February 7, 2020 … WELLAND – The Niagara College Knights men's volleyball team snapped their three game losing streak in last nights 3-1 (21-25, 28-26, 30-28, 25-21).
The Knights and Royals have been neck-in-neck in the standings, with Redeemer currently one spot up from the Knights at 10-6. Niagara now sits at 9-6 with one game up on Redeemer to cap off the regular season.
Leading the way for the Knights on the stat sheet was fifth year veteran Sam Otten with 24 pts (23 K, 1 SA). Otten currently sits fourth amongst OCAA stat leaders for 2019-2020 averaging 4.7 points per set.
After going 0-3 in the midst of the toughest week of thier schedule, head coach Tommy Sloan was relieved to see his team get back to their winning ways heading into the final stretch.
"I thought tonight was a great step in the right direction to getting us back to playing the way we want to," said Sloan.
"We were way more vocal and the guys made a conscious effort to maintain their focus and intensity throughout the entire match. We had fantastic performances from Ashton Fehr and Sam Otten and overall it was our most complete game in a few weeks. Hopefully we can keep this upward momentum going as we head into the final stretch of the season."
The Knights have just three games left on their regular season schedule, including a rare Sunday road match against Sheridan (7-9) on Feb 9th.
The Knights will return home to close out their regular season on Feb 15th against Cambrian College (0-14) and Boreal College (2-12) Feb 16th
