KINGSTON, Ont. (January 10, 2015) – The Gaels (7-4) kick-started the second half of their 2014-15 season by winning their fourth consecutive game, beating the Nipissing Lakers (2-9) in a three set sweep with set scores 25-15, 25-19 and 25-21.
 
The Gaels took an early lead against the Lakers in the first set as Will Hoey (Brampton, Ont.) opened the scoring with a kill.  Queen's offensive attacks were too much for Nipissing to handle as the Gaels easily pulled away from the competition.  Philippe Goyer (Ottawa) finished the set for Queen's with an attack that made it through a Laker block to take the set 25-15.
 
In the second set the Lakers opened the scoring with a kill that the Gaels were unable to control.  Markus Trence (Orangeville, Ont.) quickly answered back for the Gaels with a sly touch over a Lakers block.  Queen's started to pull away but Nipissing managed to tie the set up at 10-10.  Three straight points from Gaels attacks and two back-to-back attacking errors by the Lakers allowed the Gaels to take the set 25-19.
 
Once again, the Lakers opened the scoring in the final set off a Gaels attacking error.  The scoring went back and forth between the two teams in what was by far the closest competitive set as neither team was able to pull away.  In the final frame, four kills by Mike Tomlinson (Stratford, Ont.), finishing with an unstoppable cross-court kill, allowed the Gaels to overtake the Lakers 25-21 in three straight sets.
 
Goyer was top scorer for Queen's with 16 kills, one serving ace and 11 digs while Tomlinson was close behind with 10 kills and four digs.  Nipissing saw Cameron Branch match Goyer for kills. 
 
The Gaels are back in action tomorrow afternoon at 3pm against the York Lions in the ARC main gym.