The York University Lions men's volleyball team started its season with a big upset victory over the Queen's Gaels and will go for their second win in a row against the Ryerson Rams on Wednesday evening.
 
The Match-up: York (1-0) vs. Ryerson (0-1)
 
Game Details
Wednesday, Oct. 30 @ 6pm, OUA.tv
 
Home/Away Records
York – 1-0 at home
Ryerson – 0-0 on the road
 
Current Streak
York – Won 1
Ryerson – Lost 1
 
Last Meetings
The Rams have won five straight regular-season match-ups against the Lions dating back to the 2016-17 season, when the two teams split their season series. Last year the Rams won both meetings in five sets. Ryerson also defeated York 3-1 in a pre-season contest in late September.
 
The two teams will face each other one more time this season, on Saturday, Feb. 15 when the Lions head downtown to face the Rams at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.
 
QUICK FACTS
 
York

• The Lions began their season with a massive 3-1 win over the defending OUA champion Queen's Gaels on Saturday afternoon. The win was a big one in the OUA East standings over a team they lost to twice last year.
• The Lions won two of their six pre-season matches, defeating Waterloo at the Ryerson tournament and Dalhousie in Halifax.
• The Lions are looking to improve upon their fourth-place finish in the OUA East Division last year and eventual quarter-final finish.
• The Lions are not back in action again until Saturday, Nov. 9 when they return to home court to host the Brock Badgers.

 
Ryerson

• The Rams opened the season on Saturday with a 3-1 loss to the Toronto Varsity Blues.
• The Rams went 3-1 in the pre-season, defeating York, Guelph and Manitoba and falling to Waterloo.
• The Rams finished second in the OUA East last year but were upset in the quarter-finals by the Windsor Lancers.
• After facing the Lions, the Rams will head to North Bay, Ont., to take on the Nipissing Lakers on Saturday at 8pm.

 
PLAYERS TO WATCH
 
York
 
OH Luke de Greeff – The rookie led the Lions in scoring on opening day with 14 points against Queen's. He had 12 kills and seven digs in that match.
 
S Dan Everton – The second-year setter was an OUA all-rookie team member last year. He averaged 7.75 assists per set in the match against Queen's.
 
Ryerson
 
OH Xander Ketrzynski – Started his career by earning OUA East and U SPORTS rookie of the year awards, the OUA East most valuable player award, and first-team OUA all-star and U SPORTS all-Canadian honours. He is the early OUA leader in scoring with 7.6 points per set after recording 28 kills in their opener last week.
 
S Saad Shaikh – Ranks fourth in the OUA with 9.25 assists per set in their first match.