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Corey Stanford

Men's Volleyball Shelby Gobbo

Scapinello makes his mark as Mustangs take RMC 3-0

Box Score KINGSTON, Ont. -- The Western Mustangs men’s volleyball team challenged the Royal Military College Paladins earlier this afternoon at the Kingston Military Sports Community Centre in Kingston, Ontario and dominated the match start to finish. The Mustangs topped RMC in three straight sets 3-0, showing the Paladins what a battle really is, and sent RMC back to boot camp.
 
Set scores were 25-14, 25-12, 25-21.
 
Rookie Justin Scapinello and teammate, former All-Star rookie Garrett May led the royal battle, both with team high scores of 11.5, contributing to Western’s 46 point lead over RMC’s 28. Scapinello gained nine kills on 12 attempts, while May earned nine kills on 18 attempts while committing only one error.
 
Thomas McMullen of the RMC Paladins led his army with a game high of 13.5 points, nine kills on 18 attempts while only committing two errors, along with four blocks.
 
After a long trip on the road, the Mustangs stepped onto the court with no sign of fatigue and immediately earned a stream of points through 12 kills on 17 attempts, trumping the Paladins kill percentage by almost double. The Stangs' 58.8% accuracy was strong enough to RMC's 33.3% to bring the Mustangs to an easy win of 25-14.
 
Using some of the fresh roster, the Mustangs showed a great amount of potential in the younger players this afternoon, where new court faces showed their talents by taking the Paladins in the quickest set of the match, leading by 13 points. Chris Lam, Dominic Kucharski and Douglas Austrom dominated the court allowing Western to take the set 25-12.
 
The Mustangs finished the day rapidly in three sets, making the skirmish as painless as possible for the Paladins. The third set was the game’s longest where RMC only fell short four points to Western’s 25 point lead.
 
The Western Mustangs now prepare to challenge opponent Queen’s Gaels tomorrow, Sunday, November 18, on Queen’s court at the ARC, with first service at 2:00pm. The game will be live streamed on SSN Canada website.
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