The brisk winds and rain washed over our UFV Cascades men’s and women’s teams this weekend. The Cascades suffered tough losses. The men’s basketball team were dealt two losses against UBC that saw their tie for first in Canada West division turn into a three-way scrap for third place. Our volleyball teams took two losses for their season openers, and our men’s soccer team had a tragic loss to their end of the season and semi-final run in Victoria. Our sole win this last weekend came from the Cascades women’s basketball team on Saturday, scoring 71-64 over UBC in double overtime.
Deanna Tuchscherer led the Cascades basketball team with 30 points and 10 rebounds, and the second year guard Nikki Cabuco dropped a new season-high score of 22 points and shot 50 per cent from three-point range. Rounding out the top 4 scorers were Julia Tuchscherer and Alexis Worrell, who scored 8 and 6 points respectively. Google Sidhu, the first year rookie from Abbotsford, stepped into Maddy Gobeil’s shoes (who sat out due to injury) by playing 42 minutes of the game, scoring 5 points on all of her field goal attempts, and catching 6 rebounds — all while facing a UBC team coming out of a home game win the previous night. With their win, the team’s 3-1 win:loss record keeps them tied for first with UNBC in their division standings. On Nov. 12 and 13, the women’s team takes on Thompson Rivers here on our home court.
The men’s basketball team were wounded with a 64-70 loss on Nov. 5 and another loss on Nov. 6 with a 72-80 final. The double losses saw the UBC Thunderbirds fly into first and drop the UFV Cascades into a three-way tie with the Thompson Rivers Wolfpack and the UNBC Timberwolves for third in the West Division. The battle for bronze starts at home this Friday when our boys play Thompson Rivers.
Our volleyball teams started their UBC Tour in Kelowna this past weekend against the UBCO Heat. Unfortunately, both our men’s and women’s teams lost their sets. The women lost a 0-3 set on Friday, and managed to score one set Saturday, but ended with a 1-3 final. The men’s team held off the Heat wave in a 2-3 loss in their first game on Friday, but got burned on Saturday, losing 0-3. The Cascades volleyball teams finish their UBC campuses tour in Vancouver this upcoming weekend, hoping to shake off their losses with a pair of wins. The games will be held in UBC’s War Memorial Gymnasium.
Tragedy struck our UFV Cascades men’s soccer team Saturday, as they were dealt a 0-5 loss from the UVic Vikes. The Vikes scored twice early, then the Cascades were dealt a red card that took Jun Won Choi out of the game, all within the first 30 minutes of play. Sunday, the men lost out on a podium finish, taking a 0-2 loss the next day against Mount Royal, bringing a sad end to their season.
This weekend, our Cascades basketball teams are playing in the UFV Athletics Centre. On Friday, the women’s team opens the evening at 6:00 p.m, and the men close the nightly events at 8:00 p.m. Counter the Thompson River’s black and orange fall jersey colours with your green clothes when you come to UFV Athletic Centre in Building E to cheer on our teams. Volleyball fans can raid UBC’s War Memorial Gymnasium on Friday, Nov. 12 at 6:00 p.m to cheer on the women’s team, and again for the men at 7:30 p.m. They will also be playing there on Saturday, Nov. 13, at 5:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., respectively. Game schedules, start times, and more stats can be found on the UFV Cascades website.
Image: Gibi Saini/UFV Athletics
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