KINGSTON, Ont. (February 11, 2018) – The Queen's Gaels (7-8) took a big win in a three set game against the RMC Paladins (2-13) on Sunday afternoon at the Queen's ARC. The scores of each set were 25-13, 25-13 and 25-21 respectfully.
GAME FLOW
Markus Trence (Hockley Valley, Ont.), Zac Hutchinson (Kingston, Ont.) and Malcolm Prentice (Oakville, Ont.) got right down to business in the first set of the game leading the Gaels on a 8-2 point streak early on. Trence came through with a cross court kill to the right corner which fueled the momentum of the Tricolour offence. He continued to show his offensive and defensive talents, successfully making kills off of defensive blocks and cross court hits. Coming off a time out, the Gaels found their offensive groove on serves from Mitchell Neuert (Toronto) and Hutchinson. The Gaels took a huge lead over the Paladins and never gave RMC an opportunity to catch them. Queen's took the first set with a score of 25-13 off of a net violation made by RMC.
In the second set of the game, the Gaels found another early lead with kills from Trence. A kill to central court from Hutchinson after a timeout maintained the Gaels offensive intensity and kept Queen's in the lead. Trence took an ace on the RMC defence this set and Chris Seyffert (Calgary) put a tip between the RMC block, contributing to the Queen's lead. First year student Andrew Borschneck (Kingston, Ont.) made a cross court kill on the Paladins and immediately found a tip over the RMC block for the Gaels. The Gaels ended the set on a kill from Prentice that could not be returned by the Paladins defence. The score of the second set was 25-13.
The Gales got off to another quick start, taking a lead over the Paladins off kills by Seyffert, Trence and Prentice. Hutchinson and Seyffert made a strong defensive block on the left side, resulting in a point for the Gaels and keeping Queen's in possession of the lead. A kill down the right line from Trence extended the Tricolour's lead. The Paladins could not defend Trence's hits and the Gaels took a six-point lead over RMC with a score of 16-10. Prentice found a kill in the third set and Hutchinson made a powerful cross court kill to the back right court. The Gaels ended the third set on a strong kill from Borschneck and a score of 25-21.
BY THE NUMBERS
5 – Kills for Andrew Borschneck
6 – Digs for Markus Trence
37 – Assists for Zane Grossinger (Richmond Hill, Ont.)
UP NEXT
The Gaels stay in Kingston to host the Toronto Varsity Blues on February 16th 2018 at 8pm in the ARC.
