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<\/p>\n VANCOUVER \u2013 The UBC Thunderbirds’ front line set the tone early and never let up, as the University of Calgary Dinos men’s volleyball team dropped a 3-0 (16-25, 15-25, 23-25) decision in its Canada West season opener Friday night at War Memorial Gym.<\/p>\n UBC’s block was the difference. The Thunderbirds finished with 12 team blocks to Calgary’s two, with Alex Emery getting a hand on nine of them. Those stops repeatedly ended Dinos rallies and fuelled the home side’s biggest runs of the night.<\/p>\n Sam Kay<\/a> led Calgary with eight kills, while Marshall Qually<\/a> was the most efficient Dinos attacker, putting away six kills on 10 swings for a .400 hitting percentage. Will Kay<\/a> added five kills, Matthew Brown<\/a> ran the offence with 20 assists, and Brown and Cole Czepuryk<\/a> each finished with six digs.<\/p>\n For UBC, Dawson Pratt was nearly flawless, recording nine kills without an attack error to go with two aces and five block assists for a match-high 13.5 points. Gavin Moes added 10 kills, Wil Basilio had seven kills and two aces, and setter Daniel Lewis distributed 34 assists.<\/p>\n The opening set was a back-and-forth affair, tied 10 times through the first 22 points. Calgary held its last lead at 10-9 before UBC broke away from an 11-11 deadlock, using a pair of blocks to build a 17-12 cushion and closing the set 25-16.<\/p>\n The Thunderbirds controlled the second set from the start. Pratt delivered back-to-back aces to push the lead to 9-5, and UBC later ripped off six straight points, three on blocks, to open an 18-10 gap and go on to a 25-15 win.<\/p>\n Calgary produced its best stretch of the night in the third. After falling behind 3-0, the Dinos battled back to tie the set at 7-7 and 8-8. A block by Basilio and Danny Cravioto-Ross capped a three-point UBC run for a 16-12 lead, but Calgary kept chipping away. Trailing 23-19, the Dinos rattled off three straight points, with Sam Kay’s<\/a> transition kill pulling them within one and forcing UBC to call a timeout. Sam Kay<\/a> then saved a match point with another kill to make it 24-23, but a service error on the next rally ended the match. Calgary had 12 kills in the third set, more than in the first two combined.<\/p>\n The loss leaves Calgary 0-1 in Canada West play, while UBC opens its season at 1-0.<\/p>\n The Dinos will return to action Saturday, Oct. 24 when they travel to face the Thunderbirds again at War Memorial Gym at 4 p.m. PT. The game can be seen live on Canada West TV powered by BioSteel.<\/p>\n -UC-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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