CALGARY - The undefeated Alberta Golden Bears men's volleyball team made no mistake tonight with the Dinos in Jack Simpson Gymnasium as they defeated them in straight sets (18-25, 15-25, 16-25).

Calgary got off to a rough start in the first set, down 8-4 and later 11-6 due to a sharp Alberta offence. Despite missed serves from both sides of the court, the Bears were picking up everything the Dinos gave them. At the technical timeout, Calgary would find themselves down 16-9. 

Forced to call a timeout at 21-15 with nothing going right, the Dinos tried to find a way to put some balls down, but to no avail. With Mitch Irvine and Ryley Barnes on cue for Alberta with five kills a piece, the Dinos would fall in the first 25-18. 

Middle Tristan Aubry showed up in the second for the Bears to help them go up 7-3. Needing a sideout, Dino Jeremy Guenther gave it to them with a fantastic kill from the left side. The celebration wouldn't last long though, as the unstoppable Alberta offence continued to go to work from all positions, including a kill from setter Jarron Mueller. Irvine was the first to reach double digits in the match, tallying ten kills by the end of the second. Dinos went down by two with a 25-15 set win by the Bears.

The teams finally had a battle going in the third with it all tied up early on, with Alberta having just a slight cushion most of the first half of the set. They would finally pull away for the technical timeout, where Jay Olmstead helped lead the Bears to 16-10. 

Greg Mann would continue to do his best to rally the troops with his presence in the front row and his solid defence in the back, but would be unable to stop Alberta on offence from a number of places on the court. The results were dismal, as the Dinos would lose the final set of the match 25-16.

Mann led Dinos scorers for the second night in a row with ten kills. Dino Sean Martin followed up with seven of his own. For the Bears, Olmstead had a solid night adding 14 kills. Teammates Irvine and Barnes also hit double digits with 13 and 11 kills, respectively. 

The Dinos travel to Kelowna next weekend to take on the UBC Okanagan Heat on January 18 and 19.