On Saturday evening at Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre, the Carleton University Ravens dominated their in-city rivals — the University of Ottawa Gee-Gee’s — and advanced to Sunday's U Sports championship game.
In a Canada West women's basketball championship rematch on the national stage, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies defeated the Thunderbirds 85–63, ending the UBC’s hopes of a championship.
UBC men’s basketball team finished their season with a sixth place finish, after losing 87–80 to the Concordia University Stingers Saturday afternoon.
Sultana Razia, Jason Wong and Callum McAllister won the three open Ubyssey Board of Directors positions.
Zarifa Nawar, Jasper Lorien, Kareem Hassib, Ananya Gupta and Solomon Yi-Kieran won the five student senator-at-large seats.
Cade Desjarlais and Jasper Lorien have both been elected to UBC’s Board of Governors.
Gagan Parmar is your next VP finance.
Nawar, who was elected to the VP AUA position after a by-election, defeated current AUS VP academic Ananya Gupta.
The Concordia University Stingers eliminated the Bishop's University Gaiters from the U Sports national basketball tournament with a comfortable 81–66 win, advancing to the consolation final on Saturday for fifth place.
On Thursday night in front of a home crowd of over 2,000 people, the UBC Thunderbirds men's basketball dropped their national quarterfinal game to the University of PEI Panthers, 90–72.
In a gritty, physical first-round matchup at War Memorial Gym, the reigning Canada West champion University of Saskatchewan Huskies outlasted the eighth-seed University of Alberta Pandas, using a blazing hot start to secure the win, 68–57.
After a dominant 71–44 performance to open the U Sports Final 8 tournament, the Carleton University Ravens — the two-time reigning women's basketball champs — advanced to the national semifinals.
On Thursday afternoon at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre, the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees held off against the Concordia University Stingers to advance to the national basketball semifinal.
The University of Ottawa Gee-Gees are on to face the Carleton University Ravens in the women's national semifinal after a 71–67 overtime victory over the Université Laval Rouge et Or.
After a comeback 85–73 win against the Bishop’s University Gaiters, the University of Victoria Vikes will go onto the national basketball semifinal at Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Stadium on Friday, March 14.