Box Score LONDON, Ont. – A second half comeback from the Western Mustangs men's volleyball fell just short as the Mustangs fell to the McMaster Marauders in five sets (22-25, 20-25, 25-19, 25-18, 10-15) on Saturday night at Alumni Hall.

"We've got a lot of heart and desire, and we don't give up. That was probably the most important thing," said Mustangs head coach Jim Sage. "We didn't play well in the first two sets, we weren't in control of anything. We did it before last time we played them, pushed it to five sets after being down 2-0, but we can't let that happen very often.

"You go to five sets it can go either way, a point here, a bad call there, and you lose. We've got to take care of business a little bit earlier, but we're gaining positives out of what happened. They're the number two team in the country, we're that close."

After falling behind 2-0 in the first two sets the Mustangs began to turn things around in the third thanks in part to five kills from Doug Austrom and four from Garrett May, helping Western take a 25-19 victory.

The purple and white maintained their momentum in the fourth set, never relinquishing the lead during the frame. Strong serving from Austrom and seven kills from May led the way to a 25-18 set win and pushed the game into a fifth and final frame.

Unfortunately for the Mustangs faithful McMaster regained control in the fifth, and despite the two teams trading points for part of the final set, the Marauders came out on top 15-10 to take the match 3-2.

May led all Mustangs players with 16 kills with Phil James just behind with 15. Sean Mckay provided 47 assists, while Justin Scapinello earned eight digs to lead the team.

Next up for the Mustangs is a trip down the 401 to take on the Windsor Lancers. Game time is set for 8:00 p.m. on Friday, November 1.