CALGARY – The University of Calgary Dinos men's volleyball team used their home-court advantage to defeat the Fraser Valley Cascades 3-1 (25-18, 25-15, 20-25, 28-26) Friday at the Jack Simpson Gym.

UFV stays searching for their first win of the season at 0-9, while Calgary improves to 3-6.

"It was a tough result for us tonight", noted UFV head coach Nathan Bennett. "I thought we came out a little slow, which showed in the scores, and we had a hard time getting momentum in the match early. We turned it around in the third, but fell a bit short in the end."

In a tightly contested first set, it was Cascade errors that proved to be the difference. Calgary hit .370, compared to -.080 by Fraser Valley. The Dinos earned a five-point lead and forced a Cascades timeout at 20-15 before finding some late kills to close it out.

Calgary hot hitting continued in the second set at a nearly identical .368 rate. The Dinos pulled away from the Cascades with a pair of 6-1 runs that eventually put the home team ahead by eight as they took a two set lead.

The Dinos appeared on their way to a quick evening until the Cascades awoke midway through the third set. Their best stretch of play on Friday saw them take a 11-9 Calgary lead. The Dinos were unable to recover, and the Cascades pushed the game into a fourth set.

The teams trades blows in a compelling fourth set. Calgary held the largest led of three in the set at 10-7, but the score was quickly brought even and remained that way until the final moments. With the score at 24-24, the Dinos received clutch kills from Will Kay and Matthew Brown to remain undefeated at The Jack.

Godwin led Calgary with 16 kills on .333 hitting and added six digs. Kay and Czepuryk contributed 10 and eight kills, respectively, while Luke Nodwell recorded four total blocks. Fraser Valley's Hudson Brandsma and Roan McCarthy had strong outings, tallying 15 and 14 kills.

Bennett praised both Brandsma and McCarthy after the game.

"Hudson had another great night, keeping us in the match, and those two just had a really positive evening whether it was on their reception or in their attacking and blocking. They did great overall, and if we can keep that level from them and raise the rest of our level tomorrow we will be in a good spot."

The Dinos and Cascades meet again Saturday at 5:45 p.m. local time in the Jack Simpson Gym.