Adam Ovenell-Carter
SFU inducts 2014 Athletics Hall of Fame class
April 7, 2014At the Diamond Alumni Centre last Monday, SFU Athletics named six athletes, one coach, one builder, and one team to the Athletics Hall of Fame. Eugene Gyorfi (swimming and diving), Jim Jardine (football), Sara Maglio (soccer), Andrea Schnider (basketball), Ed Sernoski (wrestling), and Harold Willers (track and field) were the athletes inducted. Former men’s basketball coach Stan Stewardson, trainer Jack Taunton, and the 2001-02 women’s basketball team were also inducted. Gyorfi, already an established swimmer before joining the Clan in 1981, led SFU to the 1983 NAIA team championship, while earning three individual titles of his own that year. In…
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Softball continues to struggle
April 7, 2014The Simon Fraser softball team hosted Western Washington University last weekend in an offensive-laden doubleheader that saw the visiting Vikings take both matches. The teams combined for 35 runs over the two games, but the Clan scored only 11 as…
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SFU hires new defensive coordinator
March 31, 2014After SFU hired former BC Lions offensive coordinator Jacques Chapdelaine as the football team’s new head coach, scoring points was no longer going to be a concern. Stopping the other team from doing so? That’s something the Clan haven’t been…
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SFU sweeps Crusaders for first wins
March 31, 2014After 17 straight losses to open the season, the Clan softball team is finally back on track after sweeping the Northwest Nazarene Crusaders in Nampa, ID. As with most things this season, the wins didn’t come easy for SFU. The…
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Passions aren’t gendered
March 28, 2014As it says in my byline above, I write about sports. And to do so well, to know what the hell I’m talking about, I watch a lot of sports. Maybe too much. I care about sports. If everyone has…
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SFU still winless after home opener
March 24, 2014After playing their first two homes games of the season, the Clan softball team is still searching for their first win of the year. Playing their first home games almost a month after three exhibition contests were snowed out, SFU…
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Clan fall in West semis
March 19, 2014The Clan women’s basketball season came to an end last week, following a 76–68 loss to the Montana State University-Billings Yellowjackets in the NCAA West Region semifinal. It was the second time in as many years that the Clan made…
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Clan swept away on opening weekend
March 17, 2014The new month hasn’t meant any sort of fresh start for the SFU softball team. After going 0–9 in preseason play and the month of February, the Clan were looking to right the ship in March against Great Northwest Athletic…
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Women’s soccer finds its new coach
March 14, 2014SFU women’s soccer has hired Annie Hamel as the second head coach in team history, after Shelley Howieson left the position earlier this year for a new role with SFU Athletics. Hamel comes from across the continent to join the…
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Meet the New Boss
March 3, 2014Jacques Chapdelaine first came to Burnaby as a starry-eyed 18-year old some time ago. He returns as the SFU football team’s new head coach this year, almost 34 years after first stepping onto Terry Fox Field. Then, he was a…
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