The University of Regina's women's volleyball team stepped up in the third and fourth sets to earn a 3-1 victory over the Winnipeg Wesmen on Saturday night at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport.
 
After splitting the first two sets with the Wesmen, the Cougars (1-3) pulled out 25-18 and 25-20 wins to collect their first Canada West victory of the season.
 
Tori Glynn had her second big double-double in as many nights for the Cougars, leading all players in both kills (15) and digs (16). Jenna Krahn added a career-high 11 kills, while Chelsea Ziolkowski had nine kills and 11 digs to fall just short of a double-double. Leah Shevkenek finished with 38 assists, controlling a U of R offence that hit .127 for the match.
 
Fourth-year libero Lindsay Braul also had a solid game for the Cougars, setting a new career high with 15 digs.
 
Winnipeg (4-2) was led by Tia Boroski and Hailey Buhler, who both hit double digits in kills. Boroski had 11 kills and 14 digs, while Buhler ended up with 10 kills and Ellina Domnidou had 33 assists and a team-high 15 digs.
 
The Cougars opened the match with a 25-23 win in a first set in which they needed to overcome a 19-15 deficit. They did that in a big way, with the U of R collecting six straight points with Shevkenek serving to take the lead for good. At one point the Cougars were on a 9-2 run late in the first, and put away the set on a Jenna Krahn kill.
 
The second set was a carbon copy of the first, but the other way around. The Cougars led 17-13 before seven straight points as part of an 11-2 Winnipeg run gave the Wesmen complete control. Winnipeg ended up winning the second 25-21, but that would set the stage for the U of R's wins in the third and fourth.
 
The Cougars are in action at Thompson Rivers next Friday and Saturday, while Winnipeg has next weekend off before resuming the Canada West schedule on Nov. 7 and Nov. 8 at home against UBC Okanagan.