Women's soccer

A three-framed collage of a rugby player, a basketball player and a hockey goalie in behind a cut out of the UBC Thunderbird mascot.

April 9 sportsUbyssey Sports Staff with Photos by Mackenzie Burley, Saumya Kamra and Danielle Simon

The Ubyssey's sports staff year-end report

For the end of the 2024/25 academic year, we rounded up our top sports + rec staff to look back on the monumental year.

February 12 sportsSofia Campanholo with Photos by Saumya Kamra

Dakota Beckett's unquestionable soccer dream

From the minute she dove into the net at eight years old, UBC’s fourth-year goalkeeper Dakota Beckett knew she wanted a life in soccer.

The UBC women's soccer team, clad in navy blue jersey kits, stand in two lines in front of the goalie net on an outdoor soccer field. They are holding a black and white banner that says "U Sports women's soccer 2024 Champions" in English and French and have gold medals around each of their necks.

November 13 sportsMaia Cesario

Women's soccer wins ninth national title with perfect season

Over the weekend, the T-Birds became back-to-back national champions after defeating the Dalhousie University Tigers, Cape Breton University Capers and l’Université Laval Rouge et Or in Halifax.

The UBC women's soccer team wearing blue jersey kits pose in front of a goalie net wearing red Canada West Championship hats and wearing gold medals with red lanyards. In the middle, they are holding the "2024-2025 Canada West" championship banner.

November 5 sportsAnnaliese Gumboc

Women’s soccer soars past Spartans, Vikes for CW championship

Over the weekend, UBC's women's soccer team claimed their 17th Canada West title, thanks to wins over Trinity Western University and the University of Victoria Vikes.

A female soccer player in a white jersey kit wearing #24 chases after a mid-air soccer ball. Behind her and to the right is another female soccer player in a dark green jersey kit. The players are on an outdoor field and a soccer net is in the background.

October 29 sportsMaia Cesario

Women's soccer dominates Pandas in CW quarter-final

The UBC women's soccer team all-stars powered their way to a 7–0 win against the University of Alberta Pandas in Canada West quarter-finals on Saturday.

A female soccer player in a white jersey kit and red cleats is running toward a soccer ball on an outdoor field at night. To the left is another player in a green jersey kit attempting to block the white jerseys-player. Another player in a white jersey kit stands off to the right on the field.

October 15 sportsMaia Cesario

Taylor-Ryan, Whelan lead 'Birds to wins over UNBC

UBC's women's soccer dominated the UNBC Timberwolves 7–0 on Friday and Saturday thanks to hat trick performances by Jade Taylor-Ryan and Holly Whelan.

A female soccer player in a navy blue jersey kit protects the ball with from a female soccer player in a white jersey kit on a soccer pitch in front of almost empty stands. The players are both facing the right with the ball furthest from the player in the white kit.

October 4 sportsSophia Samilski

Women’s soccer undefeated at mid-season, ranked first in Canada

Halfway through the season, the Thunderbirds are looking strong and poised to repeat as national champions.

Three blue-hued images of Thunderbirds sports — from left to right, a women's soccer play, a women's rugby line out and a men's soccer slide tackle. Overlayed in front is a football player running with the ball tucked in his arm.

October 2 sportsUbyssey Sports Staff

Top 10 Thunderbird moments of September 2024

September is a busy month. Here's what you might have missed from your T-Birds.

A female soccer player with blonde hair wearing a blue jersey kit runs with the ball. A second female soccer player in a white jersey kit is closely beside, putting pressure on the attack.

September 24 sportsMaia Cesario with Photos by Navya Chadha

'Birds stay undefeated with win over Cascades

The UBC women’s soccer team remain undefeated after Sunday's 3–0 win over the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades at Thunderbird Stadium.

A Black soccer player in a navy blue jersey kit passes a soccer ball toward the camera on a stadium soccer field. Behind her is another player in a navy blue jersey kit and two players in a white jersey kit running after the ball.

September 17 sportsRhea Krishna with Photos by Zoe Wagner

Women's soccer triumphant in 1–0 victory against WolfPack

On a sunny Sunday afternoon at Thunderbird Stadium, UBC's women’s soccer team continued their four game winning streak, defending their title as U Sports champions, with a 1–0 win over the Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack.

January 15, 2024 sportsAnnaliese Gumboc

Hope and Health and UBC's women's soccer team helps elevate Indigenous youth

As Symons puts it, the reasons for UBC’s involvement are “endless,” and the partnership with Hope and Health is “reconciliation in action.”

December 22, 2023 sportsUbyssey Sports Staff

Top 10 Thunderbird moments of 2023

Underdogs, come back stories, frontrunners: the Thunderbirds have been it all in 2023. Here is The Ubyssey’s top 10.

November 8, 2023 sportsAnnaliese Gumboc

Women’s soccer gets Canada West silver after sudden death loss to Trinity Western

Last weekend, UBC had a 3–1 win over the University of Saskatchewan Huskies but lost to TWU in a 6–5 penalty shootout.

November 1, 2023 sportsAnnaliese Gumboc

Women’s soccer dominates Regina in lopsided Canada West quarter-final matchup

On Saturday, the Thunderbirds moved one step closer to another conference championship title, defeating the Regina Cougars 4–0 at Thunderbird Stadium.

October 17, 2023 sportsLauren Kasowski

Women win, men lose at soccer's Thunderstruck

Women's soccer improved to 12–1 with a 3–0 victory over the Thompson Rivers University Wolfpack while the men's soccer team dropped their first game of the season with a 1–0 loss to the same team.