Calgary, AB – Kareena Sahota made three saves as the UFV Cascades women's soccer team kept their first clean sheet of the season in a 2-0 victory over the Mount Royal University Cougars on Friday in Calgary. 

How it happened
Both teams struggled to find an edge in the first half, as they went into the break scoreless. 

MRU looked to strike in the 65^th as the ball bounced around in the Cascades box after a free kick, but Caitlyn Vieira's shot just trickled wide of the goal. 

The Cascades got a fortuitous bounce in the 73^rd minute to open the scoring. Dessa Peterson's corner kick was played into a dangerous area, and Sophie Kinghorn's attempted clearing header found its way into the top left corner for the own goal.

Just seven minutes later the Cascades would find the insurance marker. Simone Nagasaki drove to the byline before finding Dani Coss in the box, who slipped it across to Deol at the top of the six-yard box. Deol's first touch shot found its way through the keeper's legs and into the net to make it 2-0. 

Quotable
Cascades head coach Ari Adams:
"It took us a good 45 minutes to get our legs going. It wasn't the prettiest of games, but we were still tough defensively to get through. We found our legs a bit in the second half and were able to get in behind MRU and cause them some difficulties." 

"We kept the clean sheet. Kareena kept everything in front of her, and once we put the second one in it sort of settled down for us there a bit, but we are definitely going to have to clean it up and come prepared for our next game against UVIC." 

Where they sit
UFV moves to 2-1-1 on the season, while MRU falls to 0-3-1. The Cascades now head to Vancouver Island for a battle with the University of Victoria on Sunday at 12 p.m. (PT) to close out the weekend.

Catch the game live on Canada West TV.

Notable
In addition to the first clean sheet of the season, the win stands as Sahota's first win and first clean sheet in Canada West. The second half insurance marker stands as Deol's first career Canada West goal.