Edmonton, AB – After falling by the smallest of margins in a five-set match the previous day, the UFV Cascades came out on the wrong side of a three-set result to the MacEwan Griffins on Saturday. The Griffins picked up the win (25-18, 25-19, 25-20) to improve to 2-4 this season, while UFV continues to search for their first win at 0-6.
How it happened:
The Griffins flew out to an early 9-4 lead in the first and, despite UFV trading back short runs, they would hold that advantage to close out the frame after a kill from Jarod Robert and an ace from Kenneth Ang.
The second started quite similarly, as a Kingsley Ndu kill made it 9-3 for the Griffins. The teams would trade blows for the rest of the frame, but the early hole was too large for UFV to dig themselves out of as the hosts finished it 25-19.
MacEwan found an early lead once again in the third, but a
Hristo Manov kill pulled the Cascades back within one. However, MacEwan would take full control from there scoring nine of the next 10 points to take a 17-8 lead. A pair of late runs brought the scoreline close, but it was once again too much to overcome and the hosts finished out the set and the match 25-20.
Notable:
Danilo Skipina led the Cascades in both kills (9) and digs (10) on the night, while
Hristo Manov finished with eight kills, and
Joel Tiedemann had 28 assists and a service ace.
MacEwan's Jarod Robert led the match with 14 kills, while Seth Birkholz added six.
Keep up to date
Cascades regular season home games offer free admission for UFV students with their student card. You can keep up with all the action at gocascades.ca, or by following the UFV Cascades on social media at @ufvcascades. All Cascades regular season soccer, volleyball, and basketball games are also available to watch live and on demand at canadawest.tv.
About UFV
Located in the beautiful Fraser Valley just east of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
, the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) is a
fully accredited, public university that enrolls approximately 15,000 students per year. UFV has
campuses and locations in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission, and Hope, and a growing presence in Chandigarh, India.
