January 18 - In a thrilling five sets the Unversity of Manitoba Bisons defeated the The Unversity of Winnipeg Wesmen (21-25, 21-25, 25-20, 27-25, 17-15.

Both teams came out with fierce intensity in the first set, but the Wesmen came out on top winning the first two sets 25-21.

The Bisons did not give up in the third winning the set 25-20.

In the fourth set the Bisons were treading on their last life line with a point for point set. The Bisons managed to hang on a win the set 27-25 forcing the Wesmen to a fifth and deciding set. After coming back from a 2-0 deficit the Bisons had the momentem and intensity with them. In the fifth the Wesmen were up by two at 8 points when they switched sides, but the Bisons played tough and tied it up. At 14-13 Bisons, Toon van Lankvelt had the Match point serve, and served it into the net causing the game to be tied, and giving the serve back to the Wesmen. Tied at 14 the Wesmen got the point. Putting them in match point siuation. The Bisons persevered and got the side out and Josh Klassen was on the service line for Manitoba. Klassen served to consecutive points for the Match win.

Both teams had outstanding defensive play with 40 digs by the Wesmen and 37 by the Bisons. Josh Klassen had 19 kills, 1 service ace and 6 defensive digs. Drew Venables had 50 assists on the night. Ben Schellenberg had 18 kills for the Wesmen and Dustin Addison-Schidneider had 47 assits for the Wesmen.

This is the 8th consecutive Duckworth Challenge win for the Herd and improves their Duckworth Challenge record to 13-2.

The Duckworth Challenge player of the Game for the Bisons was Captian Jeff Zylstra and Jarrod Small for the Wesmen.

This victory for the Bisons improves them to 7-5 in Can West play and brings the Wesmen record to 7-6.

The #4 ranked Bisons take on the #3 ranked Saskatchewan Huskies this weekend at Investors group Athletic Center on Saturday and Sunday.

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