Underdogs, come back stories, frontrunners: the Thunderbirds have been it all in 2023. Here is The Ubyssey’s top 10.
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After graduating from the Thunderbirds, and not being able to suit up professionally in Austria, Revel’s playing career had come to a close. But, while one door closed, another opened.
For the first time in program history, both the men’s and women’s Thunderbirds cross-country teams won the U Sports national championships.
UBC swept the University of Calgary Dinos in three sets on December 1 and four sets on December 2.
The Thunderbirds layed down the hammer on the winless MacEwan University Griffins over the weekend, walking away with an 84–67 win on Friday and a 96–63 performance on Saturday in Edmonton.
The organization has been helping address homelessness across Canada since 1996 but only started the tournament in Vancouver in 2008. The tournament coordinates former professional hockey players or Olympians as ‘star power’ to play alongside amateurs as a fundraiser.
Coming off two weeks of games and a bye weekend, November has seen the UBC women’s volleyball team dominate Canada West (CW), only dropping one game since the season’s start. Here’s what you might have missed.
UBC’s Artistic Swimming Club has been making national headlines in the world of artistic swimming for years now as a club with skill, heart and promise.
On Saturday, the Thunderbirds failed to bring home the Vanier Cup after losing 16–9 in a defensive battle with the University of Montréal Carabins.
During the annual Courtside festival, the women's basketball team defeated the University of Victoria Vikes while the men's team came up short.
The T-Birds fell to the Dinos 3–2 on Friday, but remained resilient, powering through to a 4–1 win on Saturday.
They might be underdogs, but that hasn’t stopped them before.
Serving as T-Birds’ reigning captain for the past two years and earning recognition from the likes of Canada West, the Vancouver Canucks and Hockey Canada, MacKinnon has undoubtedly made a name for herself.
The Thunderbirds visited the University of Saskatchewan Huskies for a two-game series, winning Friday’s game 82–78 but dropping Saturday’s action 78–75.
At Thunderbird Stadium on Saturday afternoon, the UBC football team claimed their first-ever Mitchell Bowl, breezing through the national semi-final with a 47–17 thrashing of the St. Francis Xavier X-Men.
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