Abbotsford, BC – The UFV Cascades fell in a five-set contest to the Calgary Dinos on Saturday night at the UFV Athletic Centre. The Cascades prevailed the previous night in another five-setter but were unable to close this one out down the stretch.

As it happened:
The Cascades grabbed an 8-2 lead in the first, but Calgary battled back to cut the deficit to three at 21-18 before going on to score seven of the next nine points, including two kills each from Erik Godwin and Lincoln Baines, to take it 25-23.

The teams traded blows in the second, but it was UFV taking control in the late stage of the set scoring eight of the final 10 points to grab the second set 25-21.

UFV gained a 19-15 edge in the middle portion of the third set before finishing it off 25-20.

The Cascades looked to have the match in their hands with a 24-21 lead in the fourth, but a side out and a serving run buy Zack Durant was punctuated by an ace as they came back to win the set 26-24.

The Dinos built a 7-4 lead in the fifth set before extending it to 10-5 and eventually closing out the match 15-11.

Top performers:
Nimo Benne carried the bulk of the offence for the Cascades in this one, notching an incredible 29 kills on 60 total attacks with only four errors. He also added one ace, and eight digs in the effort.

Caleb Kastelein added 10 kills, and Ryan Hampe had six kills and five blocks for UFV.

Louis Kunstmann had a team-high 14 kills and added six blocks and 10 digs in the match for the Dinos. Zack Durant posted a game-high five aces, while teammate Jackson Meier had nine kills and eight blocks, and Erik Godwin notched 11 kills for the visitors.

Quotable:
Cascades Middle Tyson Ardell
"I thought we started off pretty well again, but we kind of just had some dips throughout the game that came in bad moments. We had some high moments and some really low moments, and the low moments came at the wrong time."

"We need to find a consistent high level. We have shown that we can compete with anyone, and it's just about finding that consistency. I don't know what it is yet, but we are going to keep searching in our practices and in games we are going to keep encouraging each other and we are going to find that consistency level and stay there."

Where they sit:
The win sees the Dinos move to 5-9 on the season, while the loss drops the Cascades record to 3-11.

The Cascades now head to Edmonton to face the MacEwan Griffins on Friday and Saturday, while the Dinos will play host to Winnipeg next week. All Canada West matches are available to be streamed live on Canada West TV.