Prior to the season kicking off, Shelley Howieson, head coach of SFU’s women’s soccer team, prophesied a worst-case scenario: starting a defender in goal. It didn’t take long for it to come true. However, with freshman defender Teagan Rae Sorokan in net, the Clan earned their best finish of the season last week, a 0–0 double overtime draw against Northwest Nazarene. After last year’s starting goalkeeper — and Great Northwest Athletic Conference saves leader — left the team late in the offseason, Howieson was stuck in a bind with two freshmen netminders left to compete for the starting spot. After…
Continue readingIt was a start that no statistician predicted, but one that Dave Johnson believes has been four years in the making. The head coach of the Clan football squad has led his team to a dominant 2-0 start to their…
Continue readingIt took a grand total of six games for the new SFU volleyball regime to top its win total from a year ago. After dropping their season opener, the Clan have rattled off five straight victories, including two last Saturday…
Continue readingIt’s hard to improve on a perfect record to start a season, but SFU’s men’s soccer team may have done just that last week. After two close games on the road against California State University-East Bay and the Holy Names…
Continue readingWith a brand-new coaching staff and a new team mantra, the Clan women’s volleyball team is ready to be taken seriously. The 2012 campaign was far from successful, but the team is ready to apply what they learned from last…
Continue readingOn September 7, in the opening game of the 2013 season, the SFU football team defeated the Humboldt State University Lumberjacks 41-27, on the road. It was only one game, and the team still has a long way to go…
Continue readingBy any stretch of the imagination, it was a successful opening week for the Simon Fraser University men’s soccer team. The Clan opened their National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II schedule last week with two non-conference games, and two…
Continue readingAt first glance, one might think SFU’s football team was bound for a step back. Gone is quarterback Trey Wheeler, who led the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) in total offense — by over 700. Gone is star running back…
Continue readingThe beginning of SFU’s men’s basketball season is still a month or so away, but the team is already busy getting all its puzzle pieces in place. Head coach James Blake announced on Sept. 3 that Frank Konig and Matt…
Continue readingWhen you enter a new league such as the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) — a league featuring some of the best collegiate athletes in the world — as the Clan did three years ago, there will be a learning…
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