Box Score Dave Preston gave the keys to his young players on Saturday, and they provided the usual, dominant service at the expense of the RMC Paladins. The Marauder bench swept the Paladins (25-18, 25-9, 25-17) to extend McMaster's stretch of sets won to a whopping 31 over the span of 10 matches.

With the victory, the CIS no. 1-ranked Marauders moved to 11-0 at the conclusion of their fall schedule, and will take their spotless OUA record and top spot in the conference standings into the holiday break.

A regular figure in cleanup time this season, rookie outside Matt Passalent excelled in a full match's duty, leading the Marauders and the match with 15 points while hitting 53 per cent, knocking down 10 kills on 15 attempts with just two errors. He terrorized the Paladins from the service line as well, acing the hosts five times with a single service error.

Middle Peter Khodkevych also impressed, killing 11 of 20 hitting attempts with just one error, while adding three solo blocks for 14 points.

Attention now turns to the exam room, with McMaster adjourning from OUA play for the examination period and holiday break. The team will reconvene in the New Year for a three-match series in Columbus, Ohio against the Ohio State Buckeyes, before returning to conference play on January 15.