Abbotsford, BC – The UFV Cascades dropped a five-set decision (27-25, 37-39,16-25, 25-23, 12-15) to the Brandon Bobcats on Friday at the UFV Athletic Centre.

How it happened
The Cascades scored seven of the last 10 points to edge out the Bobcats in a tightly contested first set. 

Brandon had a 24-21 lead in the second, but the cascades scored four straight points to take a 25-24 advantage. The teams traded points back and forth from there, but with the score tied at 37 apiece the Bobcats picked up kills from Tom Friesen and Max Brook to close out the marathon set.

After the teams split the next two sets, the Bobcats jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the fifth. UFV fought back to tie the set at six, but Brandon scored four of the next five to take a lead they would not surrender.

Top performers
UFV's Caleb Kastelein led all hitters in the game with 20 kills, while adding nine digs. Ryan Adams added 13 kills, while Jonas Van Huizen led his team with 49 assists and 13 digs on the night.

Philipp Lauter showed up all over the stat sheet for Brandon as he notched 12 kills, three aces, five solo blocks, four block assists, and 13 digs. Tom Friesen added 17 kills for his team in the win.

Quotable
UFV outside hitter Caleb Kastelein

"It's disappointing. We've been in a lot of five-set matches so far this season and this just shows we have to work on playing better in crunch time. In these fifth sets we come out too slow, so we have to work on those starts."

"We just have to keep working on our consistency and staying emotionally stable throughout the whole game. We have ups and downs from set to set, so we have to be more consistent tomorrow."

Where they sit
The result drops the Cascades to 4-15 on the season, while the Bobcats improve to 10-7. The teams clash once again on Saturday at 5 p.m. at the UFV Athletic Centre.