Langley, BC - The UFV Cascades women's volleyball team dropped a three-set decision, 23-25, 20-25, 22-25, against the TWU Spartans on Saturday at the Langley Events Centre. The result mirrors the previous night, as TWU improves to 2-0 and UFV drops to 0-2.
Notable:
The Cascades,, who hit .115 for the match, were led by
Lauren Attieh, who had 11 kills while
Mandi Feist had six kills.
TWU won the blocking battle, with nine blocks to the Cascades three, but UFV had a 10-1 edge in aces as Cascades middle
Naomi Unger posted a match-high 4 aces, and setter
Cailin Bitter added three.
The Spartans were the more efficient side in all three sets, hitting .226 in the first, .357 in the second and .353 in the third set. Across the net, the Cascades hit .000, .152 and .200.
Quotable:
Cascades outside hitter
Lauren Attieh
"If we look at night one versus night two, there are a lot of different aspects of our game that we improved, and yet we are still not satisfied – and now we have a bye week coming up, so we have some more time to clean up the things that we'll see through video."
"We know we have so much more potential, and this is just the beginning. It's a long season for Canada West players, so I think we are still optimistic and just excited to get back in the gym and learn from these two nights."
Up next:
The Cascades now have a week off before they return to action at home against the University of Regina Cougars on October 31 and November 1. The matches are set for 6pm and 4pm respectively, and can be seen live at the UFV Athletic Centre or on Canada West TV.
To keep up with all the action follow the Cascades on social media at @ufvcascades, and visit the UFV Athletics website at gocascades.ca.