The Cascades leave the weekend with a season record of 5-3

Last weekend, the women’s volleyball team hosted the College of the Rockies, who saw the Cascades win both games, 3-1. This week, the Cascades looked again for a pair of wins at home, this time against the Camosun Chargers on Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2nd. Heading into the weekend, the Cascades held a record of 4-2 in the regular season. 

The first set of Friday night’s game was evenly matched; the Cascades and the Chargers took turns scoring points, resulting in the teams holding a tie at various scores in the first half of the set. Despite both teams carrying the tie to the 14-point mark, the Cascades’ Amanda Matsui’s kill for the 15th point marked a significant change in the first set. From here, the Cascades were able to carry their lead, finishing the set with a score of 25-21. 

Despite winning the first set, the Cascades went on to lose the next three. 

The second saw the Cascades and the Chargers trading the lead back and forth until the set ended with a score of 31-29 for the Chargers. 

With each team winning one of the first two sets, the Cascades were determined to take back the lead. In the third set, the teams battled until they were tied 20-20. From this tie, the Chargers were able to pick up the next five consecutive points, ending the set 25-20. 

Unlike the other sets, the fourth started with the Chargers gaining the lead, and slowly increasing it until the set ended, 25-17.

Although Friday’s game ended with the Cascades losing 3-1 overall, Saturday gave the Cascades another chance to beat the Camosun Chargers. Much like Friday, Saturday started with both teams trading the lead back and forth. 

The first set was a battle, so much so that after 42 points shared, Camosun led the set 22-20. However, unwilling to give up on the set, the Cascades were able to grab five consecutive points, resulting in a 25-22 win.

The Cascades were able to take the game in just three matches. Ending similarly to the first, the following two sets ended with scores of 25-22 and 25-20. Although the Cascades battled hard as a team, over half of the 33 kills for the Cascades came from Chelsea Kidd and Matsui, who scored eight and nine kills, respectively. 

After trading wins with the Camosun Chargers over the weekend, the Cascades now sit at second place in the standings with a 5-3 record. Next weekend, the Cascades will be hosting the Capilano University Blues on Friday, Nov. 8 followed by an away game on Saturday, Nov. 9 in North Vancouver, against Capilano.

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Image: Kara Williams

Nic Jackson

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