December 3 - The Wesmen came back from losing the first set to win the next three as they defeated the Manitoba Bisons 3-1 (21-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-17) Saturday evening in front of 1000 spectators at the Duckworth Centre.

In the first set Winnipeg led 8-6 at the technical time-out before Manitoba went on an 8-1 run to take a 16-13 lead at the second technical. The Bisons went on to take the first set 25-21.

Winnipeg rebounded in set number two as they grabbed leads of 8-5 and 16-11 at the timeouts. Jarrod Small and Ben Schellenberg rose to the occassion in the set as Winnipeg took the set 25-18 to even the match.

In set number three the Wesmen were led by fourth year outside/libero Marc De Spiegelaere who ignited the Wesmen with three kills and several key blocks to propel the Wesmen to take the third set 25-17.

In the fourth and final set the Wesmen dominated from start to finish as they had leads of 8-3 and 16-10 at the technical timeouts. Ryan DeBruyn had three kills in the set to lead the Wesmen to a 25-17 set win.

"We were more focused this match and the results showed", said fifth year middle Jarrod Small, who finished with eight kills for the Wesmen. DeBruyn led the Wesmen with 16 kills. Trevor Shaw had a strong match defensively as he finished with 16 digs.

The Bisons were led by Joshua Klassen's 14 kills.

The win improves the Wesmen record to 6-4 while Manitoba ends the first half with a 5-5 record.

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