Hudson Brandsma picked up his first kills as a Cascade on Saturday, but the UFV Cascades fell in a three set decision to the University of Winnipeg Wesmen on Saturday, 22-25, 19-25, 23-25, at the UFV Athletic Centre.

With the win, the Wesmen move to 6-0, while the Cascades drop to 0-6.

How it happened:
The teams traded points through the majority of the opening set, but with the score at 19 apiece, UFV committed three straight attacking errors to give Winnipeg a lead. From there, a pair of kills from Jaxon Rose and another UFV error closed it out.

Winnipeg carried that momentum into a 13-10 lead in the second, as they cruised to the 25-19 set win. 

The Cascades battled back to go up 19-16, boosted by the first three career Canada West kills from Hudson Brandsma, but Winnipeg hit back to flip the score to 23-22 in their favour. After a Jonas Van Huizen kill tied it up, a UFV error was followed by an Easton Dick kill to finish off the match, 25-23.

Notable:
Roan McCarthy led the Cascades with seven kills, while Jonas Van Huizen and Ryan Hampe had six and five respectively. Brandsma added six digs to his three kills in a strong night for the rookie.

Isaiah Olfert led the Wesmen with 15 kills in the game, while Luke Lodewyks added 12.

Quotable:
UFV Outside Hitter Hudson Brandsma

"It was awesome, it was lots of fun," Brandsma noted on his first kill. "It was good to get it out of the way. I felt great, and being libero I was already warm and in the game, and used to the faster paced game. It didn't feel like a stretch. I just told myself I was going to go in and hit it."

"I think we just have to play our game a bit. We haven't really found all the parts of our game, and I think when we do we'llbe rolling. We just have to get that first win out of the way."
 
Up Next:
The Cascades  now get a week off before they return to the UFV Athletic Centre for a pair of matches against the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack on November 15 and 16. 

Both games can be watched live on Canada West TV, and you can keep up with all of the action from the Cascades at gocascades.ca or by following the teams on social media at @UFVCascades