The Brock men's volleyball team calmed the chaos to pull off their first win of the OUA season on Sunday.
The Badgers rallied to win a scrambly third set and ultimately upended the Western Mustangs 3-1 (25-23, 20-25, 31-29, 25-20) at Bob Davis Gymnasium.
"We teach by creating chaos. We create chaotic drills where we'll throw in extra balls or loops here and there," said head coach Matt Ragogna of his practice sessions. "We'll make difficult calls they don't like and then they have to deal with the chaos, so when those scrambly moments happen in games we can calm the noise."
Logan House was efficient on the attack with 20 kills and a .545 kill percentage. He also added 15 digs. Saulius Lianga smashed 14 kills and Grant Reddon added 32 assist.
Brock's offence is humming just two games into the season as they lead the league with a total of 107 kills and 97 assists, but more importantly, they rank No. 1 in points with 131.
"We hit .328 on Friday and just under .300 the second game," said Ragogna. "Those are the highest hitting percentages the men's volleyball team has hit in four seasons. We're making better on our errors now."
Dean Globocki registered 13 kills and James Parkinson tallied 11 digs, however Ragogna said Globocki and Parkinson are more valuable on the court then just filling up the scoresheet.
"The numbers don't show what positive contributions they make," he said. "Dean can put the ball away when he needs to, but in terms of passing him and James hold the fort down with Logan, and James is the unsung hero of the back row on serve and receive. He passes with unbelievable numbers and keeps us in the system as much as we can. Those two are a big piece to our success."
Up next, the Badgers (1-1) hit the road to play the RMC Paladins (0-1) on Friday, Nov. 1 at 8 p.m.
