Abbotsford, BC – For the second straight night, the UFV Cascades fell in three sets (15-25, 16-25, 21-25) the UBC Thunderbirds at the UFV Athletic Centre on Saturday. The Thunderbirds see their record improve to 6-4 on the season, while the Cascades struggled on offence fall to 4-6 this season.

As it happened: 
The Thunderbirds started strong on Saturday, jumping out to a 9-5 lead, before extending it to 15-9. Back-to-back aces from Gavin Moes helped them go up 21-11 on their way to the opening set win.

A pair of aces from Kieran Robinson-Dunning, and two kills from Gavin Moes gave UBC a 10-4 advantage early, and despite four kills from UFV's Nimo Benne in the remainder of the set, the deficit proved too much to recover from and the Thunderbirds took the set 25-16.

After trading runs early in the third, UBC held an 11-9 lead, but a pair of aces from James Vincett and another from Mason Greves put them up 17-10. The Cascades made a run late in the set, capped off by rookie Kian Bos picking up his first career kill to make it 24-21, but UBC closed out the match on a Reeve Gingera kill the following play.

Top performers: 
Benne posted a team-high 11 kills and eight digs for UFV, while Tyson Ardell notched five kills and two aces, and libero Reece Wilson chipped in five digs.

UBC's Gingera had a match-best 14 kills, while Vincett posted five aces, and Logan Greves had 13 digs.

Quotable:
Cascades head coach Nathan Bennett

"Injuries and illness have affected our team quite a lot, and we're a little bit discombobulated trying to find  out the depth of our program. Hopefully we can get ourselves back on track next weekend in Brandon."

Up next:
The Cascades head to Brandon to take on the Bobcats next Friday and Saturday, while UBC returns home to face the Calgary Dinos in Vancouver on December 1 and 2.  All matches can be seen live on Canada West TV.