Wesmen Athletics
Volleyball Regular Season Finale At Manitoba
The Wesmen Volleyball Teams Wrapped Up Their Regular Season Schedules Gaining A Split Against The Manitoba Bisons Saturday Evening..
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Women's Volleyball at Manitoba
WESMEN def Manitoba 3-1 (28-26,23-25,25-17,25-16) Boxscore
The Winnipeg Wesmen defeated their cross town rivals the Manitoba Bisons 3-1 (28-26, 23-25, 25-17, 25-16) in their final regular season match Saturday evening at the University of Manitoba.
Winnipeg with the win finishes the regular season with a 14-6 record. The loss by Manitoba puts their record to 9-9.
Lauren Sears and Ozana Nikolic led Winnipeg with 12 kills each. Middle Erika Buchanan had 11 kills and six blocks. Libero Tesca Andrew-Wasylik had 23 defensive digs while setter Brittany Habing finished with 43 assists.
Kristi Hunter led Manitoba with 13 kills followed by Tricia Mayba with 10. Nicole Hall had 14 defensive digs to lead the Bisons.
The Wesmen picked their spots early in the frame, jumping out to an early 6-4 lead. The Bisons came alive after a Winnipeg timeout closing the gap to 18-16. The two clubs traded points until the scoreboard read 24-24. Just when it looked like Manitoba was going to take the lead, a miscue by Bisons senior Kristi Hunter resulted in a point for the Wesmen. Manitoba couldn’t recover, and the Wesmen won the set 28-26. In the second set the Bisons made their mark by never trailing in the set. While the Wesmen did make it close, the set truly belonged to the Bisons as they evened the game 1-1, winning the frame 25-23.
Manitoba started the third set strong building an early lead until Ellina Domnidou threw down three consecutive kills to put the Wesmen up 12-11. After Manitoba tied it up on a Winnipeg service error it was tic-for-tack throughout the rest of the set. That’s until Buchanan turned up her defensive play by blocking multiple Bisons attempts. Buchanan’s play ignited the Wesmen, as they pulled ahead 22-16 and eventually closed out the set on a kill by Ozana Nikolic. Winnipeg won the third set 25-17. Winnipeg jumped out to an 8-4 lead in the fourth set on the strength of the timely serves of Domnidou and never looked back. Winnipeg’s Brittany Habing served the game’s winning serve, as the Wesmen won the game’s last set by a score of 25-16.
Winnipeg will have the bye next week as Conference play wraps up. The Wesmen will host the best of three quarterfinal series on Thursday, February 16 (Game One), Friday, February 17 (Game Two) and if necessary Game Three on Saturday, February 18. The opponent is yet to be determined.
Men's Volleyball at Manitoba
Manitoba def WESMEN 3-1 (25-15,25-17,23-25,25-16) Boxscore
The no 2 ranked Manitoba Bisons defeated the no. 10 ranked Winnipeg Wesmen f 3-1 (25-15, 25-17, 23-25, 25-16) in the teams final regular season match of the season, Saturday night at the University of Manitoba.
The victory by Manitoba improves their record to 15-2, Winnipeg falls to 7-12 with the loss.
Chris Voth led Manitoba with 17 kills, followed by Dane Pischke with 16. Ryan Munt and Derek Nieroda each had 16 digs. Joseph Brooks finished with six blocks.
Winnipeg was led by Nathaniel Therrien’s 14 kills. Matthew Stubler finished with 10 kills and 14 digs. Setter Zack Diboll had 22 assists and 12 digs. Erik Wiebe was strong at the net with four blocks.
The Bisons looked to be in a league of their own in the opening moments of the first set.. While Winnipeg looked like it was going to post a comeback late in the set, Voth put that notion aside with a huge set-winning kill to propel his team to the 25-15 win.
In the second set, Manitoba jumped out to a quick 7-1 lead and carried the play the remainder of the set winning 25-17 to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
Winnipeg came out on fire in the third set and was backboned by the stellar play of fifth year setter Zack Diboll. In fact, the Wesman played so well that they led 16-14 at the technical timeout. The Wesmen extended its lead to 23-17 and seemed primed to take the third set. But the Bisons had other plans, mounting a comeback to tie late in the set only to see the Wesmen stay focused to win the third set 25-23.
Although the Wesmen’s solid third set play continued in the fourth set, the Bisons were just too much to contend with. Manitoba took it with ease, 25-16.
