By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Editor’s note: included stats were retrieved on February 7, 2:00 p.m. The first full week of January not only saw the return of classes to Burnaby Mountain, but also the return of SFU women’s basketball. The Red Leafs hosted the Central Washington Wildcats in the West Gym on January 9, their first of two matchups against the Wildcats this season. SFU head coach Bruce Langford sent out the usual starting line up; redshirt seniors Makenna Gardner and Arman Dulai, senior Sophia Wisotzki, junior Myrlaine Shelvey, and sophomore Rilyn Quirke — the group that has started…
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By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor Hometown: Langley, BC Position: Guard/Forward Major: Kinesiology Fun Fact: Wisotzki’s younger sister, Sophia, is a freshman on the women’s basketball team With two Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Player of the Week honours, Wisotzki is The…
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The Clan came into this season with an incredibly young team. The team sported five freshmen, and only three of their 12 players were juniors or seniors. Despite this relatively inexperienced group, however, the team was able to play competitive…
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By: Brandon Braich On Thursday, March 7, the SFU women’s basketball team travelled to Western Washington University to take on the Vikings in a quarterfinal match for the GNAC Championships. In a hard-fought and closely contested game, SFU fell 72–69…
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By: Brandon Braich After finishing their home schedule, the SFU women’s basketball team set out on the road to play out the remaining season. The playoff-bound SFU faced Northwest Nazarene (24–1) and Central Washington (16–9) this weekend as the Clan…
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By: Shepard Kanyekanye Year: Third-year Hometown: Port Coquitlam, BC Major: Sociology major, and Criminology minor Ozioma Nwabuko, an energetic force on the SFU women’s basketball team, has bounced back extraordinarily from a knee injury that sidelined her for 13 months…
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By: Brandon Braich On Seniors Day, the SFU women’s basketball team hosted the visiting Saint Martin’s University Saints in front of a boisterous crowd of 582 at the West Gym on Burnaby Mountain. After a chippy and physical affair, SFU…
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On Thursday, February 14, the women’s basketball team hosted the Seattle Pacific University Falcons on Burnaby Mountain. It may have been snowing outside, but it was much hotter in the West Gym as Sophie Swant caught fire for a career-high…
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On Thursday, February 7 and Saturday, February 9, the SFU women’s basketball team continued their excellent play after travelling down to Oregon for a two-game road trip. They won both games by slim margins, coming up with clutch plays down…
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By: Brandon Braich On Saturday night, the SFU women’s basketball team hosted the number 11-ranked Alaska Anchorage Seawolves at the West Gym on Burnaby Mountain. The Clan, winners of six straight, faced a tough test against one of the top…
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