nov. 7, 2025 | Gryphons Win Home Opener in Straight Sets
On Friday night (Nov. 7), the Gryphons played host to Trent in their 2025-26 home opener, with Guelph securing their first victory of the season in straight sets with the set scores 26-24, 25-17 & 25-19. The first set was back-and-forth as both teams were trading points. The Gryphons would get a kill from
Killian Donovan to give them the 25-24 lead before an Excalibur error clinched the opening set. Guelph would ride the momentum of the opening set win, winning the next two sets convincingly en route to the straight sets victory.
Killian Donovan led the way with 18 points, finishing with a game-high 15 kills, hitting .433% and also had three aces. The Gryphs hit .353% as a team and second-year setter
Tian Harcevic played a major role with his 30 assists.
Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025 | Gryphons Win Hard Fought Four-Setter for Weekend Sweep
On Saturday night (Nov. 8, 2025), the Gryphons were tested by the Trent Excalibur, who took the opening set. But the Gryphons took control from there, taking the final three sets to sweep the weekend doubleheader with Trent, with Saturday night's set scores finishing up as 23-25, 25-21, 25-19 & 25-23 for Guelph. After dropping the opening set on Saturday night, the Gryphons bounced back in the 2nd set, winning the first seven points on the way to a 25-21 2nd set win. In the 3rd set, with the Gryphons trailing 10-9,
Braeden Sears would step up to the service line and go on his second run of the match from his serve, winning 9 straight points to give his side a 17-10 lead as they go on to win the 3rd set, 25-19. The 4th set was closely contested, but the Gryphons would close it out late. Third-year outside hitter
Cohen Martin closed out the match with back-to-back kills, giving him a match-high 20 on the night helping the Gryphons secure the four-set victory.
Killian Donovan capped off his great weekend with 14 more kills on the match and
Braeden Sears had 12 points in the win (9 kills and 4 aces).
The Gryphons (2-2) are back home at the GGAC next weekend when they host a pair of weekend afternoon games against the RMC Paladins on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 2pm, followed by a Guelph-RMC matchup on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 12pm.
