Postseason positioning was still on the line on the final day of the Marauders regular season Friday, and they duly delivered a win to pave their way.

McMaster dealt the winless Trent Excalibur one last defeat, 25-12, 25-12, 25-13, to secure the top seed in the OUA West and hosting rights throughout the OUA playoffs, finishing the conference schedule with a 15-2 record.

The Marauders will now play host to the Nipissing Lakers in a quarterfinal match at Burridge Gym on Saturday, March 3.

Hitting a blistering .443 as a team in the straightforward win, the Marauders amassed 36 kills and just nine hitting errors as a group Friday.

The most efficient of them was outside Craig Ireland (Beamsville, ON), who knocked down seven kills on nine attempts with just a single error (.667) to score all of his points with his swing.

McMaster's leading scorer was Andrew Richards (London, ON), whose game high 8.5 points included six kills, two aces and a block assist.

Overall, the Marauders earned a total of 47 points to Trent's 18, and held the Excalibur to a negative hitting average of -.167 with 24 errors against 14 kills.