The UBC men’s basketball team dominated in their first playoff matchup, sweeping the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns 81-57 on Thursday and 85-57 on Friday. They now headed to Calgary to face Thompson Rivers University.
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After winning the first game of the best-of-three series, the women’s hockey team had an opportunity to take home the Canada West championship against the University of Manitoba Bisons in game two on Saturday night.
After a successful sweep of the Simpson University Red Hawks on the road to open this year's NAIA West play, the Thunderbirds won two games and dropped two against the Corban University Warriors on their return home.
UBC men’s rugby defeated the Vancouver Rowing Club this past Saturday at the Brockton Oval in Stanley Park. Surprised? Didn’t think so. The men’s rugby team remains undefeated this season with a dominating 48-24 win over VRC.
Struggling to cope with the horrors of midterms? Need the scoop on the best study spaces on campus? Looking for St. Patrick’s Day plans? Pull a hamstring? UBC athletes have all the answers you seek plus more in this edition of the T-Birds 5-on-5.
Flashback five years. If you told us we would go to the same university, we may have believed you. If you told us we would be teammates, we may have believed you. If you told us we would be roommates and best friends, we would have said, “HELL NO.”
UBC's women's hockey team has claimed the Canada West title. The three-game series came to a close Sunday afternoon when, after the final whistle, the T-Birds were up 2-1. They will now head the CIS quarterfinals in Calgary on March 17.
Thunderbird Shiayli Toni opened the scoring in the game. At the eighth minute of the first period she scored her first goal of the post-season off of an assist from ’Birds Cailey Hay and Jenna Carpenter-Boesch.
After winning the Canada West championships back in November, the UBC swim team came out in second place at the 2016 Speedo CIS Swimming Championships in Laval. The women’s team scored a total of 749.5 points while the men’s team had 766.
This week, the UBC women’s hockey team is facing off for the Canada West crown against rivals University of Manitoba Bisons. For the first time ever, the final CanWest game will be played on home ice.
The Thunderbird Sports Clubs just added five new teams to their roster for the 2016-2017 season. The quidditch, water polo, cycling sport, dragon boat and equestrian teams will all be making the switch from AMS Club to Thunderbird Sports Club.
Maui’s booming tourist industry is due to the absolute absurdities that can be performed at any time on the island. It houses interesting people from dropout hippies, to the rich sitting at the hotel bar, but the true nut-jobs are all at the beach.
Despite a good first half, the ’Birds went on a losing skid after Christmas break. Losing captain Neil Manning in January was a big setback as it left the team with a less experienced defence, which included five rookie defencemen.
After five long and arduous sets in the second game of the Canada West quarter-finals, a resounding kill from left-side hitter Laura MacTaggart finished off the three game series against Brandon University.
The women’s hockey team made history on Sunday night. After surviving two back-to-back elimination games, the ’Birds held on to a 3-2 victory against the Regina Cougars to bring the Canada West Final series to home ice next Friday.