Edmonton, AB – A match-leading 17 kills from
Aubrey Gingles helped the UFV Cascades women's volleyball team pick up their second four-set victory of the weekend over the MacEwan Griffins on Saturday afternoon in Edmonton.
The win sees UFV improve to 3-3 on the season so far, while the Griffins drop to 2-4 on the year.
How it happened:
Despite earning a number of multi-point leads late in the opening set, UFV would see the Griffins battle back each time. After MacEwan fought off a set point attempt with a kill from Alyssa Piekema, a second kill from the outside hitter would give them a chance to seal the set themselves. However, there would be one more twist in the frame, as a kill from
Talia Attieh would tie it back up at 27 for UFV, before back-to-back kills from Mandi Fiest would close it out 29-27 for the visitors.
MacEwan bounced back in the second, earning a 15-10 lead, and a number of errors down the stretch finished off the set 25-17 for the Griffins.
Consecutive kills from
Evangeline Zeyha put the Cascades up 11-7 in the third, and three late kills from Gingles would help to put the Cascades back in front in the match with the 25-19 set win.
The fourth set was tightly contested throughout, but with the score tied up at 25 a Griffins service error allowed another Feist kill to end the set and the match 27-25.
Notable:
Gingles led all players with 17 kills in the match, while also notching a .368 hitting percentage for UFV.
Talia Attieh added 14 kills, and
Mollie English added 44 assists.
Edyn Van Brabant had a team-high 15 kills for the Girffins, while Alyssa Piekema had 11.
Keep up to date
Cascades regular season home games offer free admission for UFV students with their student card. You can keep up with all the action at gocascades.ca, or by following the UFV Cascades on social media at @ufvcascades. All Cascades regular season soccer, volleyball, and basketball games are also available to watch live and on demand at canadawest.tv.
About UFV
Located in the beautiful Fraser Valley just east of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
, the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) is a
fully accredited, public university that enrolls approximately 15,000 students per year. UFV has
campuses and locations in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission, and Hope, and a growing presence in Chandigarh, India.
