Volleyball
The Falcons volleyball teams hosted a pair of home games over the weekend against the Mohawk Mountaineers and the Sheridan Bruins.
Women’s
The Falcons women’s volleyball team continues to impress this season. They didn’t drop a set in either of their home games against the Mohawk Mountaineers and the Sheridan Bruins.
Janelle Albert was a force for the Falcons against Mohawk. She went 18-27 in kill attempts for a .519 percentage. She accounted for 23 points in the match.
On Sunday against the Bruins, the Falcons had a strong showing from Tarea Heshka. The third-year player converted on 50 per cent of her attacks, going 7-14. The Falcons also had at least 10 kills in every set against Sheridan.
The women’s volleyball team maintains its dominance in the OCAA. They have not lost a regular-season conference game in two years, moving to 8-0 this season.
Men’s
The Falcons men’s volleyball team had a dead-even matchup against the Mountaineers, who came into the match at 3-4. The two had a tough-fought first set, finishing 30-28 in favour of the Falcons.
Despite the marathon first set win, the Mountaineers came storming back, taking three straight from the Falcons to win the match 3-1. Mohawk had eight more digs than Fanshawe in the match.
The Falcons were hoping to rebound the next day against a Sheridan Bruins team who had yet to win this season. After Fanshawe took the first set, Sheridan came back and won the second set 26-24. The Bruins pulled out a third set win, which the Falcons responded with an easy fourth set win.
The fifth set was taken right to the brink, with the Bruins taking the match with a 16-14 final set win. The loss puts Fanshawe at 4-4.
The volleyball teams will finish their winter schedule on Saturday in Welland with matches against the Niagara Knights.
Basketball
The basketball teams took a long trip to Sault Ste. Marie over the weekend for doubleheaders against the Cougars.
Women’s
The women’s team showed why they were ranked ninth in the nation in last week’s CCAA Top 10.
Their first game against the Sault Cougars saw the Falcons allow just five points in the first quarter. Three Fanshawe players finished with double-digit point totals as the Falcons dominated their way to a 77-38 win.
The second game was even more of an onslaught. The Cougars scored just 18 points against the Falcons on Sunday afternoon. Sault did not score more than 10 points in any quarter. Fanshawe surrendered just a single point in the fourth quarter. Chuot Angou had 20 points in the second game including going 4-9 from beyond the arc.
The women’s team has now won five games in a row, improving to 8-1 on the season.
Men’s
The Falcons men’s basketball team was able to replicate the women’s team’s success against the Cougars.
On Saturday, all five of Fanshawe’s starters finished with double-digit point totals in their 82-69 win. Alfred Johnson had a game-high 19 points and 19 rebounds for the Falcons.
More of the same in Sunday’s game. Alfred Johnson had a 23 point, 13 rebound double-double as the Falcons came away with a 74-59 win. Fanshawe’s size was the story of the game, grabbing 21 more rebounds than the Cougars. They also had twice as many points in the paint and double the number of points off turnovers.
The men’s basketball team has not lost in the month of November. They have won their past seven games, now leading the OCAA West with an 8-2 record.
The men’s and women’s basketball teams will finish their winter schedule on Friday, November 29th when they host the Niagara Knights.