Winnipeg is now completed their conference regular season schedule and will keep an eye on the action next week for a possible playoff berth.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 "Duckworth Challenge"
Women's Volleyball vs Manitoba
WESMEN def Manitoba 3-0 (25-11, 25-22, 25-18) Boxscore
The #5 ranked Winnipeg Wesmen defeated the #6 ranked Manitoba Bisons 3-0 (25-11, 25-22, 25-18) in the volleyball portion of the 21st Annual Duckworth Challenge at the Duckworth Centre Wednesday night.
The victory improves Winnipeg's record to 13-6, the loss drops Manitoba to 9-8.
First year left side Ozana Nikolic led Winnipeg with 11 kills. Fifth year middle and team captain Lauren Sears and third year left side Carleen Kruschel each finished with nine. First year middle Erika Buchanan had a monster match at the net finishing with six blocks. Fifth year libero Tesca Andrew-Wasylik led the team in digs with 17. Setter Brittany Habing had 37 assists, two service aces and a pair of blocks.
Manitoba was led by fifth year left side Kristi Hunter's 11 kills. Fellow fifth year player Tricia Mayba had nine kills and three blocks. Fourth year libero Nicole Hall had 10 digs. Setter Christine Souza finished with 22 assists.
The first set started out close but it did not end that way. The teams were tied at 5-5 early on when Winnipeg made their move. Winnipeg reeled off six straight points to run the score to 11-5 and went into the technical timeout leading 16-11. After the timeout, a pair of kills by Kruschel and Buchanan was part of a set ending 9-0 run with the final tally 25-11 in Winnipeg's favor.
Manitoba regrouped in the second set and held a 16-11 lead at the technical timeout. Once again Winnipeg responded in a big way scoring seven unanswered points to take the lead back at 18-16. Winnipeg continued to hold the lead and went on to win the set 25-22.
Winnipeg carried the play in the third set leading 16-11 at the technical timeout and closed out the match winning the third set 25-18.
The Duckworth Challenge Players of the Game were Lauren Sears (Winnipeg) and Kristi Hunter (Manitoba).
Note: Fifth year players Lauren Sears and Tesca-Andrew Wasylik were recognized in a pre-match ceremony as both played their final regular season home match.
The two teams will meet on Saturday night at the University of Manitoba. Match time is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
Men's Volleyball vs Manitoba
Manitoba def WESMEN 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-23) Boxscore
The #2 ranked Manitoba Bisons defeated the #10 ranked Winnipeg Wesmen 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-23) in the final match of the 21st Annual Duckworth Challenge, Wednesday evening at the Duckworth Centre.
The victory pushes Manitoba's record to 15-2. The loss drops Winnipeg's record to 7-12.
Fourth year right side Dane Pischke led Manitoba with a match high 13 kills. Ryan Munt added 10. Chris Voth finished with nine. Libero Derek Nieroda had 19 defensive digs. Setter Chris Komishon had 32 assists and a pair of blocks.
Winnipeg was led by second year outside Ty Loewen's 11 kills and 12 defensive digs. Devin Schmidt had kills. Erik Wiebe led all players with six blocks. Setter Zack Diboll finished with 20 assists and eight digs.
The two cross town rivals battled in the first set exchanging points all the way to 15-15. Manitoba reeled off five straight points to find some breathing room at 20-15. The determined Wesmen squad did not fold, trimming the lead to 23-20 late in the set. A kill by Manitoba's Chris Voth followed by a Ryan Munt service ace gave Manitoba the opening set 25-20.
In set number two, the teams started out dead even at 5-5 but several runs of two and three points by Manitoba helped them lead 16-9 at the technical break. Manitoba extended their lead to double digits late in the set 22-12 when Winnipeg scored six of the next eight points to trail 24-18. Manitoba recovered to take the next point and the set 25-18.
The third set was a battle from start to finish. Neither team led by more than three points until the technical timeout with Manitoba holding a 16-12 lead. A kill by Devin Schmidt and a service ace by Matt Stubler was part of a 3-0 Wesmen run that pulled them back to within a point at 16-15. The teams exchanged points to the bitter end with Manitoba closing out the match winning the third set 25-23.
The Duckworth Challenge Players of the Game were Zack Diboll (Winnipeg) and Derek Nieroda (Manitoba).
Note: Prior to the match fifth year players Zack Diboll and Stephane Waldie were recognized as both players played in their final regular season match at the Duckworth Centre.
The two teams will wrap up their home and home series on Saturday night at the University of Manitoba. Match time is scheduled for 8:00 p.m
The 21st Annual Duckworth Challenge title was won by Manitoba. The series finished at 2-2 but based on the tie-breaking procedure Manitoba comes out ahead.
