Lancers split weekend series at home

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 In their first weekend of home competition, the Lancer women's volleyball team split a pair of games against the Guelph Gryphons and Waterloo Warriors.
 
On Halloween night, Windsor lost a five set heartbreaker to the visiting Gryphons (19-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-27, 11-15) before rebounding on Saturday with a three set sweep over the Waterloo Warriors (25-19, 25-22, 25-15).
 
The first set was close until the first technical timeout; however the Gryphons forged ahead late to take the set 25-19. Set two was a close affair with neither team leading by more than a few points and the Lancers took a late lead to win the set 25-23.
 
Windsor jumped on top early in the third set and held the lead until the end, winning 25-20. The Lancers led most of the fourth set but Guelph managed to fight off a couple of match points and had some late blocking points to take the set in extra points 27-25.
 
In the fifth set, the Gryphons jumped out to an early lead that they were able to maintain the lead to win the set and game, 15-11.
 
The Lancers were led by Shannon Dean with 20 kills and 23.5 points, while defensively Windsor was led by Emily Durand and Hannah Robson who had 17 and 16 kills respectively.
 
On Saturday, Windsor regrouped and had an excellent game against the Warriors.
 
In the first set, Windsor battled hard at the net and made some great offensive plays to defeat the Warriors 25-19.
 
The Lancers took on the momentum of the first set win into the second and built an early lead on Waterloo. The Warriors battled back to within a few points of the hosts late in the set; however, a few cards called against the Waterloo bench gave Windsor the edge and the set 25-22.
 
In the third, the Warriors appeared to have lost focus as a result of the drama in the second set and the Lancers easily took the set 25-15 for the game.
 
First year Lancer Carleigh Bailey led the Lancers on both sides of the ball with 8 kills and 21 digs, while Dean had 9 kills on the night and Robson chipped in 8.
 
For the Warriors, Waterloo had a balanced attacked with Shannon Lodoen, Casey Clunas, and Sammie Gwozdz each contributing 7 kills in the loss. Defensively, Brooklyn Gallant had 13 digs, while Lodoen had 10.
 
Windsor will host the Western Mustangs in a rare week night game this Thursday, November 6th at 6:00pm.