CISBisons takes second straight fivesetter from Spartans Canada West OUA QSSF AUS Canada West OUA QSSF AUS CIS 5 Year Championship Schedule Womens Basketball Final 8 Round 1 East Regional Round 1 Central Regional Round 1 West Regional Mens Basketball Final 8 Cross Country Curling Womens Field Hockey Football Desjardins Vanier Cup Womens Ice Hockey Mens Ice Hockey University Cup Womens Rugby Womens Soccer Mens Soccer Swimming Track & Field Womens Volleyball Mens Volleyball Wrestling Basketball Cross Country Curling Field Hockey Ice Hockey Rugby Soccer Swimming Track & Field Volleyball Wrestling Basketball Curling Cross Country Football Ice Hockey Soccer Swimming Track & Field Volleyball Wrestling SSN Canada Website SSN Canada Webcast Schedule Le 5 Partant QSSF Basketball Show CIS Womens Hockey Weekly CIS Touchdown Football Show SSN Webcast Schedule Football Canada West OUA QSSF AUS Home Universiades FISU World University Championships StudentAthlete Info Members Info International Programs Committee About International Program Services International History Past Medalists Official BLG Website Past BLG Winners BLG Awards History History Past Winners Standings ScheduleResults Playoffs Stats Leaders Team Stats Ind Stats Past Stats CANADA first News Bisons takes second straight fivesetter from Spartansby Thomas Shirtliffe U of Manitoba Sports Info Assistant WINNIPEG The Manitoba Bisons womens volleyball team won a nail biter on Saturday November 21 2009 The No 3 team in Western Canada held off a late Trinity Western Spartans comeback at the Investors Group Athletic Centre as they beat the No 6 ranked team 32(1325 2624 2523 2325 1614) TWUManitoba wvb boxscore The Spartans dominated the first set to open up the match The Bisons were having trouble with their passing game and that seemed to slow them down Trinity Western was having no such problems as their passes were leading to good scoring opportunities Both teams were bringing the heat though as big hits were everywhere The exciting play was pleasing the crowd and at one point had Bisons middle Tricia Mayba nearly going into the stands to save a point The bad passing led Manitoba to only connecting on nine of their kill attempts compare that to Trinity Westerns 16 kills That led them to a 2513 first set win The tone was brought down a bit in the second set as the Herd tightened up on their passing By the midway point of the set the Bisons already had nine kills the same amount as their entire first set The Spartans found themselves falling behind a Bisons offence that was recovering from a first set lapse Manitoba was threatening to tie up t...