Box Score Saskatoon, SK - The University of the Fraser Valley women's soccer team was just moments away from their first victory of the season, but a late goal from the University of Saskatchewan Huskies meant they were forced to settle for a draw.

The Cascades opened the scoring in just the fourth minute. Luciana Andrews picked up a ball on the left wing and, after beating a pair of defenders, played a cross into the head of Halle McCambley who deftly nodded it home.

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Luciana Andrews beats two defenders and gets the cross in to Halle McCambley for the finish!

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Saskatchewan's Payton Izsak looked to level the score in the 38^th minute as her shot got past Cascades keeper Andrea Perkovic but was cleared off the line by a UFV defender.

Perkovic made her best stop of the afternoon in the 81^st minute, stopping Saskatchewan's Naleya Kobussen after a long run into the box.

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Andrea Perkovic with her best save of the day so far!

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The Huskies controlled play in the final 10 minutes of the ninety, recording two shots and five corner kicks, but were unable to find a way past Perkovic.

With stoppage time expiring the Cascades seemed to be on the verge of three points, but a late free kick was awarded to the Huskies at the edge of the UFV box. Nicole Burnett stepped up to take it, and on basically the last kick of the game she placed her shot into the top-left corner of the net to salvage the draw for her team.  

"Our game plan for both games this weekend was to start on the front foot and try to punish early", noted UFV head coach Niko Marcina, "our girls executed early in both matches and we're proud of them for them executing the particular action plan, and for getting on the end of some things we were asking them to do."

This was the Cascades fourth consecutive match with a draw, which pushes their record to 0-1-4 on the year, while the Huskies move to 2-2-3 with the result.

"Despite not getting the three points that we wanted this weekend the team is developing," explained Marcina. "We're making strides with a young team and trending in the right direction; we just have to remain optimistic for these upcoming matches."

Marcina lauded the efforts of some of his young players post game.

"We are very happy to see our first years get a lot of minutes over the past two games and gain some confidence as a result. Sarah Belcher, Sofia Faremo, Kayla Tallarico, they were fantastic and impactful individuals with large minutes this weekend."

Next up for the Cascades is a trip to Lethbridge on Tuesday, where they will make up their previously postponed game against the Pronghorns (5 p.m., canadawest.tv).

"It's going to be tough to forget what just transpired this weekend but it's a good reminder of what we need to accomplish, especially late in games, and how we need to approach each individual game, because we know that every game is going to be competitive."