Winnipeg Wesmen Defeat Manitoba Bisons In Five Sets of Women’s Volleyball

The Bisons’ next game is against Brandon University at 7:30 p.m. CT on Feb. 12

Box Score WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Wesmen women's volleyball team visited the Manitoba Bisons for their second match of the week on Saturday, Feb. 6 at Investors Group Athletic Centre. The Wesmen won in five sets (25-27, 25-18, 23-25, 25-15, 15-8). With this win, Winnipeg is now 8-12 for the season, and Manitoba is 2-18.

Two days earlier, the Bisons lost in three sets to the Wesmen, but they showed up with confidence and determination against their Winnipeg rivals. The match was back-and-forth, with the two teams trading sets until the fifth, when Winnipeg won 15-8 to take the match.

"In the fourth set we just fell behind with poor passing," said Bisons Head Coach Ken Bentley. "When you have a match that's winnable and you don't win, it's obviously a disappointment."

The Wesmen came out strong in the first set before losing some momentum and ending up tied at 23. The Bisons, led by rookie Allison Alcock at the net, fought their way to a 27-25 win.

The home team looked to build on their late momentum in the first quarter, but fell to an early deficit in the second. Winnipeg's Chelsea Jones and Ozana Nikolic were consistently blocking and scoring kills to help their team take the set 25-18.

Manitoba captured the lead early in the third and held it for most of the set, until Winnipeg rallied back to tie it 22-22. The Bisons' Tori Studler scored two kills that helped her team keep the edge on the scoreboard and take the set 25-23.

The seesaw match continued in the fourth set, with Winnipeg surging to an early 10-3 lead. Wesmen Aaliyah Masepela was consistently blocking at the net, and captured five kills to lead her team to a 25-15 win, forcing a fifth set.

The final set was not as competitive as the rest of the match, with Winnipeg never losing the lead and finishing with a 15-8 win.

Winnipeg's Nikolic led the game with 19 kills, followed closely by Mackenzie Jeffrey with 14, while the Bisons' Tori Studler led her team with 11 kills. Winnipeg finished with 15 blocks for the team and Manitoba had 12.

The Bisons' next game is against Brandon University at 7:30 p.m. CT on Feb. 12, while the Wesmen's next game is on Feb. 12 against Mount Royal University.

SCORING BY SET
MAN: 27-18-25-15-8: 2
WPG: 25-25-23-25-15: 3

KILL LEADERS
MAN: Tori Studler (11), Kalena Schulz (09), Haille Bujan (09)
WPG: Ozana Nikolic (19), Mackenzie Jeffrey (14), Aaliyah Masepela (09)

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