Is the UBC men's hockey team perenially cursed to be humiliated at home by a Canada West rival, or is this the year where they surpass all our low expectation and take their rightful place as the best men's hockey team on campus?
The weekend doubleheader was a matchup between the two top teams in Canada West. The first game on Friday ended in a 3-1 win for the ’Birds, with goals from Cassandra Vilgrain, Nicole Saxvik and Haneet Parhar. Goalkeeper Amelia Boughn recorded anoth
Going into the playoffs, the ’Birds held a 6-0-2 season record, topping the Canada West division. The team then picked up wins against the Toronto Varsity Blues and Guelph Gryphons and a tie against Victoria before defeating the Vikes in the gold m
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“[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.”
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
Sporting an eight-game winning streak, UBC women’s hockey team picked up two more wins at home to extend the streak to 10 and preserve the first-place spot in Canada West. “The team’s been working hard the whole season and again, it’s our relentless,
The game was a rematch of last year’s Hardy Cup finals, where UBC came out on top 34-26 against Calgary on the exact same field — McMahon Stadium. Despite the loss, UBC’s offensive line delivered yet another strong performance to cap off the season.
Despite the Spartans’ immense pressure on the ’Birds in the first half, they were unable to find the score sheet. Put simply, the ’Birds were able to capitalize on the few chances they had. “[The Spartans] had a lot of weapons up front and I think o
The game was a close matchup and a showcase of the two teams’ quarterbacks and receivers. UBC’s Michael O’Connor and Regina’s Noah Picton were neck-in-neck in passing yards, with 397 and 364 respectively. On the other side of the ball, T-Bird receive
The biggest challenge that the T-Birds will have to overcome in the next game is the offensive terror of the Picton brothers. Quarterback Noah Picton has led the CIS in passing yards with 396.8 per game.
UBC currently ties Manitoba for the most points for of all CIS teams with 28. While it is still early in the season, a number of the team’s skaters have multi-point weekends under their belts, including Cassandra Vilgrain, Mathea Fischer, Nicole Sax
After picking up two wins on the road against the University of Alberta Pandas, the UBC women’s hockey team extended its winning streak to six games with a two-game sweep of the University of Manitoba Bisons.
The ’Birds were fifth in Canada West going into the game and had the same 3-4 season record as the fourth-place team, the University of Manitoba Bisons. UBC clinched the playoff position after Manitoba’s loss to the Regina Rams.