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 Durham College women's volleyball team is still looking for their second win of the regular season.

After winning their first match last Thursday at home, the Lords fell 3-1 to Georgian College on Friday.

The Grizzlies won the opening sets 25-20 and 25-22, forcing Durham to take the next set to continue the match.

They won by the largest margin, 25-18, but in the fourth set Georgian took it 25-21 to move to 3-1 on the season. The loss sends the Lords to 1-3 on the year.

Tess Newey led the Lords with nine kills, with Natalie Manicotto chipping in seven of her own. Jessica Broad and Melissa Semeniuk each had three blocks.

Although Hannah Campbell had seven kills to lead the Grizzlies to victory, both Kelsey Buckley and Allison Marshall added six apiece.

Source: Durham College