THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

Sports & Health

  • By March 10, 2012

    In the world of a university student, hours spent working out are few and far between. Between balancing class, homework and often a job, many students can’t find the time to hit the gym. It’s important, however, for students to fit exercise into their busy schedules not only for the health benefits, but also for the mental and emotional benefits.

  • Huskies capture conference bronze: Miyazaki wins third-straight defensive award

    By March 9, 2012

    It was the combination of an established veteran and a motivated rookie that led the Huskies women’s basketball team to a bronze medal March 3 and 4 at the Canada West Final Four tournament in Regina.

    The veteran came in the form of the Dogs’ best player throughout the regular season, Katie Miyazaki. The fifth-year guard not only won her third-straight Canada West defensive player of the year award, but also earned a conference first team all-star mention for her strong performance this year.

  • Bosch pushes Dogs to CanWest final: Huskies to host Dinos after pair of overtime wins against Bears

    By March 8, 2012

    The University of Saskatchewan Huskies have slayed Goliath.

    Brennan Bosch’s overtime heroics March 4 in the third game of a best-of-three semifinal series helped Saskatchewan knock the four-time defending Canada West champion University of Alberta Golden Bears out of playoffs.

  • Bittersweet finish for Duncan Jones: Huskies senior drains nine threes as Saskatchewan’s season ends early

    By March 7, 2012

    Duncan Jones’s final game in a Huskies basketball uniform was bittersweet.

    The fifth-year guard led Saskatchewan to a Canada West bronze medal after putting up 40 points — including an astounding nine three-pointers on 10 attempts — in front of his hometown crowd at the Physical Activity Complex in a 90-85 win over the University of Victoria Vikes March 3.

  • UBC leading charge to rethink varsity sport: university presidents in Canada West push for high performance division

    By March 3, 2012

    The University of British Columbia has taken the reins in an initiative amongst Canada West universities to reconsider how the conference divides its 16 teams.

    Last April, UBC announced it would no longer seek membership into the National Collegiate Athletic Association and would remain a member of Canadian Interuniversity Sport. The school felt it could be at the forefront of changing Canada’s university athletics.

  • Wrestler Ryan Myrfield wins third men’s title; Huskies women put up best-ever CIS finish

    By March 2, 2012

    Ryan Myrfield is three-for-three at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport wrestling championships.

    The fourth-year Huskies captain won his third national gold medal Feb. 24 and 25 at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont. after defeating Concordia University’s Scott Schiller in the men’s 72-kilogram final.

  • Huskies women’s track wins third CanWest title in four years, set for CIS title

    By March 1, 2012

    Sharai Siemens led the way as the Huskies women’s track and field team topped the Canada West podium last weekend at the Saskatoon Field House.

    It was the third time in the last four years that the University of Saskatchewan women’s squad has won the championship — they took the title in 2009 and 2010 but finished third last season.

  • Huskies hockey advances with 10-3 win: Dogs sweep Pronghorns in first round of playoffs, ready for Golden Bears

    By March 1, 2012

    “Mission accomplished,” said Huskies head coach Dave Adolph. “That’s all it was.”

    His squad’s 10-3 stomping of the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns Feb. 25 at Rutherford Rink in Saskatoon not only swept the ’Horns out of the best-of-three Canada West quarter-final series, but also silenced a team that had caused the Dogs trouble all season long.