The UBC Thunderbirds are headed to the Canada West gold medal game and have solidified their place in the CIS championships after a commanding 3-0 win over the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades on Friday night.
The Thunderbirds women’s soccer team are moving on to the CIS semi-finals after a nail-biting 1-0 win over the Calgary Dinos Thursday night.
In our final installment of Dancing with the ‘Birds, travel into a world of colourful costumes and high intensity dances from South Asian culture with UBC Bhangra and UBC Junoon.
UBC men's volleyball team beat MacEwan Griffins, 3-0 and 3-1, this past weekend to boost their winning streak to four games.
The 'Birds men’s hockey team lost back-to-back this weekend against the Saskatchewan Huskies with a 6-2 loss at home on Saturday night. “It was a rough game for us. I think Saskatchewan outplayed us,” Thunderbirds defender Wes Vannieuwenhuizen said.
UBC’s announced new inductees to the UBC Sports Hall of Fame last week. Among those inducted into the athletes category were track and cross country star Jeff Schiebler, quarterback Jordan Gagner, and basketball player Erica McGuinness.
UBC Dance Club will play host to the Gala Ball over the March 5 weekend, welcoming over 230 ballroom dancers to the Great Hall for the first time in the history of the Nest. The event itself consists of all levels of ballroom dance competition.
UBC has another provincial winning team, but it isn’t currently varsity even as Canada’s national sport. The UBC Thunderbirds Lacrosse Sports Club took first place at last weekend’s BC Men’s Provincial Lacrosse Tier II Championship.
The team is back in action this year and mid way through a competitive season in the Cascade Collegiate Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. They currently sit sixth in the conference with a 7-16-0 record.
“There is nothing like the Olympic games. Those of you who have been there know that. They are magical,” said Canadian Olympic Committee president, Olympian, and former UBC rower Tricia Smith. “This is a record setting contingent, the largest delegat
With a fair amount of the Thunderbirds' big names from last season not on the roster this year, UBC has been putting a lot of faith in their rookies already this season to help build a well-rounded roster.
She holds one of Canada’s 22 medals from Rio, and she hasn’t even started her post-secondary education. “I don’t think it’s really sunk in yet. It’s weird, but now that I’m home my life is kind of normal again. I’ve been really busy, but I do
“We look at ourselves as the team to beat — it’s very much about what we’re going to do,” said Mosher when asked about the team’s success against a fellow top-of-table side. “We’ll look a little bit at what some other teams do and make sure that our
With the tie, UBC moves to second place in the division, just one point behind Friday night’s opponent Trinity Western. The Spartans defeated University of Victoria Vikes 2-1 in Victoria to reclaim top spot.
“Overall, the team’s in a great space and we’ve focused on October as the month when we want to keep building and get to that next level,” UBC head coach Jesse Symons said of the team’s performance. “I think we showed that this weekend in both matche