The UNB Varsity Reds are the athletic teams that represent the University of New Brunswick

University of New Brunswick

The University of New Brunswick is a Canadian university located in the province of New Brunswick. UNB is the oldest English language university in Canada and among the first public universities in North America. The university has two main campuses: the original campus founded in 1785 in...

 in Fredericton, New Brunswick

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Fredericton is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, by virtue of the provincial parliament which sits there. An important cultural, artistic, and educational centre for the province, Fredericton is home to two universities and cultural institutions such as the Beaverbrook Art...

, Canada

Canada

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The Varsity Reds compete in the following sports: men's and women's basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, men's hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

, men's and women's soccer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

, men's and women's volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

, swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

. Men's and women's track & field and cross country running have been added back as a varsity sport for 2010/2011 and is a joint Fredericton/Saint John Campus program.

The men's hockey team has won the University Cup 4 times in 1998, 2007, 2009, and 2011 as well as finished as runner-up in 1997, 2000, 2004, and 2008.

History

The name Varsity Reds was only adopted circa 1993. Prior to that every varsity sport had a different name. The now defunct football team was called the Red Bombers. The hockey team was the Red Devils. The women's basketball team was the Red Bloomers. The men's wrestling team was the Black Bears.

Past National Championships

Men's Soccer

Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's socer championship

The Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's soccer championship is a tournament which involves the champions from each of the region sports conferences...

 (1)

• 1980

Men's Ice Hockey

University Cup

The University Cup is awarded annually to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's ice hockey champions.The trophy was presented to the CIS, for presentation to a national champion starting with the 1962-63 season, by Queen's University and the Royal Military College of Canada...

 (4)

• 1998
• 2007
• 2009
• 2011

Varsity Reds Men's Soccer

• 2010: Fullback Roderick Ramsden(3rd year from Ottawa, Ontario) was named AUS 2nd team All-star.
• 2009: Midfielder Ken Morrison (5th year - Fredericton, NB), Goalkeeper Matt Lally(5th year - Fredericton, NB) was named to the 1st team All-star.
• 2008: UNB will be celebrating 60 years of varsity soccer at UNB. more info
• 2006: Fullback Ryan Slaney(3rd year from St. Lawrence, Newfoundland) was named AUS 1st team All-star. Strikers Ken Morrison (2nd year - Fredericton, NB), Eric Cormier
  Eric Cormier
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   (2nd year - Bathurst, NB) and midfielder John Fish
  John Fish
  John "Jack"/"Jackie" Fish was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1890s and 1900s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Warrington, playing at , i.e...
  
   (3rd year - North Kilworth, UK) were named to the 2nd team all-star.

2010 Roster

Head Coach: Miles Pinsent

Hockey

• Lesley Reddon
  Lesley Reddon
  Lesley Reddon was a member of the Canadian National women's hockey team that competed in ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics. She was the backup goaltender to Manon Rheaume.-CIAU:...
  
   was part of the 1994-1995 Reds team and became the first female goaltender to play in the Atlantic Universities Hockey Conference.

Women's Volleyball

5 Amanda Bakker S 6-0 2 Winnipeg, MB

15 Megan Dudeck L 5-7 3 Winnipeg, MB

Baseball

The UNB Cougars baseball team competes in the Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association.

• 2007 CIBA National Champions (2-0 win over Concordia Stingers
  Concordia Stingers
  The Concordia Stingers are the athletic teams that represent Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They compete with other schools in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, and more specifically, in the Quebec Student Sports Federation and the Quebec University Football League...
  
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• 2008 CIBA National Champions (win over McGill)

• Women's Hockey (former Varsity sport) 2008-

External links

• University of New Brunswick Athletics
• Patrons of UNB Varsity Reds Soccer
• UNB Cougars Baseball