November 3 - Fifth year power hitter Ben Schellenberg showed why he is one of the best players in the CIS on this evening. Schellenberg finished with a match high 21 kills to lead the Wesmen to a 3-2 (25-23, 25-19, 21-25, 23-25, 15-12) victory over the Manitoba Bisons Saturday night at the Duckworth Centre.

The Wesmen gained the upper hand in the first set maintaining leads of 8-7 and 16-10 at the technical timeouts. Manitoba did fight back to close to within a point but Schellenberg closed out the set with two big kills to a 25-23 first set win.

Manitoba continued to put the pressure on Winnipeg in the second set holding a 8-7 lead at the first technical timeout. Winnipeg went on a 9-5 run, with key kills by Alan Ahow and Ryan DeBruyn to take a 16-13 lead at the second technical. "Big Ben" came thru with two huge blocks to secure the final two points and giving Winnipeg a 25-19 set two win and a strangle hold on the match.

The Bisons did not lay down, they continued to put the pressure on the defending national champions and were able to win the third set 25-21 and the fourth set 25-23 to even the match at two sets apiece.

In the fifth set Schellenberg came thru with four kills and two blocks to pace the Wesmen to a 15-12 win in the fifth and final set.

Andrew Town was also solid for Winnipeg finishing with 14 kills.

The Bisons were led by second year left side Stefan Bouw who finished with 10 kills.

The victory improves Winnipeg's record to 3-1, while Manitoba drops to 0-2 in the Canada West regular season standings.

The Bisons will host UBC November 9 & 10 at 8:00 p.m. at the Investors Group Athletic Centre.

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