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Women's Volleyball Jordie Arthur / UFV Athletics communications assistant

Cascades sweep past rival Bearcats

The University of the Fraser Valley women's volleyball team wrapped up a decisive three-set victory over the Columbia Bible College Bearcats on Friday night at Columbia Place in Abbotsford.

The visiting Cascades were solid throughout, posting set wins of 25-15, 25-12, and 25-17. With the victory UFV improves its record to 10-13 while CBC falls to 2-21 on the season.

The two teams renew hostilities on Saturday, completing the home-and-home set at UFV's Envision Financial Athletic Centre (5 p.m. start). The final game of the PACWEST regular season doubles as Senior Night for Cascades fifth-year players Chelsea Kidd and Cassidy King. They'll be honoured in a post-game ceremony.

"We just executed really well on our side," UFV head coach Janelle Rozema analyzed. "We passed really well, and our attackers were making really good decisions. We eliminated our unforced errors, and I just felt like we were in a really good zone. It looks like we're on a mission going into provincials."

A six-serve run by Kidd, during which she registered both an ace and a kill, gave the Cascades a 10-3 lead in the first set. The teams traded points from there, with an Amanda Matsui kill sealing it for the Cascades, 25-15.

In the second, UFV took control on back-to-back aces from Alysha Cooper followed by a Lauren Poirier kill to grab a 10-5 lead. The Cascades did not slow down from there, scoring nine of the next 12 points to make it 19-8, and they would close it out 25-12 on an Ashley Huberts kill.

The Bearcats went up 6-4 in the third, but the lead was short-lived as the Cascades scored the next six points with Kristen McBride picking up a kill and an ace in that stretch. CBC shrunk the deficit to 11-10, but that was as close as they would get. The Cascades secured a seven-serve run courtesy of Kara Williams to make it 18-10, and they finished it off 25-17 on another Huberts kill.

Matsui paced the Cascades with nine kills, while Kidd knocked down six and Poirier notched five. Williams added 24 set assists on the night.

Janae Bruinsma had a team-high five kills for the Bearcats, and Megan Polant had four.
 
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Players Mentioned

Alysha Cooper

#2 Alysha Cooper

6' 0"
2nd Year
Arts
Chelsea Kidd

#5 Chelsea Kidd

5' 10"
5th Year
Kinesiology
Kristen McBride

#7 Kristen McBride

5' 11"
2nd Year
Fine Arts
Amanda Matsui

#9 Amanda Matsui

6' 1"
3rd Year
Social Services
Ashley Huberts

#10 Ashley Huberts

5' 10"
2nd Year
Arts
Cassidy King

#11 Cassidy King

5' 8"
5th Year
Kinesiology
Kara Williams

#15 Kara Williams

5' 11"
4th Year
Science
Lauren Poirier

#17 Lauren Poirier

6' 3"
3rd Year
Arts

Players Mentioned

Alysha Cooper

#2 Alysha Cooper

6' 0"
2nd Year
Arts
Chelsea Kidd

#5 Chelsea Kidd

5' 10"
5th Year
Kinesiology
Kristen McBride

#7 Kristen McBride

5' 11"
2nd Year
Fine Arts
Amanda Matsui

#9 Amanda Matsui

6' 1"
3rd Year
Social Services
Ashley Huberts

#10 Ashley Huberts

5' 10"
2nd Year
Arts
Cassidy King

#11 Cassidy King

5' 8"
5th Year
Kinesiology
Kara Williams

#15 Kara Williams

5' 11"
4th Year
Science
Lauren Poirier

#17 Lauren Poirier

6' 3"
3rd Year
Arts