After a couple more competitions in Victoria and Boston, the teams headed to the Niagara Region in early November for the Canadian University Rowing Championships, which was held in the small city of Welland, Ontario. Men’s team coach Mike Pearce emp
Birds kept getting buckets in whatever way they liked, whereas Heat players threw one brick after another in the face of stifling Birds’ defence. Full-court pressure from the Birds forced consecutive turnovers from the Heat and turned the majority o
Winning 2-1 on Friday night, UBC found themselves going into the Christmas break on a loss as Calgary came back Saturday to defeat the T-Birds 4-1. With these two results, the ’Birds go into Winter break with a 5-10-1 record. They now sit in s
Our objective was the Grand Sentinel — to summit the 100+ metre obelisk quartzite rock tower via the southeast arête, referred to as ‘Cardiac Arête’. The pillar was located on the back side of Pinnacle Mountain in Banff National Park, also kno
Hearthstone somehow isn’t an actual physical card game. Then again, instead of being a Thunderbird and making coach Butenschon proud, I’m still playing NHL games on my PlayStation, so who am I to judge?
The T-Birds would actually win five out of six relays over the weekend, losing only the men’s 4x100m medley relay to the University of Alberta Golden Bears. Switching back to individual events, the men’s 50m freestyle was dominated by the ’Birds.
“[The men’s team was] ranked number one for a good chunk of the year and even with a mile to go, we were leading in the race and just faltered in the last 1,600 meters,” said Primeau. “I think they’re already all hungry for 2017.”
UBC had more bench points at 24 compared to 18 from Victoria, 23 points off of turnovers compared to 15 from Victoria, and were tied with Vikes with 30 points inside the paint. UBC has played six games so far, while Canada West leader Alberta has pla
UBC were looking comfortable for most of the first half and headed into halftime with a 23-point lead. Despite this, the Vikes forced double over-time, but eventually ended up on the losing side to the home team. Victoria’s comeback was extremely spe
Coming off of a split against the Thompson River Wolfpack, the UBC women’s volleyball team dropped two games against Canada West’s second best team — the Trinity Western Spartans — at home and on the road. In the first game on Friday, the ’Birds suff
The Spartans, undefeated so far this season, maintained their momentum by taking the first set decisively. Despite help from outside hitters Irvan Brar, Cam Fennema and Mat Guidi — who led the ’Birds in kills by the end of the game — the team was un
The last time UBC faced SFU, they won 3–2 in a best of five match. Before that, they won 2–0 in a best of three match. Although UBC has this history of coming out on top, both universities are known for sitting in first and second place in
There we were, lined up against our Canada West rivals — the University of Victoria Vikes — for what became a battle of blood, sweat and tears that went beyond the final whistle. The first half seems like a blur. It was physical, expected, but things
We take a quick look at the teams that have ended their season so far. Women’s field hockey was on fire yet again this season; in regular season, they had a 6-0-2, where both ties came in their first two games of the year. From there, the girls didn’
Vilgrain leads not only the Thunderbirds, but Canada West, with 14 points so far this season in women’s hockey. After joining the ’Birds from the University of New Hampshire, Vilgrain is making a name for herself back here in her home country.