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A Red Leafs mid-semester recap
November 6, 2024By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Editor’s note: this article has been printed with stats from as early as November 1, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. Volleyball The women’s volleyball team has seen a lot of success this season. With a current total of 14 wins and only four losses, the team could put up one of their best seasons yet. Their last outstanding season was in 2016, when they won 21 games and lost only eight. This roster seems to be on track to reaching a similar potential, as they’re currently riding an eight-game win streak. The team has significantly improved…
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This Week at SFU: November 7 – 10
November 6, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Home games: Thursday, November 8: women’s basketball vs. Vanguard Lions at West Gym at 3:15 p.m. SFU’s first home matchup of the season Live video, live stats, and tickets available online Saturday, November 9: women’s…
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SFU women’s soccer is off to a red-hot start
October 30, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer The SFU women’s soccer team is off to a fleeting start this season with a .731 winning percentage as of October 25. The Peak interviewed the two senior captains on the team, Katie Richardson and…
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Mastering the Basics: Broomball
October 24, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Are you a hockey or curling fan who’s looking for a new sport? Maybe you’re a fan of neither but open to hurling a ball down the ice with a paddle-shaped broomstick to give yourself…
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How my goalkeeping dreams began
October 22, 2024By: Tam Nguyen, Staff Writer I have a low tolerance for pain and hardship. Somehow, I managed to become the sole goalkeeper on my high school’s girl’s soccer team, the only position that I was half decent at. I took…
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Red Leafs track and field star Marie-Éloïse Leclair on her Olympic experiences
October 17, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Some of us take the summer semester off, preferring to work or go on vacation. Others take classes to fill the time, sweating the whole way to campus. If you’re Marie-Éloïse Leclair, you go to…
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Catching up on the 2024–25 Vancouver Canucks
October 17, 2024By: Izzy Cheung, Sports Editor The Vancouver Canucks stunned their fans at multiple points last season, from starting their season with an 8–1 win against a division rival in the Edmonton Oilers, to winning the Pacific Division at the end…
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Four Red Leafs rookies and their journeys to SFU
October 15, 2024By: Tam Nguyen, staff writer Before this article, I was the amateur who wrote an introduction piece to SFU’s Red Leafs for beginners. As I’m not moving out of my sports amateur rank anytime soon, I consider this piece a…
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Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Wrexham AFC
October 9, 2024By: Izzy Cheung, Sports Editor Vancouver may be home to the Whitecaps of Major League Soccer (MLS), but on July 27, Wrexham AFC ran our beloved West Coast city. Conflicting colours of Whitecaps’ white and blue, as well as Wrexham’s…
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Highlighting BC’s Paralympians
October 3, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer 39 Paralympians with ties to BC have just returned home from a successful trip to the Paris 2024 Paralympics. Riding off the high of the most prestigious world stage in sport — and hungry for…
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