CIS women's volleyball Sunday roundup: Brock knocks off No. 8 York Lions 3-1

KINGSTON, Ont. - The Gaels (8-3) completed a weekend sweep with a win over the visiting Waterloo Warriors (3-7) in four sets on Sunday afternoon in Kingston. Set scores were 25-11, 25-22, 18-25, 25-22 in a game where Natalie Gray of Oshawa, Ont. had a game high 11 kills and 18 digs.
 
The Gaels Kelsey Bishop of North Vancouver, B.C. had 11 kills for the Gaels in the win and Anna Pedjase of Waterloo, Ont. led all Gaels in assists with 20.
 
For Waterloo, Oksana Kozak of Mississauga, Ont. led all Warriors in kills with 10 to go along with five digs and one block. Kayla Ng of London, Ont. led all players with 25 assists in a losing effort.
 
The first set was handidly won by the Gaels 25-11 but Waterloo managed to make a game of it keeping set three close with 22 points and winning the third set 25-18. The Gaels attack was too strong on the day as they took another close set 25-22 for the 3-1 victory. Five Gaels finished with five or more kills on the day, in their second straight win in as many days having won in five sets on Saturday against Guelph.
 
With the win the Gaels now improve to 8-3 on the season and sit tied with Toronto for second place in the OUA. The Gaels return to action next weekend when they take on the McMaster Marauders on Saturday January 14 in Hamilton, then travel to Toronto Sunday to play the OUA first place York Lions who sit at a perfect 9-0 on the season. 

Source: Queen's Sports Info

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The Brock University women's volleyball team (7-4 OUA) knocked off the No. 8 ranked York University Lions (9-1 OUA) by the score of 3-1 (25-14, 16-25, 25-20, 25-23) Sunday afternoon at the Bob Davis Gymnasium.
 
With the victory, Brock moves into a tie for fourth place in the OUA with 14 points. They sit four points behind first place York (9-1) and just two points behind Toronto (8-3) and Queen's (8-3).
 
Going into today's match, York had won the last 10 contests. It was even bitter sweet for Brock first year head coach Dale Melnick to get the victory over her alma mater.
 
For the Badgers this was their second victory in their last four matches over a nationally ranked opponent as they knocked off No. 3 Saint Mary's at the National Invitational Tournament over the holidays.
 
Leading the Badgers offense was senior Rachel Roorda (St. George, Ont.) who recorded a match high 19 kills with a .436 hitting percentage. Sophomore Lucy McLay (Stratford, Ont.) registered the double-double adding 11 kills and 13 digs. Senior Jennifer McKenzie (Surrey, BC) and junior Tori Stirling (Whitby, Ont.) both chipped in with seven kills each. Senior setter Ally Fast (St. Catharines, Ont.) registered another double-double collecting 36 assists and 12 digs. Sophomore libero Tess Palmateer (Aurora, Ont.) added 18 digs in the victory.
 
For the Lions, Brandie Wilkerson (Brampton, Ont.) added 14 kills and Melissa Humana-Paredes (Toronto, Ont.)  finished with six kills and 15 digs. Libero Jennifer Black (London, Ont.) collected 18 digs in the loss.
 
The Badgers are now on the road for their next six matches beginning Jan. 14 when they travel to Thunder Bay to take on the Lakehead Thunderwolves (0-10).

Source: Brock Sports Info