The Peak may take December off, but that doesn't mean the world of SFU sports stopped. Here's a guide to what happened in December and the last bit of November: Cross Country On November 21, the men’s cross country team broke new ground with a 12th place finish at the NCAA Division II National Championship in Joplin, Missouri, marking their best performance at the national championship. This marks only the second time that that the men’s team have qualified for the national championship, having placed 20th in 2014. “The hardest thing to do is to qualify for nationals, and we…
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The men’s basketball team closed January with a loss Saturday evening. The team fell to the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves by score of 115–98, ending a two-game winning streak. Clan guard/forward Roderick Evans-Taylor opened up the scoring with a good layup,…
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“During Christmas, it’s weird because there’s not as much snow,” muses London, ON native Rachel Fradgley about her new home in the Lower Mainland. “But the weather here is so much nicer than Ontario. It feels like spring. I really…
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The year 2015 has not been kind to the men’s basketball team — their last game was just their first win of the year. However, Thursday night against the Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks, the men’s basketball team were able keep up…
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Saturday evening, the SFU men’s basketball team won their first game of the year. The victory ended the seven-game losing streak that has plagued the team in the new year. Playing against the Saint Martin’s University (SMU) Saints, guard Justin…
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On a night that was focused on Clan head coach Bruce Langford, who became SFU’s winningest coach, the women’s basketball team did not disappoint. The Western Oregon Wolves were no match for the Clan Saturday evening, who notched a 20-point…
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This Thursday night, the SFU women’s basketball team played the Saint Martin’s Saints in the West Gym. The Clan came into the game with a 7–6 overall record, good enough for fourth in the league, while the Saints entered with…
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On Thursday, the men’s basketball team played a home game against the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) scoring defence leader, the Seattle Pacific Falcons — who have not allowed 100 points in a game since 2010. Unfortunately for the Clan, the…
Continue readingCross country teams wrap up seasons at new heights [caption id="attachment_82363" align="alignnone" width="916"] Image Credit: Kyle Terwilegar[/caption] In November, for the first time in the NCAA, the women’s cross country team finished first place in both the Great Northwest Athletic…
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SFU’s women’s basketball team kicked off the new year with some fireworks as they put up 74 points and defeated Montana State University Billings (MSUB) by a single point in a home game. Although the Clan had a comfortable lead…
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