Panthers Take Two at Home

North Bay, ON — The Canadore Panthers men's volleyball team delivered a perfect home weekend, edging Loyalist in five sets on Saturday before sweeping Fleming in straight sets on Sunday at the College Drive Gymnasium.

Saturday — Canadore 3, Loyalist 2

Set scores: 25–22, 21–25, 21–25, 25–21, 15–6

Canadore rallied from down 1–2 to force a fifth, then dominated the tiebreak behind serving pressure and a towering block to close out Loyalist. The Panthers finished with 54 kills (.290), 8 service aces, and 12 solo blocks.

Panthers leaders vs Loyalist

• Sean Malherbe — 19 kills (.273), 2 blocks, 10 digs, 22 points
• Mason Begg — 14 kills (.333), 3 aces, 14 digs, 17 points
• Hallen Ettles — 9 kills (.529), 6 solo blocks, 16 points
• Khaled Bryant — 6 kills (.308), 2 solo blocks
• Konrad Siedlec — 6 kills, 3 aces, 10 digs
• Spencer Corston — 46 assists, 2 solo blocks, 9 digs

Sunday — Canadore 3, Fleming 0

Set scores: 25–11, 25–16, 25–19

The Panthers controlled every phase in a wire-to-wire sweep, hitting .423 with 41 kills, while piling up 11 aces and 13 solo blocks to smother the Knights' attack (.119).

Panthers leaders vs Fleming

• Sean Malherbe — 12 kills (.435), 2 aces, 14 points
• Konrad Siedlec — 8 kills (.667), 3 aces, 1 block, 12 points
• Hallen Ettles — 4 kills (.800), 5 aces, 3 solo blocks, 12 points
• Mason Begg — 8 kills, 1 ace, 2 blocks, 11 points
• Khaled Bryant — 5 kills, 5 solo blocks, 10 points
• Spencer Corston — 35 assists, 5 digs
• Ethan Israelstam — 14 digs (match high)

By the Numbers (Weekend)

• Record: 2–0
• Aces: 19 combined (8 vs Loyalist, 11 vs Fleming)
• Blocks: 25 solo blocks (12 vs Loyalist, 13 vs Fleming)
• Setting: 81 assists from Spencer Corston (46 + 35)

The Panthers look to keep the momentum rolling next week. For schedules, and live coverage, visit CanadorePanthers.ca and follow @Canadore_Panthers on social.