Box Score Kelowna, BC - Amanda White's first half goal lifted the UBC Okanagan Heat past the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades in women's soccer action on Friday night. 

The loss sees the Cascades' five game unbeaten run come to an end as they drop to 0-2-5 on the season. The Heat see their record improve to 2-2-3 with the win.

The Cascades controlled the bulk of the play in the first half, but it was UBCO's Amanda White who opened the scoring with her fourth goal of the season in the 33^rd minute. 

Both teams threatened with chances in the second half, but were unable to change the score line. 

White's winner would hold up as the Heat's only shot on target during the match, while UFV tallied four shots on goal.

UFV head coach Niko Marcina applauded his team's defensive effort despite the result on the day. 

"We knew they were going to maintain very good possession of the ball, but we set up an action plan to eliminate goal scoring opportunities and I thought for the majority of the game we did a very good job of that." 

"They only had one shot on goal, but credit to them for getting it past our back line and punishing us."

The Cascades are back in action on Saturday with a visit to the Thompson Rivers Wolfpack (5:30 p.m. on canadawest.tv), while the Heat will host the Trinity Western Spartans on Saturday afternoon.

"We are going to be up against a tough opponent in tomorrow's match", Marcina noted, "so we are trying not to reflect on the negatives and instead move forward focusing on what we are doing well and trying our best to finish our opportunities when they become present to us."