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Simon Fraser's Rachel Loukes versus Colorado Mesa on Day 2 of the CCA Division 2 Canadian Tip-Off Classic Nov. 1, 2025 at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo by Gordon Kalisch/FastTrackSports Photography property of SFU Athletics 2025. All Rights Reserved)
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SFU Women’s Hoops: As its new team identity takes root and Red Leafs prep for California weekend, junior guard Rachel Loukes confident ‘blue collar’ mindset is something team can lean on!

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By Howard TsumuraVarsityLetters.caLANGLEY — On the eve of her team’s participation in the season-opening Canadian Tip-Off Classic earlier this month,  Rachel Loukes thought long and hard about how her Simon Fraser Red Leafs were being labelled as a working-class basketball team.And when the three-day event concluded on Nov. 2 at the Langley Events Centre following […]

Simon Fraser's Quebec native Sophie Bergeron has brought a defensive presence to the Red Leafs. Here, Bergeron is in action one year ago against the Tampa Spartans during the 2024 CCA Div. 1 Canadian Tip-Off Classic at the Langley Events Centre. (Photo exclusive property of Varsity Letters via VL Sports Services 2024. All Rights Reserved)
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AS SFU women’s hoops tips off Friday at LEC heavy grad tolls create early questions on offence! Newly-focussed Red Leafs look to build cornerstone identity with hustle stats by the bushel!

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By Howard TsumuraVarsityLetters.caBURNABY — The last time the women’s basketball team at the top of Burnaby Mountain went through this kind of change, they were first celebrating a national championship, then preparing to make the move from what is now known as U SPORTS to the ranks of the NCAA.All of that took place in […]