Jan. 29 - It looks like winning the first set for the Wesmen is a curse. The Wesmen for the second night in a row won the first set but dropped the next three as they were defeated 3-1 for the second night in a row in front of 1200 spectators at the Duckworth Centre Saturday evening.

The Wesmen came out on fire in the first set as Martin Rochon led the team to a 25-21 first set win. Rochon had two kills, seven digs and a service ace to jump start the Wesmen.

The second set looked like a repeat of last night as the Wesmen fell behind early but battled back to tie the set on numerous occasions but could not put the set away as the Bisons reeled off the last six points to give Manitoba a 25-20 second set win.

In the third set the teams battled back and forth until the technical timeout where the Wesmen went on a 3-0 run to take the lead at 11-8. An illegal rotation call on the Wesmen seemed to take the momentum away from the Wesmen as the Bisons went on to win the set 25-22.

In the fourth set the Wesmen were unable to capitalize on several kill attempts and that allowed the Bisons to take the set 25-22 and the win the match.

Ben Schellenberg who finished with 17 kills led the Wesmen. The Bisons were led by Toon Van Lankvelt who pounded away 20 kills.

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Winnipeg and Manitoba each sport a record of 7-9 after the Bison sweep. Manitoba will travel to Trinity Western to take on the #2 Spartans February 4 & 5.