Langley, BC – The University of the Fraser Valley men's volleyball team dropped a four-set decision on the road on Saturday to the Trinity Western Spartans at the Langley Events Centre. 

The result pushes both teams to 1-1 on the season after UFV won the Friday night contest between the two teams.  

As it happened: 
Neither team was able to get much of an edge early in the opening set, but after a Kyden Dmitruk ace gave the Spartans a 24-23 lead, UFV stormed back to score the next two points and capped off the set 26-24 with an Eduardo Ferreira service ace.  

The second set was all TWU, as they snatched a 12-2 lead before taking it 25-10.

The Spartans continued their strong play in the third, taking a 9-3 lead early, and despite a late push from UFV that included back to back Nimo Benne aces, the Spartans finished off the set 25-18.

The Cascades got a pair of kills from Ryan Hampe early in the fourth to take a 5-1 lead, but the Spartans pushed back scoring nine of the next 11 points. The hosts slowly built on that advantage, throughout the middle portion of the set as they closed out the match 25-18.

Top performers: 
Ryan Hampe paced the Cascades with seven kills on nine total attacks, and added three aces. Jonas Van Huizen had eight kills, and Max Paddock posted 26 assists and five digs in the contest.

Henry Rempel led the Spartans with 18 kills, while Anselm Reim had 6 aces and 41 assists in the match.

Quotable:
Cascades head coach Nathan Bennett

"They really dialed up their service pressure, and we seemed a bit out of sync. As a whole I think we were a little bit too satisfied from the night before, and our challenge to be a successful team in Canada West is to string together back-to-back nights. Overall, we recognize that it's a missed opportunity here, but Trinity is a good team and they were ready to play."

"Manitoba is a really good team. They're young, physical, and coached well. It's going to be a good battle next week, and for us now I think we put this one in the rearview and get ready to focus tomorrow on the Bisons."

Up next:
The Cascades return to Abbotsford for their home opener next weekend against the University of Manitoba Bisons. The teams will face off on Friday and Saturday with match times set for 7:45pm, and 6:45pm respectively.

Both matches can also be streamed live on Canada West TV.