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 at the level of support that poured in for him from the basketball community
The two-day CFL national combine came to an end on Sunday, March 29 with two prospects from SFU football vying for a spot on one of the nine CFL teams across Canada. Wide receiver Lemar Durant (Coquitlam, BC) and defensive back Matt Isherwood (Abbotsford, BC)
Softball Before returning to Beedie Field to face the Northwest Nazarene Crusaders, SFU’s softball team participated in the Mizuno Tournament of Champions in Turlock, CA from March 27-29. The Clan went 2–4 and were outscored 37–14. During the tournament, the softball team played its 1,000th
The Stanley Cup playoffs will soon be upon us, as 16 teams will battle it out over four best-of-seven rounds for the Stanley Cup. As of right now, the playoff matchups are far from set — the battle to get into the final spots in
Austin Cozicar, Sports Editor Finals Prediction: Vancouver Canucks vs. NY Rangers Victor: Vancouver Canucks To tell you the truth, I don’t see one clear winner this year. The juggernauts of last year, Chicago, LA, and Boston, just don’t seem like the same teams this year.
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 first for the team this season. The Clan got a rather slow start in
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 Athletic Conference championship later in April. On the men’s side, the long jump was heavily dominated
The Clan Athletic Awards Banquet, held last Wednesday at the Hilton Metrotown, honoured SFU’s student athletes. Hosted by senior volleyball player Amanda Renkema and redshirt-junior offensive lineman Quin Courtney, the event was lighthearted and included playful jokes about the high turnover of coaches in recent
Last Monday, six Clan football graduates headed to Edmonton to participate in the CFL regional combine. The players hoped to receive an invitation to the national combine the following weekend, where two SFU football players — wide receiver Lemar Durant and defensive back Matt Isherwood
Adrian VanderHelm is the first member of SFU’s men’s swim team to qualify for the NCAA Div II National Championship — a feat he topped by also becoming the first male All-American swimmer at SFU. All in his freshman year. “It didn’t really sink in