Abbotsford, BC - The UFV Cascades saw their four-match win streak come to an end against the Mount Royal Cougars on Friday at the UFV Athletic Centre. The Cougars came out on top with set scores of 25-22, 17-25, 25-20, and 25-13.

With the win MRU improves to 6-3 on the year, while UFV falls to 4-5.

The Cascades started hot, grabbing an 11-5 lead thanks in part to two aces in quick succession from Natalie Lemoine-Sells. However, with the Cougars trailing 19-15, they scored 10 of the next 13 points to take the set 25-22.

The Cascades snatched an 18-12 lead in the second. After the Cougars scored the next four points, UFV would pull away once again to grab a 25-17 set win.

The teams traded blows throughout the third, but it was MRU that eked out a 19-15 advantage. The Cascades closed the gap to 19-17, but that was as close as they would get as the Cougars finished off the set 25-20.

The fourth was all MRU, as they gained leads of 10-5, 16-8, and 22-9 before ending the match 25-13 on an Emma Boyd kill.

Gabrielle Attieh paced the cascades on the night with 17 kills and 12 digs, while Lauren Attieh had 10 kills and 14 digs. Setter Cailin Bitter produced 11 digs, and 25 assists in the contest, while Mo Likness, Alicja Hardy-Francis, and Natalie Lemoine-Sells all had strong games at the net notching four blocks each.

Haley Roe led the way for MR with a game-high 21 kills, while Quinn Pelland had 37 set assists and four blocks, and Sarah McKillican and Madison Marshall each had 16 digs.

"I think we fought hard" noted Bitter after the game, "a lot of the things that didn't go our way, we know how to fix and put it into our control for tomorrow."

The two teams finish off the weekend set on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the UFV Athletic Centre.

"The nice thing about Canada West is we get to go back-to-back. We learn from our games on Friday and work hard in video to play our best match on Saturday."