The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's volleyball team defeated the Trent Excalibur 3-0 in an exhibition game on Saturday (Oct. 17) afternoon inside Goldring Centre – Kimel Family Field House.
Set scores were: 25-11, 25-14 & 25-21.
The Blues were in midseason form with two commanding set wins to put themselves in the driver's seat before closing out a tight third set. Toronto was efficient with their hitting, with a .328 percentage while they notched seven aces and committed just nine service errors to Trent's 17.
Leading the way for the Blues was third-year outside hitter Iannis Toma with a game-high 13 points with 10 kills, two service aces and a solo block. First-year outside hitter Marcus Barrett picked up eights kills and five digs. Meanwhile, first-year middle Riley Smyth had a game-high two solo blocks and first-year setter Stone Riley had 20 assists.
For the Excalibur, Samuel Garvey had a team-high 12.5 points and five digs. Nicholas Konopacki had 10 assists.
The Blues will conclude the preseason inside Goldring Centre – Kimel Family Field House when they host the McMaster Marauders on Friday (Oct. 23) night. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m., with tickets available at
varsityblues.ca/tickets.
