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Thunderbirds medal in back-to-back years, picking up bronze

March 19, 2017March 20, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

By Aaron Martin – Special to VarsityLetters.caNAPANEE, ON – Coming into the 2017 U Sports Women’s Hockey National Championships as the top seed before falling 1-0 to the McGill Martlets in yesterday’s semifinals, some onlookers posted that the UBC Thunderbirds would be hard-pressed to get up for the Bronze Medal game.

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Quarter-century later, coach Beauchamp leads Douglas Royals back to CCAA nationals

March 15, 2017March 15, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

NEW WESTMINSTER — Steve Beauchamp has been coaching basketball for so long now and made it such an ingrained part of his life that sooner or later, he was going to run into a season like this one.With the symbolism as rife as the crackling pages a family scrapbook, Beauchamp has not only returned to […]

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SFU basketball: Weary Clan fall to Lancers, terrific season comes to an end in Sweet 16

March 13, 2017March 14, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

There’s a song whose lyrics are all about being anchored down in Anchorage, Alaska, and on Monday night, the road-weary Simon Fraser Clan women’s basketball team could certainly relate.

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Sweet 16 for SFU! Clan stun No. 1 seed Anchorage in Alaska: “You could here a pin drop…”

March 12, 2017March 12, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

To Sophie Swant, the contrast over a span of a couple of hours Saturday night at the Alaska Airlines Center was incredible.

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Adam Schriemer: No. 1 TWU’s super-setter beats odds as childhood burn survivor

March 7, 2017March 7, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

LANGLEY — On the scariest day of Adam Schriemer’s life, doctors couldn’t guarantee his survival.

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Simon Fraser women’s basketball puts on its dancing shoes, Clan makes NCAA D2 field

March 6, 2017March 6, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

BURNABY — The Big Dance opened its arms Sunday for the Simon Fraser Clan women’s basketball team.

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Jet-lagged no more, UBC middle Li making most of second chance

March 1, 2017March 1, 2017Howard TsumuraComment(0)

VANCOUVER — By all accounts, Maggie Li’s first attempt at trying to secure a roster spot on the UBC Thunderbirds volleyball team was like one of those tragic-comic auditions on American Idol.