CALGARY, AB – Winners will find a way to win.

Lauren Attieh hit a match-leading 0.571 to lead the University of Fraser Valley Cascades women's volleyball team to a 3-1 victory (20-25, 25-16, 25-17, 25-18) over the Mount Royal University Cougars on Friday night.

Mount Royal looked locked in on their home floor to start the game. Despite being the underdog to the U SPORTS seventh-ranked Cascades, the Cougars were not intimidated and played some of their best volleyball to date in the first set to come out with the opening set win.

After dropping the first set, Fraser Valley settled in and rebounded to take the second.

The three Attieh sisters, Lauren, Gabrielle and Talia were all huge for the Cascades throughout the match, and helped their team even the set score at one.

The Cascades made it loud and clear that the first set is not how they play. UFV registered 17 kills in the third set, only committing three attacking errors. Cailin Bitter was consistent all the way through at setter, forming strong connections with all her weapons on offence and collecting 31 assists in the match.

Looking to take home a Friday night road victory with a 19-18 lead in the fourth, Talia Attieh served four consecutive aces and UFV closed out the match comfortably.

Lauren Attieh led the way for UFV with 17 kills and just one error on 28 swings. Gabrielle Attieh added 13 kills and just two errors on 24 attacks, and Talia Attieh posted eight kills and a match-high five aces in the contest.

"Being able to have a game like that after dealing with a bit of a funky schedule and things out of our control is just incredible," UFV head coach Janelle Rozema said of Lauren Attieh's performance post game.

"I was really proud of her for stepping up to the challenge. She has such a variety of ways to kill the ball - if you try to stop one, you open up another."

Jessica Osczevski had a team-leading 12 kills for MRU on the night, while Emma Boyd and Bronwynn Davies-Neir each had 10. 

The two teams go head-to-head once again on Saturday at 4 p.m. PT in Calgary.

All the action can be streamed live on Canada West TV.