The University of the Fraser Valley men's soccer squad battled the UBC Okanagan Heat to a scoreless draw on the road Saturday afternoon in Kelowna.

Both teams had their chances, but both came up empty in the goal-scoring department and picked up a single point apiece.

It's the third straight clean sheet for goalkeeper Ethan Duggan and the Cascades, whose record in Canada West play now stands at 3-3-4 heading into Sunday's road tilt with the Thompson Rivers WolfPack (2 p.m., CanadaWest.tv). The Heat are 6-3-2.

"Tale of two halves, definitely," UFV head coach Tom Lowndes observed afterward. "First half we dominated, controlled the tempo of the game, and kept possession for almost the whole half. We created a couple good chances and weren't able to put them away. In the second half, the opposite – they were in charge. We had to defend, we had to be brave. But I'm very proud of the way we defended – it was heroic at times which was pleasing to see. And obviously a third clean sheet is very positive."

The Cascades, indeed, lived in the attacking third throughout the first half. Their best chance to score came in the 12th minute – Atle Koellmel played a deft ball through to Brady Weir, and he fired a blast from point-blank range at the top of the six-yard box, but the ball was straight at UBCO keeper Nicholas Reitsma.

The field tilted the other direction after halftime, with the Cascades repelling wave after wave of Heat forays.

UFV did generate a quality chance in the latter stages when Nawaf Binsaleh got his head on Weir's corner, but it went just wide.

The Heat had a golden opportunity to claim all three points in the 89th minute off a corner by Spencer Young. Hamish Walde headed the ball off the crossbar from close range, and Corbin Beauchemin followed with a header of his own that went over the bar.

Duggan registered three saves and was named the Cascades' player of the match.