SFU athletics
The final edition of summer SFU athletics updates
October 6, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Volleyball News Former professional volleyball player, Sarah Chase, joined the volleyball team as an assistant coach. The volleyball team was picked to finish fourth in their division this season in the pre-season coaches’ poll. SFU finished fifth in the standings last season. Juniors, Brooke Dexter and Jocelyn Sherman, were named to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Volleyball Preseason All-Conference Team. Awards Dexter finished tied for eighth for the Nadine Caron Top 10 Scholar-Athletes. She had a 3.97 CGPA as a biological sciences major. Dexter earned her second Faculty Athletic Representative Scholar-Athlete Award for having a…
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This week at SFU
October 3, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Home Thursday, October 5: women’s soccer vs. Northwest Nazarene (Idaho) at SFU Stadium at 6:00 p.m. First homestand of the season. Saturday, October 7: women’s soccer vs. Central Washington at SFU Stadium at 3:00 p.m. …
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Athletes are more than their entertainment value
September 29, 2023By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer, and Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Whenever I overhear friends and family talking about last night’s hockey game or an upcoming playoff series, it reminds me of the way I would describe characters in a dramatic…
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A summer of SFU athletics updates
September 28, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Swimming Women’s Recruitments Abigail Andrews: backstroke and freestyle swimmer from St. John’s, Newfoundland, who won seven events at her high school’s provincial championships. Grace Arnott: breaststroke and backstroke swimmer from Calgary, Alberta, who competed at…
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This week at SFU
September 28, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Monday, September 18–September 24 Home Thursday, September 21: volleyball vs. Alaska Fairbanks in the West Gym (7:00 p.m.) 1–1 against Alaska Fairbanks last season. Saturday, September 23: volleyball vs. Alaska Anchorage in the West Gym…
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This week at SFU
September 26, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Home Saturday, September 30: softball vs. Douglas College at 11:00 a.m. (Beedie Field) First exhibition game of the season Saturday, September 30: softball vs. UBC at 3:00 p.m. (Beedie Field) Game of two of the…
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A summer of SFU athletics updates
September 11, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Men’s basketball Recruitments 2018 Canadian Basketball U15 silver medalist Victor Bonsu: averaged 23 points per game last season. Irish Coquia: won three championships with his high school team, which was co-coached by an SFU alum.…
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The extended timeline of the SFU football team’s cancellation
September 10, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Nearly four months after SFU unexpectedly announced it was without a conference to play in for the 2023 season, Theresa Hanson, SFU’s athletic director since 2015, agreed to depart from her role at the university.…
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SFU has failed its student athletes
May 8, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer SFU varsity teams have been making headlines this year for all the wrong reasons. Between scrapping the football program, to negligent management preventing swimmers from attending the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships — it’s…
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This week at SFU
March 24, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Home Games Thursday, February 16: women’s basketball vs Seattle Pacific at 7:00 p.m. (West Gym) Black History Night Lost to Seattle Pacific this season after conceding 17 points in the first quarter Saturday, February 18:…
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