BARRIE, Ont. - It was a night of great volleyball at the Georgian Athletic Centre when the Georgian Grizzlies hosted the Durham Lords on Friday.
Coming off a loss in their last game, the Grizzlies women's team got back on track with an impressive team effort leading to a 3-1 (25-20, 25-22, 18-25, 25-21) victory over the Lords.
Fifth-year veteran Hannah Campbell (Midland, Ont.) had an incredible match leading the Grizzlies in scoring with 14 points, a season high.
Georgian also had a nine-point effort out of Kelsey Buckley (Midland, Ont.) as well as an eight-point game from Allison Marshall (Orillia, Ont.).
On the men's side the Grizzlies had a resilient effort against the 10th-ranked team in the country according to the CCAA's latest rankings.
After dropping the first two sets (25-22, 25-20), the Grizzlies battled back to take the next two sets 25-20 and 27-25 to send the game to a fifth set tiebreak.
In the end the Lords, who hadn't lost a set on the season prior to the match, were too much to handle in the tiebreak and with the 15-6 advantage Durham won the game 3-2.
Jeremy Hoekstra (Cobourg, Ont.) led the Lords to victory with 17-point performance and teammate Matthew McGirr (Brampton, Ont.) had an impressive 15-point effort.
Adam Biebly (Barrie, Ont.) and Matt Kerr (Wingham, Ont.) led the Grizzlies with 10 points each.
The Grizzlies will travel to Peterborough, Ont., next weekend for games against Fleming and Trent. They will play their next home games against Algonquin (Nov. 22) and La Cite (Nov. 23) at the Georgian Athletic Centre.
Source: Georgian College
BARRIE, Ont. – The No. 10 ranked Durham College men's volleyball team lost their first set of the season on Friday night, but didn't lose their first match.
Durham defeated the Georgian Grizzlies 3-2 to push their regular season record to 4-0.
Jeremy Hoekstra and Matt McGirr led Durham College with 16 and 13 kills respectively. Petrus Kuypers and Nick Coleman led the team at the net with five blocks apiece.
Darien Hayes, who had eight kills for the Grizzlies, led Georgian College.
The Lords won the opening two sets, 25-22 and 25-20, but Georgian bounced back with a 27-25 victory in the third set.
Georgian took the fourth 25-19 to force the fifth and final set, which Durham won 15-6.
Source: Durham College