LONDON, Ont. - The Western Mustangs disposed of the McMaster Marauders 3-1 on Saturday evening at Alumni hall. The Mustangs built a quick two set lead winning 25-23 and 25-19 before a lapse in the third. McMaster took that set 25-13 before the Mustangs responded to win 25-17 in the fourth set.

Alan Screaton led the Mustangs attack with 13 kills and 3 aces. Mathieu Poulin had a huge fourth set with six kills in that set and 11 overall.

The first set was a battle with both teams trading points throughout. Neither team could establish a run and a great kill by Halpenny and then a good serve allowed the Mustangs to edge out a 25-23 win.

The Mustangs used the momentum from winning the first set to jump out to early leads of 7-3 and 15-6 forcing McMaster to call timeouts to try and regain composure. After the timeouts they would go on an 8-2 run to close Western's lead to 17-14. A number of key blocks would help the Mustangs get back on track and they would go up two sets winning 25-19.

McMaster would come out strong in the third set building an 8-3 lead going into the technical timeout. Western would continue to look flat in this set with McMaster building a 16-5 lead. McMaster would breeze by the Mustangs in this set winning 25-13.

Poulin started the fourth set off right for the Mustangs with some vicious kills to put the Mustangs up 8-4. The Mustangs would hold a slight edge throughout the fourth set, leading 18-13. The Mustangs would continue their strong play and win 25-17.

The Mustangs will next travel to Windsor to face the Lancers on Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. Their next home game will be Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. against the Ryerson Rams.