It was a successful week of games – albeit an abbreviated one – for the University of the Fraser Valley baseball club.

The Cascades swept a doubleheader vs. the Vancouver Island University Mariners on Wednesday, building momentum for a scheduled four-game weekend series vs. the Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs in Lethbridge, Alta. Those games, though, were cancelled due to snow.

The UFV club, nevertheless, sits solidly in third place in the Canadian College Baseball Conference with an 11-8 record.

CASCADES 12, MARINERS 2   

The Cascades' bats were red-hot in the early going – the hosts struck for 11 runs over the first three innings at DeLair Park. Jordan Sass punctuated the offensive outburst with a three-run homer, and Riley Jepson (3-for-4) and Luke Senft (2-for-4, three RBI) also had big games at the plate. Travis McDougall had a strong outing on the mound, limiting the Mariners to two runs over seven innings while ringing up nine strikeouts.

CASCADES 8, MARINERS 2

In the second game of the day, UFV took advantage of four Mariners errors in the field – just three of the Cascades' runs were earned. Ryan West went 3-for-4 at the plate, and Markus Gregson drove in two runs. Starter Ian Zwartz (five innings) and reliever Liam Campbell (four innings) combined for a strong pitching performance – each allowed just a single earned run. 

UP NEXT

The Cascades wrap up the CCBC regular season at home vs. Edmonton Collegiate this weekend at DeLair Park. Games run Saturday and Sunday, starting at noon and 3 p.m. each day.

The CCBC championship tournament, hosted by Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, runs the following week (May 8-12).