The University of Saskatchewan Huskies defeated the UFV Cascades, 2-1, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, dropping the Cascades Canada West regular season record to 2-8-0 for 6-points. The Cascades sit in 6th place and trail the 4th place Huskies by 11-points with 4 games remaining, all home at Bateman Park.
The Cascades spotted Saskatchewan the first goal seven minutes in but then started to put pressure on the Huskies and control the play in midfield, there hard work led to the tying goal at the 27th minute of play as Brent Wantke, a third year Criminology major from Langley, BC scored off a corner that the Huskies defense did not clear. UFV continued to put pressure on the Huskies but could not push the lead goal behind Saskatchewan’s goalkeeper Mark Diakiw before the half ended.
In the second half, UFV continued to pressure the Huskies, Josh Atebe, Mission, BC just missed as his header bounce off the hard ground and over the net and minutes later Stuart Rowlands, Chilliwack, BC beat Diakiw but hit the side of the empty net,
The Huskies would score the winning goal in the 80th minute as Saskatchewan’s Josh Northey’s second goal of the game beat the Cascades’ Colton Keam, Langley, BC to give the home team there 5th win of the season.
“A good performance today and a step in the right direction however we still seem to came up short,” said UFV Head Coach Alan Errington.
UFV 1 0 = 1
Sask 1 1 = 2
Scoring:
First Half:
07:37 Sask J Northey (P Craig)
26:49 UFV B Wantke
Second Half:
80:02 Sask J Northey (P Craig)
Goalkeepers:
UFV C Keam L Saves: 6
UFV C Keam L Saves: 6
Sask M Diakiw W Saves: 2
Shots on Goal:
UFV: 11/ Sask 22
Corner Kicks:
UFV: 6/ Sask: 9
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