For the second game in a row, the University of the Fraser Valley women's soccer team battled the Victoria Vikes down to the wire.
And once again, neither the Cascades nor the Vikes were able to put a straight line on the scoreboard.
Coming offÂ
Friday's scoreless draw, the two teams bookended the weekend with another 0-0 affair at MRC Sports Complex on Sunday afternoon.
The Cascades close the book on opening weekend with a 0-0-2 record, while the Vikes are 2-0-2.
"I think we should have won at least one of those, but we'll take the clean sheets and the two points," UFV captain
Brittany Costa said afterward. "We'll take our confidence from the no goals against."
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The Cascades did their best work in the second half, cranking up the pressure as the game wore on.
Off
Jenna Mele's corner in the 76th minute, the ball was initially cleared but was coaxed back into the box for Costa, who spun and fired a low shot, but UVic keeper Kayley Lidstone made the save with her right foot. The rebound came to Mele, and her high-arcing volley was grabbed by Lidstone.
In the 85th, another UFV corner nearly made the difference in the game.
Taylor Nekic got her head on the end of
Avery Tulloch's effort, and the ball went over Lidstone's outstretched arms but banged off the crossbar.
Cascades keeper
Andrea Perkovic posted three saves for the clean sheet.
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"It was a battle in the last 20 minutes, and we were in their half for most of the second half which was nice," Costa said.
"We need to finish our chances, that's No. 1 . . . but we also need to connect more in the final third. It's almost like we get excited when we get the ball out of our half and into the final third. We kind of rush our final pass – it's not to feet, or it's not the correct decision. We've just got to settle down a little bit and finish our chances."
Up next for the Cascades are a pair of road games vs. local rival Trinity Western, Friday and Saturday, kicking off at 5 p.m. both nights.
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