On Saturday, the Thunderbirds failed to bring home the Vanier Cup after losing 16–9 in a defensive battle with the University of Montréal Carabins.
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During the annual Courtside festival, the women's basketball team defeated the University of Victoria Vikes while the men's team came up short.
The T-Birds fell to the Dinos 3–2 on Friday, but remained resilient, powering through to a 4–1 win on Saturday.
They might be underdogs, but that hasn’t stopped them before.
Serving as T-Birds’ reigning captain for the past two years and earning recognition from the likes of Canada West, the Vancouver Canucks and Hockey Canada, MacKinnon has undoubtedly made a name for herself.
The Thunderbirds visited the University of Saskatchewan Huskies for a two-game series, winning Friday’s game 82–78 but dropping Saturday’s action 78–75.
At Thunderbird Stadium on Saturday afternoon, the UBC football team claimed their first-ever Mitchell Bowl, breezing through the national semi-final with a 47–17 thrashing of the St. Francis Xavier X-Men.
The ‘Birds walked away with a 76–72 win during Friday’s game, while dropping Saturday’s game by a score of 84–78.
On Saturday afternoon, UBC pulled off an incredible last-minute comeback against the University of Alberta Golden Bears, claiming the Hardy Cup with a 28–27 victory at Thunderbird Stadium.
Last weekend, UBC had a 3–1 win over the University of Saskatchewan Huskies but lost to TWU in a 6–5 penalty shootout.
On Saturday, the Thunderbirds beat the University of Manitoba Bisons 29–21 in the Hardy Cup semi-final.
The Thunderbirds opened their season with 98–76 and 82–66 wins over the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns.
The Aquatic Centre introduced a new swim session that is specifically for Two Spirit, Trans and Non-Binary people (2STNB) at the end of September, and the response so far has been positive.
For the fourth-year receiver, it was almost preordained when he started playing football.
After beating the University of Calgary Dinos in quarter-finals and the University of Golden Bears in semis, the Thunderbirds will now defend their Canada West championship.