SHERBROOKE, Ont. - The Humber Hawks lost their bid to win a national title as they fell to the University of British Columbia Okanogan Heat tonight by a score of 3-1. The Hawks still however have a chance to medal as they still have a shot at a National Gold.

In the first set the Heat came out hammering serves and but the Hawks kept returning them and were up 6-3 at the first timeout. Humber led 12-9 and it looked like it would all slip away as the Heat went on a 5-0 run, leaving the Hawks down two. Although Paul Kemboi’s brilliant serving put the Hawks back into the lead. After trading leads the score ended up at 23-23. Humber crushed two hard kills and took the first set 25-23.

The second set was all UBCO as they quickly jumped out to a 11-7 lead. The Heat’s power was on display in this set as they were making the Hawks scramble for every ball. By the end the Hawks were hurting themselves and their mental mistakes caught up to them. The Hawks finally dropped the set 25-18 and the match was squared at one set a piece.

The Hawks started the third set slowly as they went down 5-2. However they came racing back to take a 12-10 lead. The Heat then threw everything they had at the Hawks and began to wear them down. The Hawks were then looking at a 19-15 deficit. After some gutsy points Humber got the lead down to two at 22-20 but the Hawks could not control the power of UBCO and lost 25-20.

The most even of all the sets in the match the fourth set saw both teams battling back and forth the entire time. After each of the first three coach’s timeouts the scores were tied at 5, 14, and 19. After the last timeout UBCO began to pull away. They went on a 6-2 run to get the score to 25-22. With a final monstrous kill that the Hawk’s defense couldn’t handle the Heat put Humber away winning 25-22. The final score in the match ended up 3-1.

Brandon Wong was named the Player of the Match for Humber.

The Hawks next match will be Saturday March 12th at 10am when they take on the CEGEP Limoilou Titans in the Bronze Medal Semi-finals.

The offical website, and link to streaming is: www.ccaamensvolleyball2011.ca

Source: Humber College