Though the night might have been cold, the SFU Clan men’s soccer squad continued their hot form with a 3–0 win over a defensive minded University of Mary Marauders side on October 24. This successful result gives SFU their third win in a row (all shutouts), their longest winning streak of the season. The match was excellently officiated by FIFA and Women’s World Cup referee Michelle Pye, who said that the game “ebbed and flowed. It started off with everyone being a bit cautious, and as the score line changes emotion gets into it [. . .] it’s a game…
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Last Season: 4th GNAC Coach’s Poll: 5th Last year was a successful one for coach Bruce Langford’s team. With the team finishing in fourth place and advancing to the semifinals of the GNAC tournament, the year was full of highlights…
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The SFU men’s basketball team lost the first Buchanan Cup held in five years by a score of 101–71 last Tuesday in front of 823 fans in UBC’s War Memorial Gym. The Buchanan Cup was once an annual game between…
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The SFU women’s volleyball team were handed their fourth straight loss with a four set defeat to the top Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) squad, the Western Washington University Vikings on Tuesday at home. Though the Clan fought well in…
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Thursday night was the annual preseason showcase between the UBC and SFU men’s hockey teams. With a Shrum Bowl unlikely this year, it was a rare occasion to see sports teams from the province’s two biggest universities go head to…
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[caption id="attachment_2306" align="alignnone" width="980"] Image courtesy of SFU Athletics[/caption] On Wednesday, SFU Athletics announced that Clan alumnus Virgil Hill will be the men’s basketball team’s seventh head coach. "I was impressed with his experience, excited by his vision, and amazed…
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[caption id="attachment_2251" align="alignnone" width="1365"] Defensive back Matt Isherwood made a total of 62 tackles and caught three interceptions last season. Image credit: Austin Cozicar /The Peak[/caption] The two-day CFL national combine came to an end on Sunday, March 29 with…
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[caption id="attachment_2049" align="alignnone" width="940"] Photo Credit: Brandon Hillier[/caption] By the year 2065, SFU will be closing for good. At least, that’s the only explanation I can come up with to justify SFU’s 50th anniversary Legacy Song Contest: it must just…
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[caption id="attachment_2216" align="alignnone" width="980"] Image courtesy of SFU Athletics[/caption] On a brisk Thursday evening at SFU’s Beedie Field, the Clan women’s softball team won back-to-back games over Northwest Nazarene Crusaders in their Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) doubleheader — a…
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[caption id="attachment_990" align="alignnone" width="2400"] Image Credit: Hamed Yaghoubi Shahir /The Peak[/caption] The Clan opened the outdoor track and field season at the UBC Open with a strong showing. A total of five athletes earned automatic invitations to the Great Northwest…
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