Vancouver, BC –
Mateo Brazinha opened the scoring off a great feed from
Dante Colebourne, but four straight goals from the UBC Thunderbirds saw the UFV Cascades unbeaten start to the season come to an end on Saturday in Vancouver.
The Cascades record drops to 3-1-2 with the result, while the Thunderbirds improve to 3-0-1 with the win.
How it happened:
A nice bit of play from UFV saw
Ebi Igali play Colebourne through on the left wing, and the rookie played the ball across goal to Brazinha. The forward still had some work to do, but superbly finished it past Bennett McKay for his fourth goal of the season in the 33
rd minute.
The Thunderbirds turned up the pressure and got their reward when Tomas Pena's cross in from the right was flicked on to the back of the box. Henri Godbout headed it down perfectly for Norman in front of goal and he caressed the ball in off the right post and UBC were all tied up going into the half.
UBC went in front for the first time on the night in the 49th minute, when Godbout's shot from a tight angle was deflected past Cascades keeper
Jackson Cowx off one of his own defenders.
Brennan Fuerst fired in a low shot from just inside the box just after the hour mark. Cowx saved, but as the ball spilled, hesitation from
Adam Szymanski was punished by Godbout, who quickly nipped and fired home the rebound.
With the game in the dying embers, the ball came to Jost Hausendorf in front of the goal and the German fired home past Cowx to make it a 4-1 final.
Notable:
The Cascades have now scored first in all six of their matches this season.
Brazinha scored his fourth goal of the season, to sit second in Canada West. The third year forward also leads Canada West in points with eight.
Quotable:
UFV head coach Tom Lowndes
"I thought first half we competed well. We took our chance, and I thought we frustrated them. We switched off before halftime and that's a killer time to concede and that's changed the complexion of the game."
"We'll look to fix a few things and rebound next week. I think we're still in a good spot, and there is obviously lots of season to play."
Next Up:
The Cascades now return home next week to take on the University of Saskatchewan Huskies at 8pm on Friday, September 13, and the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns on Sunday, September 15, at 1pm. Both games can be watched in person at Rotary Stadium in Abbotsford or streamed live on canadawest.tv.
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- with files from Michael McColl / UBC Thunderbirds
