Box Score WINNIPEG -- It was a history-making night at IGAC on Friday, as the No. 8 nationally ranked Manitoba Bisons swept Brandon 3-0 to improve to 3-4. In front of a packed house of close to 1,000 fans, veteran setter Katreena Bentley set the rally scoring era school record for service aces in a three set match, with nine.

As a team, the Bisons hit .447 with just six errors, winning 25-11, 25-12 and 25-6. The final of those set scores tied a rally scoring era school record for least points given up in a set at home. The six points allowed matched the same amount Manitoba gave up against the Bobcats in November of 2005 at IGAC.

Overall, it's the fifth time the Bisons have given up six points or less in a set since the rally scoring era began in 1999-2000, matching the total from November 2005, January of 2006 (road series against Thompson Rivers) and March of 2000 (national quarter-final against Memorial). The school record for least points allowed in a set is three, in a January 2000 road victory over Trinity Western.

It's Manitoba's second win in their last three games, winning eight sets and giving up just three along the way, including a 3-0 win over national finalist Alberta on the road.

"We went to Alberta and won that match 3-0. I thought we played really well there and I thought we played great in the second night. We did everything but win the match. We were a really good team last weekend too. I thought our passing was really good tonight, and we didn't really give Brandon many chances to score because we kept siding them out," said head coach Ken Bentley.

"If you don't want a team to score, just keep siding them out. It is your best defence, is being able to side out. I thought Brandon served the ball really well tonight, I give them credit, they served some tough balls. I thought we managed them really well."

The Bobcats pressured the Herd well at the service line and got an ace from Carly Thomson, but it wasn't enough to match the 13 aces Manitoba put down, including Bentley's nine. She had four in the first, three in the second and two in the third, following through with incredible velocity all game.

The 5'4" setter -- who shattered the Canada West record for assists last season with 983 -- added 28 on Friday and five digs.

The team's confidence built all game with their service pressure. Bentley got things started and Ella Gray finished things off, amassing Manitoba's other four aces in the third.

Jokingly, her dad noted that Katreena's "come a long way from 15U," when Ken would be "grinding her on the end line about her serving because she's barely making it over."

"She had a ton of pop today. She served with probably the most authority that we've seen her serve with," added Ken. "The velocity was really good."

"She was pretty determined to continue that type of serving," chimed in assistant coach, national champion and Olympian Michelle Sawatzky-Koop.

"She wasn't willing to try a short one. She was just on a roll. You could tell she was feeling it."

In a microcosm of the team's offensive performance, four different Bisons had at least two kills in the first 14 points as Bentley spread the ball around well.

Manitoba's 40 total kills included a game-high 15 from Raya Surinx on 22 attacks, while middle Brenna Bedosky added eight kills on her 11 total attacks with no errors, leading the team with a .727 attacking percentage. Chelsea Siebenga and Gray combined for eight, while Eve Catojo ended the game with her fifth kill.

"She was feeling great all night. She had some great pop on her sets," said Sawatzky-Koop of Bentley.

"Even when she was low, sometimes those back sets can fall inside. They had some really nice distance. She was great. That transferred from the serve to the passing. That's how sports go. When you're feeling it in one area, it often transfers to the others, it's cool."

The two teams play again tomorrow at 5:45 pm.