Kamloops, BC –The U SPORTS No. 6 ranked UFV Cascades extended their conference-best winning streak to eight games with a 3-1 (25-19, 26-28, 26-17, 25-18) win over the Thompson Rivers WolfPack on Friday in Kamloops.

As it happened:
The Cascades - led by Gabrielle Attieh with six kills - were just too efficient in the opening set, hitting .55 per cent as a team enroute to the 25-19 victory.

The Cascades had a 24-20 lead in the second, but a kill, and a three-serve streak from Brooklyn Olfert gave TRU a 25-24 lead. After a series of side outs, Erin Mutch got a pair of kills to close out the set for the WolfPack.

UFV jumped out to a seven-point lead early in the third, as they went on to take it 25-17. The WolfPack tried to keep pace in the fourth, but the Cascades' offence proved to be too much on the day as they finished off the match 25-18.

Top performers:
Brooklyn Olfert led the WolfPack with 15 kills and four service aces. Kate Lamothe pitched in 12 kills of her own while Erin Mutch added ten.

Alicja Hardy-Francis notched four blocks and four aces for the Cascades on Friday, while Gabreille Attieh had a game-high 19 kills to go with one ace, and Lauren Attieh hit over 0.550 efficiency to finish the night with 16 kills.

Quotable:
Cascades head coach Janelle Rozema 
"Thompson Rivers is a good team, and we expected to have to battle with them. I think it was really important when they won the second set that we started the following set really strong and took control over the match."

"Alicja [Hardy-Francis] blocked really well. She got four blocks, but she followed the game plan really well. She had a lot of blocks that they covered and continued to play, but she had a fantastic blocking game."

Where they sit:
The Cascades are now 12-5 on the season with the victory, while the loss gives TRU a 7-10 record. The two teams will battle once again on Saturday, with the match scheduled to begin at 4:45 p.m. in Kamloops.