The final stages of everything UBC women’s soccer has been working toward this season was finally underway. Coming in as the top seed in the tournament, UBC faced off against the eighth seeded University of Guelph Gryphons in a gruelling quarterfinal match.
Extending their lead for the most in the conference’s history, UBC women’s soccer earned their 18th Canada West title, toppling the Trinity Western University (TWU) Spartans 2–0 in the Canada West finals on the evening of Oct. 31 at Ken Woods Field.
After a surprisingly close quarterfinal against Saskatchewan, to open the Canada West semifinals, UBC women’s soccer beat the Mount Royal University (MRU) Cougars 2–1 last Thursday at Ken Woods Field.
In a spectacular team performance, the Canada’s National Women’s Rugby Team upset the New Zealand Black Ferns with a 34–19 victory. This talented team — likely the best ever assembled in Canada — was made up of the best rugby players in Canada, from coast-to-coast. Among those players were two Thunderbirds.
Redeeming themselves after a heart-breaking semifinal loss to UBC, the Queens University Gaels became the third best women’s rugby team in the country after another nail-biting match to win bronze over their in-conference rival, the University of Guelph Gryphons, 28–26.
To open their post-season run, UBC women’s soccer battled with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies in the Canada West quarterfinals, fighting their way to a spot in the next round with a 1–0 win last Saturday night at Thunderbird Stadium.
L’Université Laval Rouge et Or extended their stay at the U Sports Women’s Rugby Championship with an impressive offensive showing over the Acadia University Axewomen. They walked away with the 41–7 win on Friday in their consolation semifinal match, moving on to face Ottawa in the consolation final.
In a dominating showing on both sides of the ball, the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees beat the Saint Francis Xavier University X-Women (STFX) 55–3 on Friday at Thunderbird Stadium. Although it was not a game for glory — Ottawa put on quite a show. With their high-scoring play and impressive offensive push — they extended their season as the eighth seed, sending the fourth-seeded X-Women home.
UBC women’s soccer's regular season has come to a close, as the T-Birds took care of business against the University of Victoria Vikes, picking up a solid 3–0 win in Thunderbird Stadium. With that win, UBC secured a second straight perfect regular season — 14 wins, zero losses, zero draws. This has only been done once before in this century — last year, and also by UBC.
UBC women’s soccer started their last weekend of regular season games off with a bang, securing a dominating 4–0 win over the University of Victoria Vikes at home on Friday night, playing away from their usual venue, Thunderbird Stadium, instead taking up residence at Ken Woods Field.
The UBC women’s soccer team had something to be grateful for this Thanksgiving, continuing their winning streak with a 1–0 win against the University of Fraser Valley Cascades on Sunday, Oct. 12.
In one of their closest matchups of the season, UBC women’s soccer was able to scrape by with a 1–0 win, taking down their in-province rivals, the Trinity Western University Spartans in Langley last Friday.
Immediately following a convincing win over the UBC Okanagan Heat, UBC women’s soccer geared up again to face their second opponent of the weekend — playing the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Wolfpack at home on Saturday night. In a fierce back-and-forth battle the ‘Birds played most of the game in a stalemate before they were able to break through to take away the 2–0 win.
Under the lights at Thunderbird Stadium, the UBC women’s soccer team won a rematch against the UBC Okanagan Heat, extending their U Sports win streak to 32 and notching their ninth straight clean-sheet game with a final score of 4–0.
Last Friday, September 19, UBC women’s soccer was riding high, continuing their string of dominance by extending their unbeaten streak to eight games with a 5–0 win against the UBC Okanagan Heat in Kelowna.