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The Rundown
March 19, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer February 15: Caitlin Clark sets NCAA women’s all-time scoring record Clark scored 49 points in the Iowa Hawkeyes’ 106–89 defeat of the Michigan Wolverines. She took less than three minutes to score the eight points needed to surpass Kelsey Plum’s previously-held record of 3,527 points. Clark’s records continued throughout February, as on the 28, she surpassed Lynette Woodward’s longstanding major-college women’s basketball points record of…
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2024 winter team finishes
March 19, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Men’s basketball Record: 4–14 (against conference opponents), 6–23 (overall) Results: out of playoffs After placing ninth out of 10 schools in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) standings, the men’s basketball team did not advance…
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The proof behind mental health coaching in sports
March 19, 2024By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer If you’ve ever played a competitive sport, you’ve probably felt gut wrenching, adrenaline pumping pressure. Whether you’re a hockey goalie getting set in your stance or a batter with three teammates on base, the feeling…
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This week at SFU
March 19, 2024By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Away Games Friday, March 22–Sunday 24: softball at the Stanislaus State Tournament of Champions in Turlock, California Opponents include: Cal Poly Humboldt (Friday at 2:00 p.m.), Sonoma State (California) (Friday at 7:00 p.m.), Chico State…
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Highlighting the SFU volleyball club team
March 19, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Editor’s note: answers have been edited for clarity and accessibility. The Peak spoke with SFU volleyball club members Chloe and Laeticia Tees, alongside Jenna VanRoekel and Malcolm Sondrup, about the ins-and-outs of their club, what…
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Introducing the Vancouver Albion
March 18, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Editor’s note: some quotes have been edited for clarity. The Vancouver Albion is an emerging youth-led supporters’ group for the Major League Soccer (MLS) Vancouver Whitecaps. Albion is the first youth-centric supporter group for the…
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SFU’s sports archive
March 18, 2024By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Men’s basketball SFU took on UBC for the first time in any sport at West Gym on November 26, 1965, winning 61–51 in front of 2,200 fans. Coach John Kootnekoff made the inaugural 1965 team…
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World Chase Tag
February 28, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Picture this: you’re in your room at some chain hotel near Pearson International Airport, waiting for your flight home from Toronto. You turn on the sports channel, watching the Vancouver Canucks lose 5–2 to the…
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The large and entertaining world of medieval martial arts
February 27, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer For those of you who’ve ever wanted to see modern-day people fighting in medieval armour — swords, shields, and all — the dream exists, and in lots of different ways. M-1 Medieval One association conducting…
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This week at SFU
February 27, 2024By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Away Games Monday, February 26–Tuesday, February 27: women’s golf at the California State East Bay Tim Tierney Shootout First meet of the spring season. SFU hasn’t competed since October, where they finished seventh at that…
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