The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's volleyball team fell 3-1 to the visiting Guelph Gryphons inside Goldring Centre – Kimel Family Field House on Friday (Nov. 6) night.
Set scores were: 22-25, 25-14, 24-26, 19-25.
After nearly completing the comeback in the opening set, the Blue and White made their presence felt, dominating the court on route to a 25-14 second set win. Toronto carried their momentum in set number three but a late rally from the Gryphons allowed the visitors to put the game in their hands. Guelph was on fire in the fourth set with strong serving and blocking. The Blues put fourth a late rally thanks to a string of points with third-year outside hitter Iannis Toma at the service line but Guelph was able to edge out U of T with a game-winning kill by Tian Harcevic.
Leading the way for the Blues was first-year outside hitter Marcus Barrett with a game-high 17.5 points with 16 kills and recorded a solo block. Toma was second in command with 16 points and fourth-year outside hitter Jack Li also hit double-digit points with 15.5 while adding three solo blocks and three service aces. Fifth-year setter Michael Hickey paced the offence with 33 assists.
For Guelph, Owen Evans scored a team-high 16 points and recorded three solo blocks. Seth Clubine and Matthew McCarthy each hit the double-digit point plateau with 13 and 12 respectively. Xavier Masztak recorded 17 digs.
The Blues are Gryphons are back at it tomorrow (Nov. 7) afternoon when they battle inside Goldring Centre – Kimel Family Field House. The first serve is scheduled for 1:30 p.m., with tickets available at
varsityblues.ca/tickets. The game will also be live streamed on
oua.tv.
