Victoria, BC – The University of the Fraser Valley men's soccer team dropped a 2-1 decision to the University of Victoria Vikes on Friday Evening at Centennial Stadium.

The Vikes got off to a hot start in the sixth minute as Harry Ritter West crossed the ball in from the left and Sylvain Taghaoussi struck it into the back of the net.

The Cascades responded in the second half, as Trevor Zanatta got on the end of a bouncing ball from Dulain Panditha at the edge of the Vikes box and made no mistake lofting it over the advancing keeper and into the net.

The hosts landed the knockout blow in the 83^rd minute, as a corner kick from Dusan Mitrovic found the head of Connor Legge and he nestled the ball in the back of the net to give the hosts a 2-1 lead.

UFV sees their record fall to 1-2-0 with the loss, while the Vikes first win of the season moves them to 1-3-1.

Cascades head coach Tom Lowndes applauded his team's performance but lamented missed opportunities.

"Our compete level was really good all night. We fought from minute one to minute 94", he noted "we played well, dominated the game in terms of possession and territory, and we just needed to be more clinical in front of goal."

UFV recorded 15 shots during the match, with eight of those on target, while the Vikes had nine total shots and four on target.

Manpal Brar paced the Cascades with four shots, while teammate Ivan Mejia had three.

Harry Ritter West had three shots to go with his assist for the Vikes.

The Cascades are back in action Saturday Night as they visit the UBC Thunderbirds (7:30 p.m. kickoff, candawest.tv), while the Vikes will now host the Trinity Western Spartans on Saturday.

"I thought we deserved something out of the game tonight." Lowndes said, "We could have deserved three points, and worst case one but we've come away with nothing, so we need to learn our lesson and dust ourselves off to go into the lion's den tomorrow and face UBC."