North Bay, ON, February 23, 2012 — The Humber Hawks defeated the Redeemer Royals on Thursday 3-0 during quarter-final action in the Ontario Colleges Athletics Association (OCAA) Men’s Volleyball Championships at Nipissing University.

The game represented a rematch of last year’s OCAA Gold Medal game, which Humber won 3-0. Today’s match (25-21, 25-20, 25-23) was controlled for the most part by Humber after a closely battled first set. Humber dominated the second set by taking the lead early. It was late in the set that Redeemer closed in on Humber’s lead and brought the score within two points. At the end of the set, Humber persevered and won the set by five points. After giving up two sets, Redeemer tied up the third set 23-23, but Humber decided the game with two powerful hits by Terrel Bramwell (Mississauga, ON). Humber’s Player of the Game went to Bramwell (nine digs, 21 kills) while Redeemer’s Player of the Game was awarded to setter Jake Klassen who contributed six digs.

Humber (17-1) finished the regular season as the number one team in the CCAA and first in the OCAA West Conference.

Redeemer (10-8) finished the regular season in fifth place in the OCAA West.

Christian Vandergeest, David Klomps, and Eric Heidbuurt all had 8 points for the Royals.

Humber will play Mohawk tomorrow at 6pm and Redeemer will play Seneca at 1pm.

You can check out the Championship Website at http://www.nipissingathletics.ca/ocaamvb/