“We did a program evaluation and looked at our pattern of results over the last 12 years and we want to raise the bar with the volleyball program. We needed to make a change to do that,” said Gord Hopper.
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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.
First stop: Walmart. If, like me, you grew up overseas, then you might understand my feelings of sheer amazement, admiration and disgust when I enter a Walmart. But after Walmart, the real adventure begins — Seattle, Portland, Yosemite and Sequoia.
The UBC men's and women's swim teams added 16 new recruits to their rosters. Newcomers Marcus Thormeyer and Emily Overholt are particularly making waves. The teams are losing top swimmers to graduation and the Olympics this year.
The Thunderbirds baseball team extended its winning streak to seven games by sweeping the Simpson University Red Hawks for the second time. On Saturday, the T-Birds won by scores of 6-0 and 10-2. On Sunday, the ’Birds won 5-3 and 9-0.
The Thunderbirds football team will take to the field for the first time since winning the Vanier Cup on August 26. The ’Birds will take of the University of Manitoba in neutral territory, Westhills Stadium in Langford, BC on Vancouver Island.
Professional scouts descended on Thunderbird Stadium on Wednesday as football standouts Quinn van Gylswyk and Terrell Davis worked out for representatives from the Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders, Toronto Argonauts and BC Lions.
After five straight loses, the T-Birds baseball team earned its redemption with a three-game sweep of the Oregon Tech Owls at home. UBC played its first double-header on Friday, coming out with 2-1 and 11-1 wins before a 7-0 shutout win Saturday.
The 38th annual UBC Storm the Wall, with over 850 teams and 3,500 participants, was bigger and better than ever. It marked the inaugural year of the Wall Challenge, a new race for teams who just want to climb the wall.
This edition of the T-Birds 5-on-5 allowed athletes to respond candidly to the hard-hitting issues that all Thunderbirds are talking about – Vanessa Carlton music, CiTR fame, UBC’s birthday and the letter C.
For the third straight year in a row, UBC captured the World Cup championship after competing in the second leg of the series this past weekend against the University of California, Berkeley Golden Bears at Thunderbird Stadium.
The 2015-16 season was nothing short of an uphill battle for the women’s basketball team. But given the team’s changing circumstances, the outcome was not all that unexpected either. UBC came out of the regular season with a 9-11 record.
A swarm of bicycles covered in fluorescent lights took to Main Mall last Friday in UBC BikeRave, accompanied with speakers on chariots blaring out dance music. It is a student-run event where bikers complete a route on UBC's campus.
The four-day event kicked off on Sunday as 52 heats from across the UBC campus took part in one of the university’s most iconic recreational events since the 1970s. Competitors had to swim, bike and sprint before climbing the wall as a team
The second-seeded Carleton University Ravens defeated the fourth-seeded University of Calgary Dinos, 101-79, to claim their sixth-straight national title on Sunday evening at Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre.