WINNIPEG – The University of Manitoba Bisons picked up a 3-1 (25-19, 23-25, 25-23, 27-25) win over the Brandon University Bobcats on Saturday afternoon in another close match that saw a similar storyline to Friday.

The set scores were close and the teams traded leads through-out the match, but the Bisons prevailed to earn the weeekend sweep.

"Well, I've aged about ten years this weekend it feels like," said Bison head coach Ken Bentley. "It was a hard series, Brandon played great and we had to have some tenacity today. I think we did a really good job of that today."

The win improves Manitoba's record to 5-7, while Brandon moves to 3-9. Nikala Majewski was the star of the Bobcats, contributing 17 kills and 17 digs to the team's total. For Manitoba, fifth-years Tori Studler and Cassie Bujan led the way with 13 kills and 24 digs, respectively.

Brandon's head coach Lee Carter knows the key to their success moving into the latter half of the season is to just keep getting better.

"We're right there and now we just have to make those two or three corrections so that the game is ours rather than making the errors at a crucial time when the other team builds momentum," he said.

After the break, Manitoba will host the Thompson Rivers Wolfpack on Jan. 4-5. Brandon will stay at home and face Trinity Western on Jan. 4 at 6:00 p.m. CST.