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The UBCO Heat women's soccer team finally got back into the win column with a 1-0 road win over Kwantlen College Saturday afternoon.

Photo: Contributed - Darren Handschuh

Marisa Klees #5 and Taylor Sarchet (open arms) celebrate Kira Byers' winning goal.

After four consecutive 1-1 draws, the Heat kept a clean sheet in their end and secured the win when Kira Byers scored in the 89th minute.

The Heat dominated play, out-shooting their opponents 25-9 through the match.

The win leaves Okanagan in third place with three wins and five draws after nine games. With 14 points this season, they're just two behind second place Langara (5W-3L-1T).

On Sunday afternoon the Heat will look for three more points when meet the Douglas College Royals in Coquitlam.

The men's squad is still in search of their first win of the season after a 3-2 loss to the Kwantlen Eagles on Saturday.

Vernon's Austin Jones and Salmon Arm's Dylan Abbott scored in a losing cause for the Heat.

The Heat (0W-5L-4T) will be in tough Sunday afternoon when they try to stop the country's 5th ranked team, the Douglas College Royals (6W-0L-3T), in Coquitlam.

Kwantlen (4W-1L-4T) moves into third place in the PACWEST standings with Saturday's win.