On Friday October 14 at the War Memorial Gym, women’s basketball beat the visiting University of Fraser Valley Cascades 84-62. With the victory, the ‘Birds have now won back to back pre-season games, and are looking like a formidable team heading in
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After the split against the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, the Thunderbirds women’s hockey team picked up two comeback wins on the home ice against the University of Calgary Dinos— winning 4-1 and 3-2.
It was a great show by the women’s rugby team, who finally got their first win after an overall disappointing season. The T-Birds will finish with a 1-3 record and second to last in the Canada West conference. Let’s hope that the style of play that w
“The game was there for the taking and as a team I don’t think we made the choice to take it," said UBC head coach Jesse Symons reflecting on the game."We were the better team, we created more chances, and we were on the front foot, but unfortunately
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On Friday evening, Men’s basketball defeated the visiting Seattle Mountaineers 87-66 in a dominant fashion at home in the War Memorial Gym. The only time the T-Birds were not ahead in the game was for the 18 seconds when the game was tied. In t
The early morning drive was beautiful; fog lifting off the mountains in the distance and trees with falling leaves accompanied our drive through North Vancouver. It was officially autumn; my favourite time of the year. The early birds were already ou
It was another cold and wet September morning in Vancouver with dark nimbostratus clouds and threatening rain. My friends and I were bored to death on campus as we had three days of the weekend ahead and no clue how to beat our boredom. Idly typing w
“For a lot of the good things that we did, there were some not so good things that were a little bit frustrating and disappointing, and that’s why it was closer than it needed to be in the end,” said UBC head coach Mike Mosher about the match.
With three games left in the regular season, the 'Birds look to be on the right track. However, their remaining games are against three tough opponents. In order to host a playoff game, they are going to have to finish in the top two of the standings
Even with the departure of last year’s leading scorer - Rebecca Unrau - the ’Birds still have nine senior players - the largest group since Thomas became head coach in 2012. Notable senior players this year include forwards Haneet Parhar, Kathleen Ca
At first, the game looked to be in UBC’s favor as Elizabeth Theems-Golding ran the ball past Alberta’s defence before getting tackled just before the goal line. However, a botched pass led to an interception and Alberta took the game in the othe
“We don’t have a set starting lineup yet. We’ll play with that a little bit through the season, and we have a lot of new players with six rookies," said Huband. "We’re all getting to know each other a little bit, so there’ll be lots of opportunities
“Overall, the team’s in a great space and we’ve focused on October as the month when we want to keep building and get to that next level,” UBC head coach Jesse Symons said of the team’s performance. “I think we showed that this weekend in both matche
The four overtime periods was again a tight contest between the ’Birds and Bisons, where both teams took the lead at different times. In the end, it was UBC that came out on the winning side after two field goals from Hutchins and touchdowns by Pinto