From left to right, women's soccer, softball, men's soccer, men's rugby, women's basketball, women's volleyball and men's golf will all be in action this week

General 9/25/2024 3:59:00 PM Sophia Johansen

HEAT THIS WEEK: 11 home games on tap this weekend, featuring soccer, softball and men's rugby

Women's and men's soccer set to host a pair of doubleheaders, softball to play six games at High Noon Park while men's rugby hosts home opener at Parkinson Recreation Park

AT HOME
Women's Soccer
September 27th vs. UNBC Timberwolves - 5:00 PM - Nonis Sports Field
September 28th vs. UBC Thunderbirds - 5:00 PM - Nonis Sports Field
Stream: CanadaWest.tv
Live Coverage: @UBCOHeat on X

Fresh off a four-point performance last week, the Heat will be out to avenge a surprising loss to UNBC earlier this season when the two teams square off at Nonis Sports Field on Friday night. On Saturday night, the Heat will once again go toe-to-toe with the top-ranked team in the country, the Thunderbirds, for the second and final time of the regular season. The Heat gave the Thunderbirds their toughest challenge of the season two weeks ago, a competitive 3-2 win for UBC in Vancouver.

Last weekend fourth-year forward Abigail Taneda scored three minutes into stoppage time on Friday night to lift her team to a 2-1 victory over the Mount Royal Cougars on Homecoming.

Before Saturday's matchup, the Heat will recognize their three graduating seniors, Holly Tarves, Alyssa Scott and Sophie Campbell.

Women's Softball
September 27th vs Mount Royal Cougars - 5:00 PM - High Noon Park
September 28th vs. Mount Royal Cougars - 10:00 AM - High Noon Park
September 28th vs. Victoria Vikes - 1:30 PM - High Noon Park
September 28th vs SAIT Trojans - 3:30 PM - High Noon Park
September 29th vs. Mount Royal Cougars - 9:00 AM - High Noon Park
September 29th vs. SAIT Trojans - 11:00 AM - High Noon Park

Softball closes out their regular season on home turf as they have an action-packed six-game weekend against WCSA competition. The Heat, currently fourth place in the conference standings, will host Mount Royal three times, SAIT twice and Victoria once.

Cheyenne Simicak of Surrey, B.C., continued her monster season with another big weekend at the plate for the Heat last weekend in Lethbridge. The third-year infielder hit .500 over the five games, going 8-for-16 at the plate while hitting two home runs and posting 11 RBI. She also added two doubles to raise her season average to .429. She now has 18 RBI on the season, a new career-best.

Men's Soccer
September 27th vs. Victoria Vikes - 7:30 PM - Nonis Sports Field
September 28th vs. UBC Thunderbirds - 7:30 PM - Nonis Sports Field
Stream: CanadaWest.tv
Live Coverage: @UBCOHeat on X

Men's soccer is back at Nonis this weekend as they welcome the Vikes and Thunderbirds, whom they opened the 2024 season against, onto home turf for a pair of late-season rematches.

Last weekend, the Heat only had a single game on the road against the Lethbridge Pronghorns which ended in a 1-1 draw thanks to a second-half goal from second-year midfielder Rory Clements of Squamish, B.C.

Men's Rugby
September 28th vs. SAIT Trojans - 11:00 AM - Parkinson Recreation Park

For the first time in the regular season, the Heat are on home turf for a Sunday matchup against the SAIT Trojans. Coming off a dominant 43-7 victory against the Mount Royal Cougars on the road, the Heat aim to extend their win streak to two games on home turf.

AWAY
Women's Basketball
September 27th vs. MacEwan Griffins - 6:00 PM - Gingolx, B.C.
September 28th vs. Mount Royal Cougars - 6:00 PM - Laxgalts'ap, B.C.
September 29th vs. Regina Cougars - 4:00 PM - Gitlaxt'aamiks, B.C.

Women's basketball is travelling to the Nisga'a nation, just north of Terrace, B.C., to participate in the Nisga'a Clash of the Clans tournament, which is bringing together three other Canada West teams, the Regina Cougars, Mount Royal Cougars and MacEwan Griffins, for an exciting weekend of basketball action in three different Indigenous communities.

The Heat will be debuting a number of new faces on their roster this weekend, as eight new members of the team will make their UBCO debut.

Women's Volleyball
September 27th vs. Manitoba Bisons - 7:00 PM - Kamloops, B.C.

Women's volleyball is travelling to participate in their second tournament of the preseason, the Wolfpack Invitational in Kamloops, B.C.

The women open the weekend with a Friday evening matchup against the Manitoba Bisons who the Heat just faced last weekend in Winnipeg. The two squads squared off in the gold-medal match with the Heat coming out on top in four sets to win the Bison-Wesmen Invitational for the second consecutive year.

Men's Golf
September 30th - October 1st - Western Washington Invitational - Bellingham, WA

Men's golf is competing in their final tournament before they host the Canada West Championship in early October.

In their most recent tournament, the True North Classic, third-year Health & Exercise Sciences Student Andrew Rouble finished in a tie for fifth after a sparkling third round performance in which he shot six-under par 66 to help the Heat earn a fifth-place showing in the team standings.

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