KELOWNA, B.C. – In the second of this weekend's matches between the UBC Okanagan Heat and the UBC Thunderbirds, the visiting Thunderbirds were able to take it 3-1 and finish out a clean weekend win.

The rivalry between the two schools' athletic programs was in full effect on Saturday night, with celebrations and noise in abundance.

"It's was a tale of two matches," said UBC head coach Kerry MacDonald. "For the first 2 sets we did a great job of executing our game plan and control each set late. Sets three and four were much more back and forth. I was really happy with the contributions our guys made coming off the bench. It's always great when you can get two wins on the road."
 
For the Thunderbirds, Irvan Brar was the most effective hitter on the night, finishing up in the win with 17 kills on a .481 hitting percentage. Joel Regehr and Mat Guidi rounded out the top three attackers for UBC, with eight kills apiece.

On the defensive half for the visitors it was Tyson Smith leading the way in digs with 18, and Byron Keturakis had the most total blocks with four.
 
First Set
 
The Heat led for much of the early half of the first set, but six straight points by the Thunderbirds put them ahead late at 23-16, before a kill from Brar and a Heat service error provided the final two points and put the visitors up 1-0.

Second Set
 
A scoring run early for UBC, when they scored 10 of 12 points, put them ahead 13-8. Up 16-10 at the technical time-out, they scored five of their final six points on impressive kills to close out the second set win.

Third Set
 
The Heat came out swinging early in the third set, jumping ahead early and going up 11-5 after a pair of three-point runs. The only lead the Thunderbirds held in the set was after they scored the first point, at 1-0, and despite a late push to come within a point at 20-19 it was Kyle Hinchey and Lars Bornemann putting it away with a pair of kills for the Heat to make it two sets to one.

Fourth Set
 
The Thunderbirds scored four straight early to pull ahead 8-5, before the Heat tied it up 8-8 and then pulled ahead 11-9 with a couple of runs of their own. The 'Birds were up again, 16-15 at the technical time-out, and after a pair of lead changes were a point away from closing out the match, up 24-21. The Heat earned serve after a tricky kill from setter Lucas Robertson, but a big swing by Brar killed the final point and gave UBC their second win of the weekend.
 
UBC will have a bye week before playing their home opening weekend on November 3 and 4 at War Memorial Gym against the Calgary Dinos.