The York University Lions women's volleyball team was beaten by the Ryerson Rams after four sets on Saturday (Nov. 15) at Tait McKenzie Centre.
 
The Rams won the first two sets with a score of 25-21 and 25-22. The Lions grabbed a win in the third set by a score of 25-22. However, the Rams were able to seal their victory on the fourth set with a ten-point gap at 25-15.
 
At the start of the game, both teams remained equal in quality. The Lions took the lead at 8-5 through several miscommunications in the Rams court. A series of mistakes by the Lions gave the Rams the opportunity to catch up.
 
The Rams took the upper hand after scoring thrice consecutively at 15-12, eventually retaining the lead until the end of the set.
 
A powerful spike by Michelle Pierce (Windsor, Ont.) opened the Lions scoring. However, the Rams continued their pressure from the previous set and created a tight two-point scoring gap between the teams.
 
With the help of early timeouts by the Lions, the home team was able to catch up. The Lions scored eight consecutive points to overturn a 7-10 deficit to a 15-10 lead. Aleks Arsovic (Burlington, Ont.) made serves that were key to the attack.
 
The Lions committed several mistakes after losing out on the oppositions' serves, leading the Rams to catch up at 16-16 and cruise to victory at 25-22.
 
As the Rams looked to seal their win with the third set, the Lions increased their pace to deny the visiting team a comfortable set. Deflections by the Rams' blockers gave the Lions a fighting chance.
 
Brittney Hopley (Thornhill, Ont.) executed a sharp spike that caught the Rams off-guard to tighten the margin at 5-6. The home team took advantage of the Rams' confusion to take the lead.
 
Clever serves by Octavia Wong (Thornhill, Ont.) aided in the Lions' set victory.
 
However, the Lions failed to apply the same pressure at the fourth set. The Rams' Veronica Livingston inspired the final set win with her clinical kills. Livingston recorded the game's highest kills with 21.
 
The Rams completely outplayed the Lions to achieve an away victory with the fourth set win.
 
On Sunday (Nov. 16), the Lions will be looking to break the Toronto Varsity Blues' six-game winning streak in Tait McKenzie Centre at 2pm.