Freshman Bianca Te of Burnaby, a graduate of St. Thomas More Collegiate, had five digs and an assist in both matches as Simon Fraser University’s women’s volleyball team racked up a pair of wins last week.
On Saturday afternoon at SFU, the Clan downed Concordia University Cavaliers from Portland 20-25, 25-14, 25-21, 25-23 to even their Great Northwest Athletic Conference record to 3-3. SFU is 6-8 overall.
Last Thursday on Burnaby Mountain, the Clan defeated Western Oregon Wolves (Monmouth) in similar fashion winning 22-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-16. Mia Ricci of Burnaby, who graduated from Notre Dame Secondary, had six digs in the match.
This week the Clan are off to Alaska to play the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves on Thursday (after NOWdeadlines) and University of Alaska Nanooks in Fairbanks on Saturday.
Midfielder Christina Dickson, a Burnaby North graduate, scored a pair of goals, her second and third of the season, in the SFU women’s soccer squad’s 5-0 victory over Saint Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington last Thursday. Dickson scored in the 14th and 85th minutes of the match. Emma Pringle also scored twice.
Dickson’s sister Allyson, who, like Christina, is a junior, is a defender for Simon Fraser.
The Clan followed that win up with a 3-0 victory over the Northwest Nazarene Crusaders from Nampa, Idaho at SFU’s Terry Fox Field on Saturday. The two triumphs gave the Clan a 5-4-0 overall record and 3-2-0 in GNAC. They are on the road this week, playing the Montana State Billings Yellowjackets on Thursday and Concordia Cavaliers in Portland on Saturday.
The men’s soccer squad saw its six-game unbeaten streak snapped with a 3-2 loss at Concordia last Thursday. They then came home and played to a scoreless draw with Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros in a non-conference game.
Simon Fraser is 5-1-2 overall and 1-1-1 in conference play heading into this week’s games at Fox Field against the Crusaders (Thursday) and the Yellowjackets on Saturday (7 p.m.).
SFU’s football team will be looking for its first win earlier in the afternoon on the same turf (1 p.m.) when the Clan play Western Oregon (1-3 overall, 0-2 conference).
Simon Fraser fell to 0-5 overall and 0-3 in GNAC with a 62-0 defeat at the hands of the Central Washington Wildcats in Ellensburg last Saturday.Freshman Bianca Te of Burnaby, a graduate of St. Thomas More Collegiate, had five digs and an assist in both matches as Simon Fraser University’s women’s volleyball team racked up a pair of wins last week.
