Ottawa guard Mike L'Africain was named the top player in Canadian university men's basketball Wednesday.
South Africa scored first through Rosko Speckman but New Zealand struck back with tries to Sam Dickson and Kurt Baker to lead 14-7 at halftime.
In a season marred by third-period collapses, Ryan Miller felt like the Vancouver Canucks finally got a bounce.
Nathan Hirayama accounted for all the scoring with three tries and two conversions for the Canadians, who stand 12th in the World Series season standings.
The Canadian men can still advance to the elite Cup quarter-finals but will likely have to upset Australia to do so.
This was Vijender's fourth win in a row in professional boxing in the middleweight (75kg) category - all of them by knockout or technical knockout.