The University of the Fraser Valley men's volleyball team suffered a three-set defeat at the hands of the Camosun Chargers on Friday evening in Victoria.

The four-time defending PACWEST champion Chargers prevailed by scores of 25-20, 25-20 and 25-17, boosting their record to 3-2 while dropping the Cascades to 0-5. The two teams wrap up the weekend set Saturday afternoon in a 3 p.m. start.

Cascades took a makeshift lineup into Friday's match, as both of their setters, Bobby Blaskovits and Adam Frederickson, were sidelined. Blaskovits, in fact, suffered an injury in practice the night before the UFV squad hopped on the ferry for Victoria.

That pressed Ben Friesen into action at the hub of the Cascades' offence – the fourth-year Abbotsford, B.C. product is usually an outside hitter, and a good one at that, leading the UFV squad in total offence this season.

"I thought he played great," UFV head coach Kyle Donen said of his substitute setter. "The first two sets in particular were relatively close, considering. I thought we had really good battle, and we gave ourselves a chance. Our biggest thing was, we struggled to pass down the stretch, and we gave up too many points that way. Considering what we had to do under the circumstances, I thought we held our own."

Friesen finished with 16 set assists, and left side Landon Uy and middle Ian Jagersma paced the Cascades with five kills apiece.

Vitor Periera led the Chargers with 14 kills.

"We battled hard against a good team, and we showed a lot of fight as a group," Donen said. "Hopefully we can reach another level tomorrow."