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For the third straight season, the UBC Thunderbirds are the best team in CIS women's volleyball. On Sunday night at the University of Alberta's Main Gym, the T-Birds completed a perfect season with a 3-1 (25-19, 19-25, 25-16, 25-22) victory over the Manitoba Bisons in the CIS Championship final. ]]>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:58:49 GMThttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/9/FB_0309104426.aspxhttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/9/FB_0309104426.aspxFootball

Shawn Olson has come home. UBC’s 1997 Vanier Cup winning quarterback has been tapped to revamp a Thunderbirds football program that is a shadow of its former self. Olson recognizes the immense task ahead of him, but he’s up for the challenge. ]]>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:38:39 GMThttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/9/BASE_0309104942.aspxhttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/9/BASE_0309104942.aspxBaseball

After 15 games and more than three weeks on the road, the no. 13 ranked UBC Thunderbirds (14-1, 8-0) finally kick-off their home schedule with a pair of conference doubleheaders this weekend against rival College of Idaho Coyotes. Games begin at noon on Saturday and 11:00 a.m. on Sunday at Thunderbird Park. ]]>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:48:30 GMThttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/9/SOCW_0309101342.aspxhttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/9/SOCW_0309101342.aspxSoccer (w)

The stakes are high for Mark Rogers, the new head coach of UBC Thunderbirds women’s soccer team. Not only does he assume responsibility for one of Canada’s most successful university soccer programs, he comes in on the heels of legendary coach, Dick Mosher. But Rogers is prepared for the pressure of taking up Mosher’s mantle at the helm of UBC women’s soccer. ]]>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:09:35 GMThttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/9/GOLFW_0309100002.aspxhttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/9/GOLFW_0309100002.aspxGolf (w)

Jocelyn Alford led a trio of UBC Thunderbirds to top five finishes at the CBU Spring Break Intercollegiate at Primm Valley GC in Primm, Nevada this week, helping the T-Birds to their first tournament victory of the season. ]]>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:57:37 GMThttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/6/VBALLW_0306100158.aspxhttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/6/VBALLW_0306100158.aspxVolleyball (w)

On a night when their vaunted attack wasn't finding as much success as usual, the top-seeded UBC Thunderbirds relied on their outstanding block and solid team defence to overwhelm the Laval Rouge et Or in their CIS semi-final 3-0 (35-19, 25-22, 25-17) at the University of Alberta's West Gym. With the win, UBC will defend their back-to-back CIS titles tomorrow night. ]]>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:46:05 GMThttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/6/BBALLM_0306104320.aspxhttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/6/BBALLM_0306104320.aspxBasketball (m)

Led by their two seniors who played the last home game of their careers on Saturday, the UBC Thunderbirds captured Canada West bronze and gave themselves a good chance at a CIS wildcard berth with a 78-68 win over the Simon Fraser Clan at War Memorial Gym. ]]>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:39:34 GMThttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/6/BASE_0306100210.aspxhttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/6/BASE_0306100210.aspxBaseball

It wasn't easy but the UBC Thunderbirds kept alive their winning streak on Saturday, sweeping Corban College by scores of 7-1 and 4-3 to push their early season run to 13 straight wins. UBC is now 14-1 on the season and 8-0 in conference play. ]]>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:52:56 GMThttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/6/BBALLM_0306105059.aspxhttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/6/BBALLM_0306105059.aspxBasketball (m)

The No. 10 Saskatchewan Huskies bounced back from a tough end to the fourth quarter with a huge overtime effort to punch their ticket to the CIS Final 8 with a 104-87 upset of the no. 1 ranked UBC Thunderbirds at War Memorial Gym in Vancouver. Although UBC missed out on an automatic berth to the CIS Final 8 in Ottawa, their season is still very much alive as they will be considered for the "wild card" berth at the national championship. ]]>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:18:30 GMThttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/5/VBALLW_0305105557.aspxhttp://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2010/3/5/VBALLW_0305105557.aspxVolleyball (w)

The top-seeded UBC Thunderbirds got their CIS Championship title defence off to a perfect start with a 3-0 victory (25-17, 25-17, 25-13) over the eighth-seeded St. Mary's Huskies in their quarterfinal match at University of Alberta's West Gym in Edmonton. UBC meets Laval in a semi-final tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. PST. ]]>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:48:02 GMT