A win would be the perfect way to cap off the weekend for the Nipissing Lakers women's volleyball team, up against a scrappy Brock Badgers team.

And after a difficult five set match, it was mission accomplished. Despite initially trailing the Badgers in the first set, Brock reaching the technical timeout up by just two points, the Lakers managed to tie the set up at 18-18.

From there, the Lakers sprinted towards the end, winning the set 25-23.

Brock came out strong in the second set, stepping up their game and grabbing the lead at the technical timeout, 16-10.

Nipissing wasn't going to give away their earned first set and refused to throw in the towel on the second.

Switching gears and showing off their power, Nipissing caught up, tying the match 24-24.

Despite their comeback, Brock managed to hold Nipissing off and take the second set, 27-25.

Nipissing led at the technical timeout in the third set and had a seven point cushion. That advantage led them to a 25-21 victory as they moved ahead 2-1 in the match.

Nipissing was a win away from taking home the match and with the score all tied up 15-15, Brock managed to gain the point to bring them to the technical timeout.

Brock continued to push and earned a fourth set victory, taking the set 25-19 forcing a fifth set.

Nipissing led 8-2 early in the fifth set and never looked back. A late push by Brock was answered by Nipissing and eventually, they sealed the match, winning 15-10 in the end.

A thrilling 3-2 win now gives the Lakers an 8-8 record, good for fourth place in the East Division.

Olivia Robinson had a huge match, scoring 19.5 points, Shayla Kessler added 16, Annabelle Harvey had 14.5 and Cassie Dobson and Erika Lapierre each had 9 in the victory.

The Lakers will hit the road next weekend, taking on York and Trent Friday and Saturday night.

They'll return home Feb. 25 for the final game of the regular season.