The UFV Cascades women's volleyball team starts their postseason run with a best-of-three series against the MacEwan University Griffins this weekend at the UFV Athletic Centre. Game times are set for 6pm on Friday and Saturday, with game three scheduled for Sunday at 3pm if necessary.

The seventh seeded Cascades will be facing the 10^th seeded Griffins for the first time since UFV defeated MacEwan in the 2024 conference quarterfinal.  

Each game will be available to watch live on Canada West TV, while UFV students and staff get free admission to each of the team's home games.

Friday, February 20
Cascades WVB vs MacEwan Griffins – 6pm PT – UFV Athletic Centre

Saturday, February 21
Cascades WVB vs MacEwan Griffins – 6pm PT – UFV Athletic Centre

Sunday, February 22 (If Necessary)
Cascades WVB vs MacEwan Griffins – 3pm PT – UFV Athletic Centre

Watch live on Canada West TV
Live stats on canadawest.org
Purchase tickets on Showpass

Storylines
Women's Volleyball

• The last time these teams met was in the 2024 Canada West quarterfinals, with UFV winning the best-of-three 2-0 (3-1, 3-1).
• UFV Setter Cailin Bitter finished her final regular season game last week with 639 assists this season, pushing her career total to 2962 to move into 10^th all-time in Canada West. Outside hitters Lauren and Talia Attieh averaged 2.97 and 2.96 kills per set this season for the Cascades.
• UFV's Mandi Feist set a new program single-season record during the course of this season, scoring 36 aces to surpass the previous record by one.
• MacEwan is led into the week by the outside hitter duo of Kara Frith and Alyshia Bryks, who each have over 3.0 kills per set on the season, and setter Payton Shimoda who has 625 assists on the year.
• The Cascades led the conference in the regular season with 184 aces, compared to MacEwan who was 13^th with 102.
• UFV was 11^th in blocks per set at 1.77, while the Griffins were tenth at 1.82.
• MacEwan was 12^th in Canada West with 13.9 points per set, while UFV was 6^th at 15.7 points per set.

Cascades Season Statistical Leaders
Women's Volleyball

• Kills per set: 2.97 – Lauren Attieh
• Assists per set: 8.3 – Cailin Bitter
• Digs per set: 2.31 – Lauren Attieh
• Blocks: 66 – Naomi Unger
• Aces: 36 – Mandi Feist

Standings
Canada West WVB Standings | 10-10 record / 7^th Canada West

Keep up to date
Cascades home games offer free admission for UFV students and staff 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.