The mid-November weekend: a weekend that we won’t forget. The heavy winds and rains that started during the weekend were originally something we were somewhat prepared for. We in the Fraser Valley know a lot about blinding rains and high winds. While we take the time to recover from the devastation the floods have wrought, let us not forget what we have to look forward to in the coming weekend. Last weekend our UFV teams earned a needed bye week.
The women’s basketball team stood tall like our team’s namesake and blocked Thompson Rivers from achieving a win in both the Friday, Nov. 12 and Saturday, Nov. 13, games. The women played two strong games and were able to consistently outscore the TRU team in all four quarters in both their games. After coming off a hard-fought weekend against UBC, the UFV women played dominantly against TRU. Deanna Tuchscherer had over 20 points in both games and Victoria Jacobse had two personal record-setting scoring nights. The UFV women’s basketball team remains in second place in the West Division.
Our UFV men’s basketball team had a decent weekend, splitting their game win-loss record 1–1 against Thompson Rivers. TRU’s Brad King had an explosive double-double in Friday’s game, kept the scores tight, and helped TRU get a 69-63 win over UFV. Saturday, UFV out-nipped and clawed TRU for an 81-75 win that kept the battle for third in the West a threesome. In the Saturday game, UFV outscored TRU in the first and fourth quarters, led by Kyle Claggett and Vick Toor. The two team veterans led the UFV scores in both games with backup from Zubair Seyed and Jake Willemsen, who both earned more than 10 points off the bench Saturday. Unfortunately, the third-place trio will have to wait to see if one can finally pull ahead in the standings, since the Nov. 26 and Nov. 27 games have been postponed. The basketball teams’ next games will be on Dec. 2 against Thompson Rivers in Kamloops.
The UFV volleyball teams have been on a cold streak that has been matching this November’s weather, bringing an end to their UBC Campus Tour. Our men’s volleyball team lost all six sets against the tough UBC team, dropping to an 0-4 record and last place in their division’s standings currently. The women’s team battled four sets for a 3-1 win on Friday, Nov. 12 — their first win of the season. Unfortunately, they couldn’t completely stay out of their cold spell, losing 0-3 on Saturday, Nov. 13. Luckily, the UFV volleyball teams will have an extended bye week, as their scheduled games have also been rescheduled to early February. This means their next games will be on Friday, Dec. 2 when the teams play host to Trinity Western.
Image: Gibi Saini / UFV Athletics
Teryn Midzain is an English Major with ambitious goals to write movies and a full-time nerd, whose personality and eccentrics run on high-octane like the cars he loves. More importantly, Teryn loves sports [Formula One], and doesn’t care who knows. When not creating and running deadly schemes in his D&D sessions, Teryn tries to reach the core of what makes the romantic and dramatic World of Sports, the characters and people that make the events so spectacular.
