MacEwan Athletics and Bisons Athletics

WINNIPEG – In their first official action back after the break, the MacEwan Griffins women's volleyball team suffered a straight-sets defeat to the Manitoba Bisons on Friday night.

MacEwan fell 25-17, 25-21 and 25-14 in the opener of a weekend series at the Bisons with Game 2 set for Saturday (5:45 p.m. MT, Canada West TV).

With the result, the Griffins fall to 2-11 on the season, while the Bisons improve to 7-6.

Due to technical issues at the University of Manitoba, stats were unavailable as of Friday night.

MacEwan fell behind 15-10 in the game's opening set, thanks in large to second-year Brenna Bedosky who registered three kills for the Bisons along the way. Manitoba stayed ahead for the remainder of the first, eventually claiming the set by a final score of 25-17. 

The two sides battled throughout the second set as the Griffins fought to avoid going down two sets to none in the game. The Bisons led for the majority of the second but the visitors kept themselves in striking distance. However, the Bisons did eventually extended their lead to five at 20-15 later in the set before a kill from Eve Catojo secured the set for Manitoba, 25-21. 

Manitoba continued to display their strong offensive, jumping out to a big 12-3 lead to start the third. After MacEwan scored four straight points, kills from Andi Almonte, Catojo and Bedosky helped restore the Bisons' sizable lead to 15-9. Later in the set and up 24-14, Catojo put down her eighth kill of the game to secure the match for Manitoba.