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Fort 黑马磁力鈥檚 Jackson Jacob and the are coming home with medals from the .

Cascades men, the defending team champions at the conference tournament, battled their way to a silver medal over two days and 36 holes at Squamish Valley Golf Club on Monday, Oct 4 and Tuesday, Oct. 5.

The UFV squad鈥檚 combined score of two under par left them well behind the gold medal-winning squad from UBC (-25), but their performance was enough to fend off a stiff test from joint third-place finishers Calgary and Victoria (both -1). Calgary took the bronze based on tie-breaking criteria.

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Cascades head coach Aaron Pauls called it 鈥渁 little bittersweet. We were in the thick of a battle between three teams at the very end, and we were able to pull out the silver. That was nice for us leaving today.鈥�

鈥淣ot winning this week is a bit disappointing for us, though 鈥� I wouldn鈥檛 say we played our very best golf. Part of it was how we played, and part of it was how well UBC played. UBC, as a team of five, put up such quality scores across the board, and what they鈥檙e doing right now is pretty impressive.鈥�

Jacob led the charge for the Cascades. He carded a 68 on Monday and a 70 on Tuesday to finish at -6, just one stroke back of Calgary鈥檚 Ethan Banks and UBC鈥檚 Russell Howlett, who tied at -7 through 36 holes with Banks claiming the individual gold on the second playoff hole.

Jacob and UBC鈥檚 Mackenzie Bickell shared the bronze.

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鈥淛ackson had a bit of a ragged start today, and he was probably five shots down in the early going,鈥� Pauls related. 鈥淏ut he stuck with it, and on the 18th, he hit an amazing shot into the green, and had a putt hang on the lip which would have gotten him into a playoff. He did everything he could today.

鈥淲e said at the start of the season, for our team to be successful, we needed Jackson to put up consistently good scores. That鈥檚 what he鈥檚 done for us all fall.鈥�

Cascades women鈥檚 team, CW bronze medalists in 2019, battled their way to the brink of the podium only to settle for fourth.

The bright spot was the play of Lucy Park. She fired rounds of 76 and 79 to finish at +11, good for solo eighth place.

鈥淪he鈥檚 having a good year,鈥� Stewart enthused.

鈥淪he鈥檚 going to be one of the better players in Canada West. It鈥檚 a matter of time, and a matter of experience.鈥�

UFV golf teams wrap up their fall schedule over the weekend, visiting Kelowna for the UBC Okanagan Invitational, Oct. 10-11 at Okanagan Golf Club.