Volleyball // Women’s volleyball: The fire streak

Teryn Midzain

The Cascades’ women’s volleyball (WVB) team’s 10-game winning streak came to an end with a 3-2 loss against the UBCO Heat on Feb. 4. While it may be a sour note, the team’s second USPORTs season has otherwise been phenomenal. At the start of this 2022 season, the WVB team was ranked in the bottom half of the Canada West Coaches Poll at 9 out of 15 teams. This was during pre-season in October when most of the teams had yet to really gel and find their rhythms. Since then, after some tougher early season matchups, Cascades WVB has soared beyond expectations into 4th place in Canada West, securing a second straight playoff spot.

Regarding the team’s success, head coach Janelle Rozema remarked, “I think it's been a group of women who have caught the vision of wanting to build a strong foundation of a new program and who've got excited about the fact that they can be the ones who define what UFV women's volleyball is to most teams. It's a first impression. And the athletes that ended up committing to our program were excited about making sure that that first impression is one that will/ has become respected in our league.”