Sports
Exhibition of violence and brutality
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Jim DeHaasLinfield College defeated the SFU Football team 30-6 in an exhibition of violence and brutality during the first home game of the season at Swangard on Saturday September 24. Both teams seemed more intent on inflicting pain on each other than playing football at times. The Clan refused to roll over and die despite mounting points scored against them. In more...
Clan Tighten grip on first as Beck’s goal defeats rival Seattle
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Patrick J. ColbyThe SFU Clansmen Soccer Team showed its grit and perseverance in last Saturday's thriller on the hill against NAIA District I rivals, the Seattle University Chieftains. The game ended 4-3 in the Clans favour. The opening goal came only two minutes into the game. SFU keeper Drew Smiley misplayed the long boot outside of the eighteen. It bounced more...
SFU Rowing hauls in five first-place medals
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Mary TheissAmid cloudless skies and a relentlessly hot sun, the SFU Rowing Team hauled out five first place finishes at the Pacific Northwest Challenge Regatta in Delta on September 24. The team competed with a wide variety of boats (including singles, doubles, fours, and eights), and in two different types of races. The morning's races consisted of a series of more...
Clan show they can play with the big boys
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Saied Jamshidi AfaraniShock waves were felt throughout the Abbotsford team as a fired up Clan marched out to take apart a surprised Panther club. After a heartbreaking loss to Pocomo on the previous weekend, only a win would redeem SFU. They got the win and more. The first match saw the SFU third division against a much bigger and more experienced Abbotsford club. more...
Alive and Deprived: freedom in the skies
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Allistair StewartAlive and deprived, I welcome you to the brand spanking new world of skydiving. "Brand spanking new" for most of us because no one ever really hears about skydiving until they do it, or until somebody else dies doing it. Media coverage of the sport itself is horribly ignorant, unless there's blood or death. Then the media comes scavenging like pit more...
Clan spanked by rowers
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Monica WeynerThe women's rugby had its second game of the season last Sunday against the Rowers in Stanley Park. And what a stunning game it was. You can find out the Rowers' score by dividing 84 by six, adding three, multiplying by five and subtracting 13. The Clan's score? Five minus two, minus three. The slight discrepancy in the score is due to the fact that the more...
SFU Cricket club finishes off season
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Aamir HusainThe SFU Cricket Club took to the field on a wonderfully sunny day attempting to finish the season with a clean sweep in division 5 in the BC Lower Mainland Cricket League, having earlier won the division title finishing with a 12-2 winning record. They had the fortune to play at Upper Brockton inplace of Lower Brockton as the Tomlinson Cup scheduled more...
Football defeat
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Jim DeHaasThe Simon Fraser Clansmen Football team was defeated 42-17 by the Willamette Bearcats in Salem, Oregon in the first game of the regular season on Saturday, September 17. The Clansmen pounded down the field for 78 yards to post a touchdown on their first possession. Freshman David Mattiazzo gained 35 of his 50 yards during the opening drive which culminated more...
Frustration in the first division
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Kelley CaldwellThe first division rugby team of this year has made a noticeable jump in their level of play over last year's team. In their game against Pocomo, SFU came out to show its abilities. The Clan's first try was scored by Ian Ramsey and then converted by Kevin Stewart. As usual the game against Pocomo was physical with hard hits and a few punches. Kevin more...
Clan stop loggers 3 – 1 as they climb to #4 in NAIA top 25
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Jeremy DunnThe SFU Clansmen soccer team faced another test of its undefeated mark again last weekend as it hosted the University of Puget Sound in another conference matchup. UPS gave the Clan some problems in the early part of the first half, and actually scored first at the 29-minute mark as the ball first bounced around in the box, and then to Joe Campbell, who more...
