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6:00 pm Duckworth Centre - Women’s Volleyball - Canada West Regular Season
Wesmen def Saskatchewan 3-0 (25-21 , 25-21 , 25- 22) -boxscore
WESMEN UNBEATEN IN SIX WITH VICTORY OVER HUSKIES
The Winnipeg Wesmen are hot. The Wesmen extended their unbeaten streak to six with a 3-0 victory over the University of Saskatchewan Huskies in front of 500 spectators at the Duckworth Centre on Saturday afternoon. The Huskies gave the Wesmen all they could handle in the first set but Aynsley Laluk had four kills in the set to help give the Wesmen a 25-21 first set win. In the second set the Huskies took advantage of some mistakes made by the Wesmen and were even in the lead 10-7 at one point. The Wesmen overcame their mistakes and got key points from the trio of Andrea Charbonneau, Jocelyne Roy and Laluk to take the second set 25-21. In the third set coach Diane Scott went to her bench and got several key defensive plays from Manon Paquin as the Wesmen overpowered the Huskies to take the third set 25-22. Andrea Charbonneau was a force this afternoon as she had 16 kills and 9 digs to lead the Wesmen. Stephanie Wheler led the Huskies with 13 kills in the match. The Wesmen now have a record of 6-2 and will next see action on Friday night as they battle the University of Regina at the Duckworth Centre.
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Wesmen 3-1 (27-25, 27-25, 19-25, 25-17) -boxscore
The Winnipeg Wesmen came into the game looking for a sweep. The University of Saskatchewan Huskies avoided that scenario by defeating the Wesmen 3-1 Saturday afternoon at the Duckworth Centre. The first two sets were back and fourth battles that saw the Huskies take both sets by identical scores of 27-25. In the third set the Wesmen took advantage of six service errors by the Huskies and strong play from the front line to take the set 25-19 and trail in the match 2-1. In set number four the Wesmen simply ran out of gas as the Huskies pounded their way to a 25-17 set win and the match 3-1. Ben Schellenberg once again led the Wesmen with 13 kills while Marc De Spiegelaere had a strong defensive game coming up with 11 digs. Kris Brand led the Huskies with 17 kills while Eric Green had 13 digs for the Huskies. The Wesmen now have a record of 2-4 and will face the University of Regina on Friday evening at the Duckworth Centre.