Box Score LONDON, Ont. – The Western Mustangs men's volleyball team took on the Queen's Gaels Saturday evening at Alumni Hall and came away with a 3-1 win, their third consecutive home win of 2014. With set scores of 23-25, 25-20, 25-22 and 25-17, it was clear that the Gaels came out to play.

"Games like this build character and will help us so much later on in the playoffs and in the rest of our regular season," said Mustangs head coach Jim Sage.

The Mustangs and Gaels battled hard in the first set, but neither team could take more than a two-point lead until after the technical timeout when the Gaels pulled ahead 21-16 thanks to a four-point run, including three services aces from Gael Mike Tomlinson. Queen's secured their set 25-23 win and Western went down 0-1.

Western jumped out of the gates early in the second frame, and took a seven-point advantage over the Gaels before allowing their counterparts to come back within four points. A long rally and a cross-court attack from Phil James gave the Mustangs the final point needed to take the set 25-20 and tie the game 1-1.

The action continued into the third set as Mustangs Sean McKay and Garrett May went on serving streaks of their own, helping the Mustangs to a 7-1 lead before trading points once again with the Gaels. Before the technical break, the Gaels had come within three points of the Mustangs at 16-13, then tying the set at 20. In a crucial position, not wanting to drop 1-2 in the game, James put up a solo block for the Mustangs, who secured their third set 25-22.

Heading into the fourth, Queen's put up their best offence and defence, however Western, now even more motivated to seal the deal, came out hitting hard. The Gaels though only allowed the Mustangs a three-point advantage halfway through the set and trailed 13-16. Looking relaxed and playing their own game, the Mustangs knew what they had to do, and finished the set 25-17.

May led the Mustangs on offense with 21 kills and two service aces, followed by Justin Scapinello who added 14 kills of his own, along with three service aces.

The Gaels were led by Tomlinson with 23 kills and four aces.

The Mustangs will head out next weekend, Friday, January 25 and Saturday, January 26 to Toronto to take on the Ryerson Rams and the Toronto Varsity Blues.