Box Score They had little time to rest with a quick turnaround, but the Marauders made short work of the Nipissing Lakers on Saturday to take all four points from their weekend road trip. McMaster played York in Toronto last night and was forced to return to court less than 24 hours later in North Bay, but swept the Lakers 25-14, 25-19 and 25-22 to win their fifth consecutive match.

Since losing their conference opener, the Marauders (5-1) have now played 16 sets and lost just one in winning five straight matches.

Second-year outside Brandon Koppers led McMaster with 16 points on Saturday, notching 15 kills from 20 hitting attempts versus three errors (.600) and adding one block. Danny Demyanenko also reached double digits, scoring 12 points on nine kills and three blocks.

The Marauders were brutally efficient in the opening set, converting 14 of 18 hitting attempts as a team and committing just one hitting error (.722) to out-pace the Lakers early. The Marauders brought a merciful end to the set with a kill to win the first by an 11-point margin.

McMaster built another healthy lead midway through the second set, widening the gap to seven points at 13-6 when Andrew Richards connected on one of his three kills on the afternoon. Nipissing fought back well following the technical timeout, and closed the gap to three points with Lyndon Sonego at the service line. But the Marauders reasserted themselves, and after a kill from Jayson McCarthy brought up set point, Peter Khodkeyvich aced the Lakers to give the Marauders a two-set lead.

Needing a spark to avoid the sweep, the Lakers enjoyed a much better start to the third set, taking a 10-7 lead after a wayward attack by Richards. But McMaster dug out of that early deficit, and took a two-point lead into the technical timeout after a kill by Demyanenko.

Having grabbed the lead, the Marauders would not give it up for the remainder of the match, and after Demyanenko killed to bring up match point, he followed with another of his nine kills to end the afternoon.