Box Score The McMaster men's volleyball team remained undefeated in the OUA, and kept the Royal Military College winless by defeating the visiting Paladins 3-0 (25-11, 25-17, 25-16) on Sunday afternoon in Hamilton.

The Marauders set the tone for the match early by jumping out to a 9-3 lead in the opening set. McMaster coach Dave Preston tinkered with his line-up against the Paladins, getting some of his reserves some valuable game experience. The men in Maroon did not let up and grabbed a one-set lead with a 25-11 win.

The second set saw RMC raise its intensity level and the Paladins held a 9-7 lead, before McMaster began to make its move. At the technical timeout the Marauders were in front 16-13 and had all the momentum. Behind some strong serving from Jayson McCarthy and Danny Demyanenko, McMaster closed out the set 25-17.

Now up by two sets, Coach Preston made use of his bench in the third and the Marauders raced to a 9-2 lead and were up 16-4 at the technical timeout. The Paladins competed gamely, but the deficit was far too great to overcome and McMaster secured the match in straight sets with a 25-16 win.

McMaster is now a perfect 6 and 0 in OUA play and sits No. 2 in the national top-ten.

The BIG MAC player of the game was setter Andrew Kocur, who made his first start of the year. Kocur had 26 assists, while also making 4 digs and serving two aces in a strong all-round performance. The Marauder offense got a 17.5 point effort from Brandon Koppers and Jayson McCarthy chipped in with 14.5 points that included 3 service aces. RMC's player of the game was Tom McMullen, who led his team with 6.5 points.


Next weekend will see the Marauders travel for matches at Nipissing University on November 22^nd and then playing at York on November 24^th.