The summer semester starts, and The Cascade returns with another recap for the UFV varsity teams that have been active in the surprisingly bright April that saw golf tournaments, baseball games, and new signings.
UFV’s golf team hosted their annual Cascades Spring Invitational, held at the Chilliwack Golf Club from April 2 to 3. The women’s team finished first overall after the weekend and had four players finish in the top 10 individuals. Teammates Coral Hamade and Emery Bardock tied for third with a +9, followed by Lucy Park in the sixth, three strokes behind her teammates with +12, and Alex Brunner rounding out the top 10 in 10th place shooting +18.
The men’s team came 11 strokes behind UVic to finish second place, with Jacob Armstrong shooting one-under-par and finishing in fourth individually over the weekend.
The Cascades baseball team has been playing almost every week since the start of spring; with an 8-12 record after two brutal double-header weekends on the road, the Cascades only won two out of their eight games against the Okanagan Coyotes and the Edmonton Collegiate. The Cascades’ next games are back at home at Fairfield Island in Chilliwack against the Prairie Baseball Academy on May 5 and 6. It won’t be an easy match-up, as the Prairie Academy is currently sitting 14-6, second behind Okanagan, and have won 6-4 in their last 10 matches. But the Cascades have a nice 5-3 win record when playing at home.
UFV recruiters haven’t been idle over the last few weeks, with great new signings for our women’s volleyball and soccer teams. The women’s soccer team received five new high school signings that will be interesting to watch develop into strong competitors while they’re with the Cascades. Maya Cuerrier at the center, Kayla Tallarico a midfielder, two wingers in Luciana Andrews and Dawn Nansumba, and Remy De Lorenzi at forward. Each of these young talents have multi-sport IQs and have been key players on their respective high school teams that have gone on to win championships.
The women’s volleyball team signed three powerful players in the three Attieh sisters (Gabrielle, Lauren, and Talia) from Surrey, B.C. for the team’s fall roster. Gabrielle comes with a ton of high-level experience and is a great addition to take the UFV game up a few notches. She was on the UBC Thunderbirds 2017 and 2019 national championship-winning teams, has a Canada West league all-star reputation, and has been playing professionally in Europe since 2020. Both Lauren and Talia have been stolen (figuratively) from the Douglas College Royals, a team that the sisters led to winning the PACWEST conference title, as well as league and tournament all-star status. All three Attieh sisters bring tough competition to the Cascades volleyball team and will add that extra punch that UFV will need to step up in tough U SPORTS and Canada West Leagues.
Teryn Midzain is an English Major with ambitious goals to write movies and a full-time nerd, whose personality and eccentrics run on high-octane like the cars he loves. More importantly, Teryn loves sports [Formula One], and doesn’t care who knows. When not creating and running deadly schemes in his D&D sessions, Teryn tries to reach the core of what makes the romantic and dramatic World of Sports, the characters and people that make the events so spectacular.
