OSHAWA, Ont. - The Durham College women's volleyball team improve to a perfect 2-0 on the season as they rallied from behind to defeat the Canadore Panthers 3-2 (16-25, 16-25, 25-21, 25-16, 15-13) on Sunday afternoon.

Durham struggled to solve the Canadore Panthers offensive and defensive strengths in their home opener, dropping the opening two sets both by 25-16 scores. The Lords stayed alive as they squeaked out a 25-21 victory in the third set and won more decisively in the fourth set with their own 25-16 victory.

Set No. 5 was as close as you could get without going to extra points, but the Lords won their third straight set 15-13 to take the match after falling 2-0 early on.

Jess Venhuizen was all over the floor for the Panthers, sending 27 attacks over the net, while teammates Sydney White and Katie Albert hit 24 each. Ashlyn Kadlecik earned 33 assists over the course of the match. Venhuizen and Albert finished with 11 and 10 kills respectively.

The Lords saw a strong performance from second-year Jessica Joensen (Pickering) who recorded eight kills on 27 total attacks and an ace, while first-year environmental tech student Althea Boncheff (Alliston) picked up four kills on 18 total attacks and a block.

Megan Romain (Ajax) and Camille Lefaive (Whitby) split setter duties as Romain assisted on 17 points and Lefaive assisted 10.

During the match, the men's and women's volleyball teams joined forces to raise money for the #thinkpink campaign.

Durham is back in action on Tuesday, Nov. 7 as the undefeated Lords will host the Loyalist Lancers with play set to begin at 6 p.m.

Source: Durham College