Box Score
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Guelph, Ont. - The Guelph Gryphon's men's volleyball team lost to the visiting Ryerson Rams 3-1 Friday night at the Mitchell Centre. Set scores were 25-22, 25-22, 25-27, and 25-19.
 
The Gryphon's fall to 2-3 on the season, while Ryerson advances to 3-1 on the year.
  Patrick Strazlkowski led the Gryphon offence with 12.5 points (11 kills, 1 ace, 1 block assisst) followed by Mark Wilson with 9.5 points (8 kills, 3 block assists).
 
Robert Wojcik of the Ryerson Rams led all scorers with 25.5 points (20 kills, 5 aces, 1 block assist.
 
In the first set the Rams got off to an early lead, forcing the Gryphon's to take a timeout to stop Ryerson's momentum. Guelph battled back to eventually take a 17-16 lead. Ryerson took the next three points to get back on top 19-17. With the match once again tied at 19, Ryerson managed to take the next few points giving them the lead once more. The Rams never looked back after that, taking the set 25-22.
 
Guelph jumped to an early 5-2 lead in the second set thanks to strong net play. Ryerson managed to tie things up at 7. After that there was a lot of back and forth action, with both teams having a solid offensive performance. The big body presence of second year player Luke Would created some problems for the Rams, as he had multiple strong kills in the set. Ryerson took advantage of a few missed serves from the Gryphon's, jumping ahead 22-19. Guelph managed to tighten the gap to one, down 23-22, but Ryerson took the set 25-22.
 
The Rams were looking to sweep the Gryphon's in straight sets and opened things up with an 8-4 lead. Strong serves by Robert Wojcik was the main reason for Ryerson's early lead.  Ryerson extended their lead to 18-13. The Rams seemed to be in control the rest of the way, but Guelph made things interesting late, narrowing the deficit to 24-23, and eventually tying things up at 24. Guelph ended up taking the third set 27-25.
 
The fourth set started off with a bang with both sides trading kills. The Rams jumped out to an early 10-6 lead with strong offensive play and a couple of Guelph miscues. The Gryphon's clawed their way back into the game with a few key blocks and digs against the Rams attack. Ryerson took a 22-17 lead and never looked back, taking the set 25-19.
 
The Gryphon's are back in action tomorrow (Nov.2) as they travel to Waterloo to take on the Warriors at 2:00 p.m.