The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's volleyball team fell 3-0 to the Windsor Lancers on Friday (Feb. 16) evening at Goldring Centre.
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Set scores in the match were 23-25, 23-25, 21-15.
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While both teams were relatively level with their defence, Toronto's offence was firing at a higher rate over the Lancers with 106-95 total attacks and 39-36 total kills, respectively. However, Windsor's defence was able to handle the intensity of the Blues attack, finishing the night with 44 digs and seven blocks.
Leading the Blues was second-year outside hitter Jayden Talsma who recorded a game-high of 14 points from 14 kills. He was followed by third-year outside hitter Hunter Arulpragasam and first-year outside hitter Josh Chapman with each registering 10 points apiece.Â
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Toronto's offence was split between second-year setter Michael Hickey who racked up 22 assists, and third-year setter Davis Young who recorded 14 assists. The Blues defence on the other hand, was a joint effort led by Talsma with 10 digs, while Arulpragasam, Connor Vanderkuip, and Chapman tallied eight, seven, and six digs, respectively.Â
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With of offence that was spread out among many, the Lancers were led by Gustavo Siqueira who scored nine points with a combination of eight kills and one solo block.
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The Blues will return to the court on Friday (Feb. 17) to faceoff against the Lancers in their last game of the OUA regular season. First serve is set for 4 p.m. Tickets for the Blues home game can be purchased at
varsityblues.ca/tickets, while all the action can also be caught online via
oua.tv.
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