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2003 CIS women's soccer champions with banner and trophy

2002-2003 UBC Women's Soccer Team

  • Class
  • Induction
    2022
  • Sport(s)
    Soccer
The UBC Thunderbirds Women’s Soccer team is a perennial contender for the national championship. The program has shown consistent success and as of 2021 amassed 15 Canada West championships and seven U SPORTS National championships. The teams are dedicated, driven, and determined to perform at a high calibre at every game – a culture that persists year in and year out.

Much of this success is due to incredible teams led by the late legendary coach Dick Mosher. The 2002 and 2003 teams are examples of these programs that saw individual and group success from the moment they stepped on the field as a unit.

"This was one heck of a team," said UBC head coach Dick Mosher, who in 2002 had just won his seventh national soccer championship and second as bench boss of the women's program in 18 seasons as UBC coach. "I'm just amazed at the intensity these girls developed […]. They wanted it so badly and came out with fire this weekend."

The team captured back-to-back national championships. In the fall of 2003, the T-Birds defeated Atlantic champion Cape Breton 4-0 and Quebec finalist Laval 5-1 in pool play, set an all-time CIS record for goals scored in a championship with 14 and a new mark for goal differential at plus 13. They also closed out the season on a 16-game undefeated streak (15-0-1) after starting 2-2-0, outscoring opponents 63-2 over that stretch. The five-goal margin in the championship final was the second widest in CIS history.

Roselyn Hicks amassed 6 goals and four assists in the 2003 tournament and was joined on the tournament all-star team by fellow graduating All-Canadian Sarah Regan, goalkeeper Kelly McNabney (Pickering, Ont.) and defender Candace Lovestad (Nanaimo). Regan, the CIS player of the year and league's leading goal scorer in 2003, ended her post-secondary career with five straight national titles after winning three with Capilano College before coming to UBC.

UBC was the first school in CIS history to win four women's soccer titles and the second to win back-to-back championships.

WSO 2002 National Champions photo

WSOC 2003 National Title win team shot

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