The UFV men's soccer team booked their ticket to the postseason on Friday, but it took a bit of outside help. The Cascades dropped a decision 3-1 to the UNBC Timberwolves, but a 7-0 result from UBC over fifth place UBCO guaranteed UFV a playoff berth.

The Cascades started early with a goal in the first minute off the boot of Charandeep Rangi. Parman Minhas danced his way out of the corner before finding Taylor Richardson who slid it on to Rangi and he blasted it into the top right corner from top of the box for his first goal of the season.

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However, the Timberwolves stormed back with three straight first-half goals.

Koby Greaves finished off an assist from Abou Cisse to draw UNBC llevel in the 17^th minute before goals in the 26^th and 29^th from Michael Henman, and Cisse gave them a lead they would not relinquish. Julian Daduica drew assists on both final Timberwolves goals.

"I thought we started the game really brightly, scoring in the first minute and then creating a couple other chances in the first 15 minutes that we probably should have put away", noted UFV coach Tom Lowndes.

"I thought we played well. Three errors have led to goals that we need to do better with, and then it's an uphill battle playing against a good team."

Henman's tally marked an incredible milestone for the UNBC striker, as he notched his 19^th of the season to match the Canada West single season goalscoring record.

With the win UNBC improves their record to 8-4-3 on the year, while UFV drops to 6-6-2 and is now guaranteed to finish in the fourth and final playoff spot in the pacific division.

Both teams are back in action again on Sunday afternoon at Rotary Stadium in Abbotsford. Kickoff is at 12pm.

The Cascades will be honouring six graduating seniors on Sunday with a pregame ceremony starting at 11:30am.

"We want to go out with a strong finish for those senior players" explained Lowndes.

"They Deserve it, they've had fantastic careers and have been a big part of the program, so we want to make sure we finish on a high and get ready for the playoffs."