Women's Sports at UNB
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| Year | Sport | Awards, Events |
| 1939 | Hockey | The formation of the first coed hockey team |
| 1929 | Basketball | Provincial Championship |
| 1940 | Basketball | Maritime Intercollegiate Championship |
| 1941 | Basketball | New Brunswick Senior Championship |
| 1942 | Basketball | Tunics made their first appearance this year as the uniform of the girls’ team. |
| 1942 | Badminton | 3 Cups for Fredericton Badminton Tournament
Enid Bruce - Ladies’ Single Enid Bruce, Leslie Stevens – Ladies’ Double Enid Bruce, Bill Thompson – Mixed Double |
| 1943 | Basketball | Due to war-time restrictions the Inter-collegiate title was not contested this year. So the UNB team still held it from pre-war days. |
| 1944 | Basketball | The City League Championship was carried off by the UNB girls without a single loss. |
| 1945 | Basketball | The Co-ed Games came to a victorious end by their winning “City League”. |
| 1946 | Basketball | Throughout the season UNB played in the “City League” and terminated the year’s activities by winning the City Championship. |
| 1947 | Basketball | Maritime Intercollegiate Championship |
| 1949 | Tennis | The talented red and black Co-eds captured the ladies championship.
Individual championships acquired by UNB were: Joene Moores – ladies 1st singles Faith Baxter – ladies 2nd singles |
| 1950 | Tennis | Individual trophies were given to Joene Moores. Maritime Intercollegiate Ladies double champs.Trophy winner: Peggy Stewart |
| 1951 | Tennis | No tennis tournament was held this year. The UNB team kept for another year the Maritime Intercollegiate championship cup. One lady was in the team: P. Stewart. |
| 1952 | Tennis | UNB managed to win only one Maritime title. This was the ladies’ double play. Marion Gaunce and Janette Webb. |
| 1954 | Tennis | Ladies’ doubles team of Jane Hickman and Pam McCready won the ladies’ doubles competition in the MIAU meet. |
| 1954 | Basketball | Enough points were gained by UNB in the second game to win the total-point series, emblematic of NB championship for the 1953-54 season. |
| 1954 | Badminton | Margot Roach won the ladies’ singles crown in MIAU tournament. |
| 1954 | Swimming | Pam McCready set a new open record for the 40-yard backstroke. Shirley Hitchen did in the 40-yard freestyle.
This is the first time in four years that there has been a swim team from coed ranks. |
| 1956 | Basketball | In ’55, the “Red Bloomers” finished on top with Dalhousie University and both were declared Maritime Intercollegiate Co-champs. |
| 1956 | Swimming | Swim team comprises of ten girls, the largest in UNB’s history. |
| 1957 | Basketball | A talented Junior Varsity team for the first time in UNB’s history. |
| 1957 | Swimming | Maritime Ladies Swim Champion |
| 1958 | Tennis | The women’s team shared the MIAU Championship with Mount A. |
| 1959 | Swimming | They had been the Maritime Intercollegiate Champions for the past three years, and had won the Maritime Open trophy the five times they competed. |
| 1959 | Badminton | Again this year, UNB proved too strong for their opponents, and brought the championship cup back to UNB for fourth straight year. |
| 1960 | Basketball | The team entered the year both as Maritime Intercollegiate Champions and golden Ball tournament Winners. |
| 1960 | Badminton | This year’s varsity team won the Maritime Intercollegiate Badminton Tournament. Three girls were in the team. |
| 1961 | Basketball | Maritime Intercollegiate Champions |
| 1961 | Swimming | MWIAU Champions 1960-61.
They have been Maritime Intercollegiate Champions for the last four years and have won the Maritime Open Trophy five times in six starts. |
| 1962 | Volleyball | Red rompers win Maritime Volleyball Championship in Halifax. |
| 1962 | Tennis | Maritime Intercollegiate Tennis Champions
Three girls in the team Ann bishop – MI Ladies’ Singles Champion Mary Jean McNichol and Winnie MacPherson – MI Ladies’ Doubles Champions Lorraine Caldwell and Janet Hepburn – Girls’ doubles Maritime Champions |
| 1962 | Field Hockey | Maritime Champions |