Box Score The McMaster women’s volleyball team took the battle to the visiting Guelph Gryphons right from the outset of their OUA match on Friday evening and emerged with a 3-1 victory by set scores of 25-11, 25-9, 28-30, and 25-15.

The Marauders came on the court in the opening set and played like their lives depended on it.   Combining a diverse attack that saw kills come from a variety of hitters, with some tremendous defense at the net, McMaster raced out to a 16-4 lead at the technical timeout, and never looked back on its way to a 25-11 win.

The second set was more of the same as Guelph Coach Paul Funk had to call both of his timeouts before the technical timeout as the Marauders continued to dominate, and rolling to a 25-9 victory.

With two of their best sets behind them, the Marauders lost some focus in the third and allowed Guelph to take the lead at the technical time out 16-14.  The Gryphons went up 22-18, when McMaster made a late charge and the teams took turns taking the lead before Guelph finally won it 30-28.

Having dropped a set, the Marauders were determined not to let Guelph back into the match and picked up the intensity in the fourth set, jumping out to a 9-1 lead.  Leading 16-6 at the technical timeout, McMaster kept up the pressure and won out by a score of 25-16.

The McDonald’s Big Mac of the game for McMaster was leftside Kierstyn Bakker, who was playing her first match in Maroon after transferring from Manitoba.  She led the Marauders with 13 kills in the match.  Taylor Brisebois had a strong performance with 11 kills and several blocks.  Setter Amanda Weldon did a great job directing the offense and finished with 33 assists. McMaster got a total team effort in the victory.

The Marauders will next play Waterloo on Sunday, November 18^th at 1 p.m. in the Burridge Gym.