PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - The Durham Lords men's volleyball team ended their season with a close five set road loss versus the Fleming Knights on Sunday afternoon.
The regular season finale marked the fifth five-set match of the season for the Lords who have shown incredible compete throughout their tough 2018-19 campaign. Durham finished ninth in the OCAA east division with a 2-16 record.
The Lords exchanged tightly contested sets with the Knights to open the Sunday afternoon match, winning the first set 25-23, before falling 26-24 in the second. Fleming then took advantage of some Durham mishaps in the third, jumping out to a 2-1 advantage with a 25-18 third set win.
However, the Lords bounced back to force a fifth with a 25-19 fourth set victory. Action was back-and-forth in the fifth and deciding set as the Knights carried a one point lead, 8-7, into the switch. Durham was unable to convert their offence down the stretch though, falling in yet another good showing this year.
• Graduating senior
Lucas Pichl (Cobourg, Ont.) led all Lords in the five-set contest, recording 16 kills for 16 points.
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Tyler Krabi (Stouffville, Ont.) concludes the season as the Lords scoring leader, adding 15 points from 12 kills and three service aces in the season finale.
• Recording 20-plus assists for the 10th time this season,
Kyler Woodburne (Bowmanville, Ont.) ended the afternoon with 27 assists, adding four blocks, five digs and two kills to his stats totals.
• First-year libero
Jacob Haslam led all Lords defensively with nine digs.
Overall Record: 3-27
Conference Record: 2-16
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