The University of the Fraser Valley men's and women's golf teams host their home tournament this week, welcoming three B.C. opponents to Chilliwack Golf Club.

The Cascades Invitational will pit UFV against the UBC Thunderbirds, Victoria Vikes, and UBC Okanagan Heat. The action runs Monday and Tuesday with tee times beginning at 12 p.m. and 10:20 a.m., respectively, each day.

"It's going to be a good opportunity to see where we stack up," noted women's golf head coach Cody Stewart. "It's nice that we play in an area of Canada, and the Canada West conference, where we have a lot of the best schools in the country here. There's no off weeks. We have to be playing well consistently, and if we don't, we'll get beat. If we play well, we'll finish really well."

The Cascades Invitational is the first event of the fall schedule for the UFV women, and Stewart noted that it's an advantageous spot for rookies Coral Hamade and Ella Gifford to make their university debuts.

"Hopefully that helps to settle the nerves a little bit and we get comfortable early," he said. "I think it's going to come down to managing mistakes and keeping things clean on the greens. That seems to be the case for us . . . if we can play smart and do what we normally do, I think we'll be in good shape."

The Cascades men's golf team, meanwhile, opened their campaign last week, winning the Alberta Invitational with Jackson Jacob claiming the individual title.

This will be the first time the UFV men will see UBC and UVic this season – UBC Okanagan was at the Alberta Invitational, finishing third.

"It's a little tricky, because whenever you're playing at your home course, it's always an advantage," head coach Aaron Pauls said. "But it'll give us an idea what their teams are like, because they've had some turnover as well. We haven't seen UVic in something like two years now, and their team will be very different. It'll be good to play with them before we tee it up at the Canada West championships (Oct. 4-5), where everyone's trying to win a title."