Tag Archives | Athletics

CIS nationals: Cascades face Memorial Sea-Hawks today at 1 pm

UFV’s women’s soccer team is on the ground in Quebec City, acclimatizing themselves at the start of a journey they hope will yield the program’s first Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) national championship. The Canada West silver medalists held their first practice at TELUS-UL Stadium on Tuesday afternoon, in advance of the CIS national tournament hosted […]

Success is spelled C-A-S-C-A-D-E-S: UFV’s Athletics enjoys banner year

It’s no longer a question of “Where is Abbotsford?” It’s more like, “Oh no! We have to play the Cascades again?” This year’s version of the UFV Cascades really put the Fraser Valley on the map. UFV Athletics  enjoyed a banner year that included the school’s first-ever women’s CCAA national championship (volleyball), the two basketball […]

Sunday Cascades playoff update

UFV Cascades women’s volleyball team win first PACWEST championship The University of the Fraser Valley Cascades women’s volleyball team captured the 2013 PACWEST championship in Cranbrook, BC defeating crosstown rivals the CBC Bearcats, 3-0. The Cascades will advance to the 2013 CCAA national championship tournament to be held the weekend of March 7-9, in Lloydminster, […]

Saturday morning Cascades playoff update

Saturday morning Cascades playoff update     Friday brought two wins and a loss to UFV Cascade athletic teams engaged in playoff action. The women’s volleyball team won the first game of the PACWEST championship tournament, earning a berth in Saturday’s final and a trip to the nationals March 7-9. The men’s basketball team won […]

Kaitlyn McDonald commits to UFV Cascades women’s basketball program

The University of the Fraser Valley Cascades women’s basketball program has signed Kaitlyn McDonald of  G.W. Graham Secondary School, Chilliwack, BC, to the women’s basketball program.  McDonald will join one of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) top women’s basketball programs. The Cascades are currently ranked third in the CIS top ten poll, they have not […]

UFV Cascades women’s basketball ranked number one in Canada

The University of the Fraser Valley Cascades women’s basketball team is ranked number one in Canada in this week’s CIS Top Ten Poll.  The Cascades moved up one spot from second overall. This marks the university’s first number-one ranking in any sport in their seven-year affiliation with the CIS. The Cascades are currently 9-1 in the Pacific […]

Women’s volleyball ranked number one in CCAA for a third week

The University of the Fraser Valley Cascades women’s volleyball team opens the second half of the 2012-13 PACWEST regular season ranked number one in today’s Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) top ten rankings.  This marks the third straight week the Cascades are ranked number one in Canada. UFV sits at 11-1, two points behind 12-2 […]

UFV women’s volleyball ranked #1 in CCAA; women’s basketball #2 in CIS; men #6

UFV’s women’s athletics teams are garnering national attention, as is the men’s basketball team. The University of the Fraser Valley Cascades women’s volleyball team are ranked number one in the current CCAA (Canadian College Athletics Association) top ten poll. The Cascades moved up two spots from third ranking last week.  This marks the first time […]

UFV Cascades explode in 2011-12 with record breaking performances

The sports historian who wrote “records are meant to broken” must have had this year’s University of the Fraser Valley Cascades in mind, as the nine teams earned two national bronze medals and  three conference silver medals, and four different student-athletes earned national all-star recognition, nine different student-athletes were selected conference all-stars, and two were […]

Grewal and Bruce named UFV Cascades Athletes of the Year

Kyle Grewal, men’s basketball and Kayla Bruce, women’s volleyball, are 2012 University of the Fraser Valley Cascades athletes of the year.   Colton O’Neill, men’s soccer, and Krista Hogewoning, women’s volleyball, are the UFV Cascades Rookies of the Year.  The Cascades celebrated the 2011-12 varsity season, at the Ramada Plaza and Conference Centre, at the annual […]