women’s basketball Archive
UFV Athletic Centre gets lighting upgrade ahead of WBB Championships
The stars of Canada West women’s basketball will shine bright when UFV hosts the 2024 Canada West Basketball Championships Feb 21-25, and so will the lights at the UFV Athletic Centre. Recent upgrades have replaced fluorescent and metal halide lighting with LED (light emitting diode) technology. This upgrade results in brighter illumination and 46 per…
Wierks named CIS Top Eight Academic All-Canadian
Sarah Wierks of the University of the Fraser Valley women’s basketball program has been selected to receive Canadian Interuniversity Sport’s most prestigious academic award. Wierks, a Chilliwack, B.C. product, is a member of the CIS Top Eight Academic All-Canadian team for the 2014-15 season. She is the first-ever UFV Cascades athlete to achieve the distinction.…
Third in the Nation! Cascades grab bronze medal in CIS
By Paul Esau Windsor — The UFV Cascades women’s basketball team took revenge for last weekend’s Canada West Final Four defeat by downing the Saskatchewan Huskies 69-57 in Sunday’s CIS consolation final and grabbing the bronze medal (the first CIS medal in program history). Last week the Huskies beat the Cascades by 11, tonight the…
Cascade women win silver medal in Canada West basketball finals
Adapted from the Cascade Athletics blog post written by Paul Esau The UFV Cascade women's basketball team is heading to the CIS national championship tournament after earning a silver medal at the Canada West Final Four tournament. The Cascades play McGill University of Quebec in the first round at 5 pm PST on Fri, March…
UFV basketball women off to nationals — play Saint Mary’s
UFV Cascades women's basketball team faces Saint Mary's University Huskies in CIS Final 8 quarterfinals in Regina, Saskatchewan The UFV Cascades are participating in their first Canada Interuniversity Sport women’s basketball Final 8 national championship tournament and will face the AUS champions Saint Mary’s University Huskies in the first round on Friday at 8:30pm MST…
Cascades playoffs start Thurs, Feb 21: women’s basketball team hosts
Ok, so this is a big weekend for Cascade sports teams. All four (men's and women's basketball and volleyball) have made the playoffs and will be immersed in playoff action. But the really exciting part is that one of the series is at home. The women's basketball Cascades will be playing at home in a…
Women’s basketball team raises $4,200 at CIS Shoot for the
The generosity of the fans, parents and patrons of Finnegan’s Pub last night was amazing as the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades women’s basketball team raised close to $4,200 at their inaugural Shoot for the Cure breast cancer awareness fund raiser and silent auction. The event saw 30 different auction items ranging from beauty…
Crosstown rivalry goes big time: Cascades take on Trinity at
UFV men's and women's basketball teams take on their "down-the-freeway" rivals the TWU Spartan in the big house: Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre, this Sat, Jan 28 The UFV Cascades will host their "cross-Valley" rivals Trinity Western Spartans in Canada West basketball games at Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre this Saturday.…
UFV Cascades collect donations for Abbotsford Food Bank
The UFV Cascades went walking through Abbotsford on Saturday, Dec 17 and Sunday, Dec 18, knocking on doors for donations of non-perishable items for the Abbotsford Food Bank. Filling 21 boxes with food, the project was deemed a success. The walk and knock was headed by Alexa McCarthy, a third year Kinesiology major from…
UFV Athletic Centre gets lighting upgrade ahead of WBB Championships
The stars of Canada West women’s basketball will shine bright when UFV hosts the 2024 Canada West Basketball Championships Feb 21-25, and so will the lights at the UFV Athletic Centre. Recent upgrades have replaced fluorescent and metal halide lighting with LED (light emitting diode) technology. This upgrade results in brighter illumination and 46 per…Wierks named CIS Top Eight Academic All-Canadian
Sarah Wierks of the University of the Fraser Valley women’s basketball program has been selected to receive Canadian Interuniversity Sport’s most prestigious academic award. Wierks, a Chilliwack, B.C. product, is a member of the CIS Top Eight Academic All-Canadian team for the 2014-15 season. She is the first-ever UFV Cascades athlete to achieve the distinction.…Third in the Nation! Cascades grab bronze medal in CIS
By Paul Esau Windsor — The UFV Cascades women’s basketball team took revenge for last weekend’s Canada West Final Four defeat by downing the Saskatchewan Huskies 69-57 in Sunday’s CIS consolation final and grabbing the bronze medal (the first CIS medal in program history). Last week the Huskies beat the Cascades by 11, tonight the…Cascade women win silver medal in Canada West basketball finals
Adapted from the Cascade Athletics blog post written by Paul Esau The UFV Cascade women's basketball team is heading to the CIS national championship tournament after earning a silver medal at the Canada West Final Four tournament. The Cascades play McGill University of Quebec in the first round at 5 pm PST on Fri, March…UFV basketball women off to nationals — play Saint Mary’s
UFV Cascades women's basketball team faces Saint Mary's University Huskies in CIS Final 8 quarterfinals in Regina, Saskatchewan The UFV Cascades are participating in their first Canada Interuniversity Sport women’s basketball Final 8 national championship tournament and will face the AUS champions Saint Mary’s University Huskies in the first round on Friday at 8:30pm MST…Cascades playoffs start Thurs, Feb 21: women’s basketball team hosts
Ok, so this is a big weekend for Cascade sports teams. All four (men's and women's basketball and volleyball) have made the playoffs and will be immersed in playoff action. But the really exciting part is that one of the series is at home. The women's basketball Cascades will be playing at home in a…Women’s basketball team raises $4,200 at CIS Shoot for the
The generosity of the fans, parents and patrons of Finnegan’s Pub last night was amazing as the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades women’s basketball team raised close to $4,200 at their inaugural Shoot for the Cure breast cancer awareness fund raiser and silent auction. The event saw 30 different auction items ranging from beauty…Crosstown rivalry goes big time: Cascades take on Trinity at
UFV men's and women's basketball teams take on their "down-the-freeway" rivals the TWU Spartan in the big house: Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre, this Sat, Jan 28 The UFV Cascades will host their "cross-Valley" rivals Trinity Western Spartans in Canada West basketball games at Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre this Saturday.…UFV Cascades collect donations for Abbotsford Food Bank
The UFV Cascades went walking through Abbotsford on Saturday, Dec 17 and Sunday, Dec 18, knocking on doors for donations of non-perishable items for the Abbotsford Food Bank. Filling 21 boxes with food, the project was deemed a success. The walk and knock was headed by Alexa McCarthy, a third year Kinesiology major from…
