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Women’s basketball shoots for a surprise finish
November 2, 2015Last 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 for the Clan. However, this season might be a bit more challenging. With only nine players on the roster at the moment, and Erin Chambers turning professional, it will be interesting to see where the team finishes by the end of the season. “I think that we’re going to surprise people,” said Head Coach Langford. “A lot of people think…
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Men’s basketball fall to UBC in Buchanan Cup
November 2, 2015The 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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Volleyball team drops fourth straight game
October 29, 2015The 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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Shrum Bowl on Ice
September 14, 2015Thursday 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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SFU names new men’s basketball head coach
April 16, 2015[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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SFU football alumni impress at the CFL national combine
April 7, 2015[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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SFU’s Legacy Song Contest is a sham
April 7, 2015[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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Clan softball earn twin doubleheader victories over Crusaders
April 7, 2015[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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Clan track and field starts outdoor season with a bang
April 7, 2015[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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SFU’s top athletes honoured at the Clan awards banquet
April 7, 2015[caption id="attachment_2194" align="alignnone" width="980"] The women’s Athlete of the Year went to two athletes: track and fielder Lindsey Butterworth and women’s basketball star Erin Chambers. Photo courtesy of SFU Athletics[/caption] The Clan Athletic Awards Banquet, held last Wednesday at the…
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