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The Manitoba Bisons women’s volleyball team will be playing for a CIS National Championship. The squad defeated the University of Alberta Pandas by a 3-1 (25-6, 25-17, 21-25, 27-25) score in the CIS semi-final match on Saturday, March 6.
Manitoba is the third seed for the 2010 CIS Women’s Volleyball National Championship being held from March 5-7 at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. They will now face #1 seed UBC Thunderbirds in the CIS Final match on Sunday, March 7 at 7 p.m. CT.
The Bisons (15-5 regular season; 5-1 playoffs) blew the doors off the University of Alberta’s Main Gym by running out to a first set win of 25-6. Manitoba had a hitting attack percentage of .591 and tied the all-time CIS Championship record for largest margin of a set win (record set at 2000 CIS Championship when Manitoba won 25-6 in quarter final match against Memorial). Manitoba continued to play at a top level as they won the second set 25-17 and looked to be in control of the match. The home side Pandas rallied with a strong third set with a 25-21 advantage and set-up an intense fourth set where both team had sets points before Manitoba prevailed with a 27-25 victory.
“We were ready to play and they started slow. It was just one set and happy we continued to play well in the second,” stated Bison women’s volleyball head coach Ken Bentley. “I was pleased that we stayed disciplined and executed at a high level throughout the match.
In the semi final match, Manitoba was led by Manitoba’s Player of the Match Ashley Voth who had a game-high 17 kills with a .333 hitting percentage and six digs. Left side Kate Wasyliw registered ten kills and 11 digs; middle Tricia Mayba had eight kills, seven digs and two blocks; middle Amy Penner notched nine blocks and four kills while setter Sam Loewen finished with a game-high 38 assists, eight digs and five kills.
Since 1981, this was the sixth time both Manitoba and Alberta met in the CIS Championship and the Bisons earned their first-ever victory over the Pandas at a CIS Nationals, now with a 1-5 mark versus Alberta. The last match-up between the two teams, prior to this meeting, was in the 2000 CIS Championship when Manitoba lost 3-2 in sets in the CIS Final during the first season of rally service point system.
The Bisons improve their CIS Championship record to 40-15 record in 19 CIS Championship appearances since 1982. Manitoba is second in wins at the CIS Nationals.
2010 CIS Championship WVB Seeding:
1. University of British Columbia
2. Université de Montréal
3. University of Manitoba
4. University of Regina
5. Université Laval
6. University of Toronto
7. University of Alberta
8. Saint Mary’s University
2010 CIS Championship WVB Schedule:
Friday, March 5 (all times are Central Time)
2 p.m. UBC 3 Saint Mary’s 0
3:30 p.m. Laval 3 Regina 0
7:30 p.m. Manitoba 3 Toronto 0
9 p.m. Alberta 3 Montréal 0
Saturday, March 6
2 p.m. Regina 3 Saint Mary’s 0
3:30 p.m. Toronto 3 Montréal 2
7:30 p.m. Semi-Final #1: UBC 3 Laval 0
9 p.m. Semi-Final #2: Manitoba 3 Alberta 1
Sunday, March 7
1 p.m. 5th Place Game: Toronto vs.Regina
4 p.m. Bronze Medal Game: Alberta vs. Laval
7 p.m. Gold Medal Game: Manitoba vs. UBC
Volleyball Box Score
Alberta vs Manitoba Bisons (Mar 06, 2010 at Edmonton)
Alberta | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN
## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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1 Camille Wallace..... 4| 8 5 17 .176| 0| 0 2| 0| 0| 1 1 0| 0
3 Jennifer Restall.... 4| 1 3 12 -.167| 0| 1 0| 3| 8| 2 1 0| 0
6 Caitlin Buckell..... 4| 3 1 6 .333| 0| 1 0| 0| 2| 2 2 0| 0
10 Tiffany Proudfoot... 4| 16 7 59 .153| 0| 0 1| 0| 8| 1 0 0| 0
11 Jaki Ellis.......... 4| 1 3 5 -.400| 31| 0 1| 0| 9| 3 2 0| 0
15 Krista Zubick....... 4| 8 9 36 -.028| 0| 1 4| 0| 5| 2 0 0| 0
2 Amy Kowalchuk....... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
4 Meggie Moir......... 2| 1 0 2 .500| 1| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0
5 Erinn Brady......... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 1| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0
8 Alyssa Jones........ 1| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0
9 Erin Walsh.......... 4| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 0| 1| 7| 0 0 0| 0
14 Allison Ritter...... 1| 0 1 5 -.200| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
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Totals.............. 4| 38 29 142 .063| 35| 3 9| 4| 43|11 6 0| 0
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 14.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 5 8 30 -.100 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS
2 9 9 34 .000 Alberta............. (1) 6 17 25 25 1-0
3 12 4 33 .242 Manitoba Bisons..... (3) 25 25 21 27 1-0
4 12 8 45 .089
Manitoba Bisons | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN
## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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2 Tricia Mayba........ 4| 8 4 18 .222| 1| 1 1| 0| 7| 1 1 0| 0
4 Kate Wasyliw........ 4| 10 7 32 .094| 0| 0 0| 0| 11| 0 2 0| 0
7 Kristi Hunter....... 4| 7 5 21 .095| 0| 1 1| 1| 13| 0 5 0| 0
11 Ashley Voth......... 4| 17 5 36 .333| 4| 1 2| 1| 6| 0 1 0| 0
12 Amy Penner.......... 4| 4 0 5 .800| 1| 0 0| 0| 2| 1 8 0| 0
13 Sam Loewen.......... 4| 5 2 9 .333| 38| 0 2| 0| 8| 0 1 0| 0
3 Mariel Garcia....... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0
9 Nicole Hall......... 4| 1 0 1 1.000| 2| 0 0| 1| 15| 0 0 0| 0
10 Melissa Unrau....... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0
14 Sarah Morrissette... 2| 1 1 4 .000| 0| 1 0| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0
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Totals.............. 4| 53 25 127 .220| 46| 4 6| 3| 65| 2 18 0| 0
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 11.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 14 1 22 .591 Site: Edmonton (U of A Main Gym)
2 12 6 26 .231 Date: Mar 06, 2010 Attend: 750 Time: 1hr30m
3 12 9 36 .083 Referees: M Trudel, L Lerbekmo
4 15 9 43 .140
