NORTH BAY, Ont. – The Nipissing Lakers men's volleyball team held a 2-1 lead however the visiting Niagara Knights refused to go away and rallied to win the next two sets to scored the 3-2 (21-25, 25-19, 24-26, 25-21, 15-12) come from behind victory.  
 
The battle for second place went the Knights way as they improve to 11-3 while the Lakers drop to 10-4 in a tie for third with the Humber Hawks.
 
"Overall, we played a decent game, situational errors lost us this match," said Nipissing head coach Eric Yung. "We need to play with more passion and desire to be successful. We have a group of good volleyball players, but I am still waiting for them to be great."
 
Frankie Edgecombe scored a game-high 22 points and was named the Boston Pizza player of the game, while teammates Scott Coulthard and Andre Leblanc added 13 and 12 points respectively.
 
Offensively both teams scored an even 67 points however the Knights had six more digs in this close contest that proved to be the difference.
 
Yung went on to say that his team needs to be more consistent throughout the match and match the opponent's defensive intensity.
 
The Lakers will have one week to re-focus as crucial pair of match will be played this weekend on the road. Saturday the Lakers will face the St. Clair Saints and then Sunday will be a re-match of last year's OCAA championship final as the Lakers face the Humber Hawks.

Source: Nipissing University