Box Score One streak came to an end on Saturday, but the more important mark continued. McMaster dropped their first set since Halloween, but extended their OUA win streak to 17 matches with a 3-1 victory over the Waterloo Warriors.

Having already clinched the top spot in the OUA with a win on Thursday, the CIS no. 1-ranked Marauders extended their lead atop the conference and moved to 17-1 on the season. Waterloo, meanwhile, missed an opportunity to leapfrog the Ryerson Rams — who lost a four-set decision to York — for the second spot in the conference, and fell to 13-6 on the season.

Stephen Maar was the star on Saturday, thumping down 15 kills on 27 attempts versus just four errors (.407) and adding three aces and 2.5 blocks for a game-high 20.5 points. The trio of middles Danny Demyanenko and Alex Elliot and outside Jayson McCarthy also entered double digits in scoring, posting 15.5, 13 and 12 points respectively. Setter Austin Campion-Smith continued to create at a remarkable clip, posting 54 assists in four sets of work.

Neither team's offence was operating at full capacity in the opening set, but despite hitting just .179 in the frame, the Marauders saw off the Warrior challenge by a three-point margin to take the set 25-22. McMaster's hitters came alive in the second, committing just three errors versus 18 kills (.405) to seal another closely-contested set 25-21 and give themselves a 2-0 stranglehold on the match.

The Warriors, however, mounted a response in the third, and amazingly completed the set without committing a single hitting error. Hitting cleanly and slowing the Marauders on the other side of the net, the Warriors clawed a set back by a 25-21 score, claiming the first set from McMaster since York took a consolation set in a 3-1 loss on Halloween.

One streak was over, as the Marauders saw their stretch of 11 consecutive sweeps come to an end. But McMaster reacted quickly to reassert control, and improved their game on both the offensive and defensive sides to hold Waterloo even at nine kills and nine errors while posting a .379 percetange. The end result was a dominant set won by a nine-point margin, as McMaster swept the season series with Waterloo.

The Marauders conclude their season at home in a week's time, hosting the Queen's Gaels and RMC Paladins on Friday and Saturday respectively.