Wrestling Canada named two Simon Fraser University wrestlers to represent Canada at the upcoming Summer Universiade in Kezan, Russia.
The Universiade will commence on July 6.
Stacie Anaka and Danielle Lappage will represent Canada, while Clan teammate Victoria Anthony will wrestle for the United States.
The wrestling competition returns to the Universiade for the first time in eight years.
In 2005, six of seven women's team members representing Canada reached the podium in freestyle events.
Anaka and Lappage both have experience on the international stage representing Canada.
Anaka, who enters the competition ranked seventh in the FILA world rankings in her weight class, claimed gold at the 2013 Pan Am championships, bronze at the 2007 world juniors, 12th at the 2012 senior worlds and eighth at the 2012 FISU championships.
Prior to departing for Russia, Anaka, along with SFU's Justina DiStasio, will compete in the Canada Cup in Toronto.
Lappage won the bronze medal at the 2012 FISU championship and the gold at the 2010 world juniors.
Anthony competed last weekend and finished second in her competition, winning the challenge tournament but losing her first and third bouts to last year's world bronze medalist, Alyson Lampe at the U.S.A. Wrestling world team trials.
Fellow Clan wrestler Helen Maroulis also competed in the trials, winning her weight class.
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SFU women's basketball player Erin Chambers was named to the 11-player roster that will represent Canada at the upcoming Summer Universiade.
Chambers is coming off her sophomore season with the Clan, one that saw the women's basketball program reach the Sweet 16 at the NCAA Division II national tournament.
"Our program has a history of players who have been fortunate enough to compete in the FISU Games," said SFU head coach Bruce Langford in a school press release. "It will be a great experience for Erin. She is a tough defender and certainly is ready for the challenge of playing in this tournament."
Last season, Chambers led the Great Northwest Athletic Conference with a 90 per cent free-throw accuracy, which was fourth in Div. II rankings. She was also fourth in three-point field goal percentage at 39 per cent.
Chambers was named the conference defensive player of the year and was a second team conference all-star.
Joining Chambers from B.C. is the University of British Columbia's Kris Young from North Vancouver.
Canada is coming off a sixth-place finish at the 2011 tournament in Shenzhen, China, which marked the development national team's best result in a decade at the biennial competition. A pair of bronze medals in 1979 in Mexico City, Mexico and in Sheffield, England in 1991 remain Canada's best-ever finish at the World Student Games.
The team is training in Mississauga, Ont. until June 30. More training and exhibition games will follow in Kezan from July 2 to 7. The 16-team Universiade tournament is set for July 8 to 15.
In the preliminary round of the Games, Canada will battle in Pool C against Japan. Ukraine and Taiwan, the silver medalists from 2011.
Team USA are reigning two-time champions and have won three of the last four FISU tournaments.
The Americans also lead the way with eight titles overall since the inaugural competition in 1961.
