WINDSOR, Ont. – After dominating the east throughout the regular season the west proved to be better at the OCAA men's volleyball championship.
 
Durham College's perfect 18-0 conference record this season was snapped Friday night by the host St. Clair Saints. St. Clair upset the Lords 3-1, which meant Durham would be playing for bronze.
 
Saturday they were back in action against the Sheridan Bruins, who dropped their quarter-final matchup 3-0 to the Humber Hawks.
 
The Bruins opened with a 25-21 win, but the Lords responded with back-to-back 25-21 set wins of their own to lead the match 2-1.
 
In the fourth set Durham had an opportunity to advance, but Sheridan stayed alive with a 32-30 victory to force the fifth and final set.
 
Unfortunately for the nationally ranked Lords the Bruins finished the match off with a 15-9 fifth-set win.
 
Nick Coleman (Brooklin, Ont.) led the team with 11 kills and five blocks, while player of the game, Erik Janssen (Hampton, Ont.), and Petrus Kuypers (Haydon, Ont.) added nine apiece. Kuypers also had three blocks.
 
Team captain and graduating senior Jeremy Hoekstra (Cobourg, Ont.) picked up seven kills and three blocks.
 
Jeremy Fantin (Mississauga, Ont.) took player of the game honours for Sheridan with a match high 26 kills. Fantin also had 18 digs, two blocks and a service ace. Josh Butler (London, Ont.) contributed to the Bruins victory with 22 kills, 13 digs, two stuffed blocks and a service ace.
 
Hoekstra and Kuypers are amongst those graduating from their respective programs this season. The six other graduates include: Matt Gibson (Oshawa, Ont.), Luke Kilbourn (Ingersoll, Ont.), Mike Harper (Oakville, Ont.), Braydon Rogers (Leaskdale, Ont.), Luke Fafard (Dauphin, Ont.) and Ben Gledhill (Orleans, Ont.)