Lancers leap to meet the ball at the netLancers set up a return against the Western Mustangs in play at the U Sports men’s volleyball tournament.

Lancers finish sixth at national men’s volleyball tournament

The Lancer men’s volleyball team received the R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award after finishing sixth in the U Sports championship tournament Sunday in Brandon, Man.

The league named setter Markus Law-Heese a first team all-Canadian at its awards breakfast before games began.

Windsor dropped its opening match against the Alberta Golden Bears on Friday, defeated the Western Mustangs in straight sets Saturday for the program’s first-ever victory in national tournament competition, and lost in its consolation final to the top seeded Winnipeg Wesmen.

The sixth-place finish is the best in Lancer men’s volleyball history.

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