The University of Regina's women's volleyball team scored a come-from-behind five-set win over Mount Royal on Saturday afternoon at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport.
 
The Cougars opened the match with a 25-21 win, but fell behind after Mount Royal took a 25-22 decision in the second set and 25-21 in a third set that saw the visitors hit .367 as a team.
 
But with their backs against the wall in the match, the hometown Cougars took control of the fourth with six straight points as part of an 11-2 run that turned a three-point deficit into a six-point lead at the media timeout. The Cougars cruised to a 25-20 win in the fourth to force a deciding set, then jumped ahead for good in the fifth with an 8-1 run that gave them a 13-8 lead. Mount Royal scored five of the next six points to make things interesting, but Chelsea Ziolkowski finally closed out the match with a kill from the right side on Regina's third attempt at match point.
 
Moving over to right side with Jenna Krahn out of the lineup, Michelle Sweeting led all players with 20 kills for the Cougars (2-5) and also added six blocks and five digs. Tori Glynn (pictured) had her third double-double in as many home matches this season with 16 kills and 15 blocks, while libero Lindsay Braul had a match-leading 16 digs. Second-year setter Leah Shevkenek piled up 55 assists as the Cougar offence hit at a .160 clip in the win, including .391 in the fifth set alone, while Molly Wade-Cummings added seven kills and tied for the match lead with eight blocks.
 
Fallon Middlemiss had 17 kills and 12 digs for Mount Royal, which moves to 2-7 on the season. Southpaw Robyn Potolicki added 14 kills, while libero Alex Runge had 15 digs and Nicky Zalasky tied Wade-Cummings for the match lead with eight blocks.
 
The two teams will meet again on Sunday afternoon on campus at the CKHS. First serve is scheduled for 2 p.m.