The Remembrance Day weekend was an exciting one for the UFV women’s volleyball team. Before starting the weekend, the team held a record of 5-3. However, two games against the Capilano University Blues changed their record to 6-4.
The first of the two games was on Friday, Nov. 8, at UFV. The opening set of Friday’s games saw the Blues slowly increase their lead throughout, until they ultimately took the first set point with a score of 25-18. Although the Cascades were able to tie the set many times throughout the first, the home team was not able to grab the lead for the entirety of the first set.
Eager to recover from the opening round, the Cascades battled throughout the second set. Although the Blues fought back against them, UFV’s Sedona Arabsky was able to find two late-set kills to end the round in favour of the Cascades, with a score of 30-28.
Once the Cascades tied the overall game 1-1, they refused to give up another set. Following the second, the two teams played another two sets, with both rounds just narrowly ending in favour of the Cascades, 25-23.
After winning the first game of the weekend at home, 3-1, the Cascades headed to North Vancouver to again take on the Capilano University Blues. The second game of the weekend started out looking like the Cascades would repeat their success from the following night; however, UFV was unable to capitalize late in each set after the first, resulting in a 3-1 loss.
Starting out the game strong, the Cascades were able to pick up the first set of the night, with a 25-23 set score. Although they looked to be in control after the first, the second set saw the Cascades fall behind halfway through, and unable to recover. The second set of the night ended with a score of 25-19, for the Blues. While the Cascades continued to try and grab another point, they were unable to beat out Capilano. The third and fourth sets both ended in favour of the Blues, with scores of 25-20 and 25-23, respectively.
Despite only winning one of the two games over the weekend, the Cascades still sit in third place in the PacWest standings, with 12 points.
Both of the next two games for the UFV women’s volleyball team will be against Douglas College. The first will be on Friday, Nov. 15 at 6 p.m. at the Envision Financial Athletic Centre at UFV, and the second will be on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 5 p.m. at Douglas College.
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