KINGSTON, Ont. (November 21, 2014) – The Gaels (4-4) men's volleyball team dominated the RMC Paladins (0-8) in a four set win (3-1), 25-10, 25-18, 23-25 and 25-9.
 
In the first set Queen's defence was impenetrable as Aidan Roos (West Elgin, Ont.) and Dylan Hunt (Aurora, Ont.) set the tone for the match with a defensive block against the Paladins to get the first point.  With an outstanding attack from Markus Trence (Orangeville, Ont.), who had four kills in the first set, Queen's finished the set off to take it 25-10.
 
The Gaels opened the scoring in the second set with a kill from Roos.  Again Queen's demonstrated strong defensive play against RMC and managed to capitalize on the Paladins miscommunications.  The teams were neck and neck at the 17-point mark but Queen's subbed in Mike Tomlinson (Stratford, Ont.) who lit the game up with four kills finishing the set at 25-18 for Queen's.
 
Right from the get go in the third set the scoring went back and forth between both teams.  The Gaels managed to pull away but the Paladins got right back in it with a four-point streak to tie the game at 21-21.  A close game right till the end, RMC managed to pull out a win off an attacking error and claim the set 25-23.
 
The Paladins struggled to deal with the Gaels attack coming from all angles in set four. The Gaels smoothly finished the final set with a final kill from Tomlinson and an attacking error by RMC to take it 25-9.
 
The Gaels were led by Trence as he lit up the court with a game-high of 16 kills adding eight digs and two solo blocks.  Roos was just as strong also getting a game-high of eight serving aces, eight kills and six blocks for the Gaels. 
 
Queen's is back in action tomorrow night at 8pm in an exhibition against Team Canada FTC in the ARC main gym.