Team Canada Men earned their first victory at the World Challenge Club Volleyball Cup in Santa Fe, defeating UC Irvine 3-1 on Thursday evening. Set scores were 25-21, 25-12, 19-25 and 25-17 in favour of Canada.
Power hitter Nicholas Cundy (Edmonton, AB) led the offense with 19 points on 14 kills, four service aces and [...]
After three years as Head Coach of Canada’s National Women’s program, and five years as the Assistant Coach, Naoki Miyashita will be returning to Japan to coach a women’s professional team.
“It has been a pleasure to see Canada improve and grow as a competitive international team,” stated Miyashita. ” Team Canada has a young program [...]
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Two members of Mohawk’s Canadian colleges volleyball bronze medal winning team in 2007-2008 are making their mark on the international scene.
Jasmin Cull has signed a professional contract in the Netherlands and Ian Cameron has been named to the Canadian team for next year’s Maccabiah games in Israel.
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Read More..>>It has been an eventful summer for the Mississauga Pakmen men’s 18-and-under volleyball team. In May the Pakmen accomplished what no other team had ever managed, knocking off the previously undefeated Manitoba Bisons at the national championships.A few months later, the Pakmen met the defending world champion men’s volleyball team from Brazil when training at [...]
Read More..>>Team Canada Men were downed 3-0 by the CIMED Esporte Club of Brazil in their debut match at the 2008 Bolivar Cup in Buenos Aires. Nicholas Cundy (Edmonton, AB) led the offensive effort for the Canadians, finishing with 12 tallies. Set scores were 25-19, 25-15 and 25-19 in favour of CIMED.
“For many of our guys [...]
Sun, sand, being outside, getting the chance to represent her country playing on some of the best beaches in the world – Kacie MacTavish loves every part about playing beach volleyball.
Except the sand in her face.
“It’s not fun when you get sand in your mouth,” MacTavish said. “But it’s definitely easier on the body.”MacTavish, a [...]
The Vernon duo of Lenai Schmidt and Monica Neilson earned a ninth-place finish at the Beach National Volleyball Championships last weekend at Ashbridge’s Bay in Toronto. Schmidt and Neilson were defeated in the single elimination playoff round (22-24, 11-21) by Ontario’s Rosso/Krizmanich, who went on to win the
bronze medal in the highly competitive U18 girls [...]
August 31, 2008 – The beach volleyball team of Liz Maloney and Mississauga’s Kara Zakrzewski earned a split against the Quebec tandem of Anouk Boileau and Marie-Christine Mondor over the weekend.
Unfortunately, it was the wrong split.
After defeating Boileau and Mondor in preliminary round action at the Canadian Beach Volleyball Championships at Toronto’s Ashbridges Bay, [...]
It felt like summer had finally arrived with bright blue sunny skies and warm temperatures, highlighting the Beach National Championships for a perfect weekend. With 16 divisions of men and women vying for champions from 14U-24U and two senior divisions there was an expanse of courts that seemed endless as it filled the beach at [...]
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