Winnipeg, MB – The UFV Cascades men's volleyball team fell in straight sets (25-22, 25-23, 25-17) to the Manitoba Bisons on Saturday to end their Canada West season.  

The Cascades finish their second season in the Canada West Conference with a 4-20 record, while the Bisons improve to 9-13 on the season.

As it happened:
UFV led 22-17 in the first set, but Manitoba stormed back to score the next eight points, including two Spencer Grahame aces and three Ben Carleton kills, to seal the set win.

The Cascades grabbed a 20-19 lead in the second set after a Caleb Kastelein kill. However, three quick points from the Bisons gave them a lead they wouldn't surrender, and they took the second 25-23.

The Bisons jumped out to a 15-10 lead in the third set. They extended that advantage to 21-14, before two consecutive aces from Nicholes Carter closed out the match.

Jonas Van Huizen led the Cascades with ten kills, while Eric Ogaranko had ten for Manitoba.

The Bisons service pressure gave the Cascades trouble all night as they tallied 10 aces.

"I think it's unfortunate the way we finished off the rest of our season, but I think during the season we showed good a team we could be," noted Cascades Libero Reece Wilson who has been filling in with assistant coach duties while he recovers from an injury.

"It's small things that we have to figure out with our responsibilities on the court. We were in eight five-set matches this year, and won one of those, which isn't going to cut it, but I think if we can clean up some of those small things, we can walk away with a few more of those wins in the fifth set."