LONDON, Ont. – It was a packed house and loud crowd Friday night for the Western Mustangs’ 3-0 win over the Windsor Lancers (9-5) at Alumni Hall. It was also a big win for Western who experienced their first loss of the season last weekend to the Waterloo Warriors.

Set scores of tonight’s game were 25-20, 26-24 and 25-22.

FULL BOX SCORE

The Mustangs were only able to get ahead a point or two in the first set before the Lancers would come back and tie the game. This went on for most of the set until the Mustangs pulled ahead late and took the set 25-20. Mathieu Poulin had five kills and three digs for the Mustangs in the set.

It was no different in the second set. The Windsor team not wanting to fall behind by two straight sets, put up some big blocks and attacks. Western countered with offensive play from Mathew Waite and Phil James who capitalized on a defensive error from Windsor’s Ryan Le for the final point and the 26-24 win.

Western came out wanting to quickly take the third set and wrap up the game, but Windsor had a different plan and challenged the purple and white right to the end. Like the first, the set was point-for-point. The Mustangs pulled ahead on an ace from Derek Kuiack and took the third and final set 25-22.

Poulin finished the night with 15 kills and eight digs and led the Mustangs with 15 total points.

Kyle Williamson (14 kills, 3 digs) and Harrison Oake (12 kills, 4 digs, 1 solo block) each had 14 points for the Lancers.

The Mustangs will host McMaster on Saturday, Jan. 28 and York on Sunday, Jan. 28. Both games are at 3 p.m. For tickets, click here.