The Canadian beach duo of Ahren Cadieux and Rich Van Huizen posted their first major upset of the US$175,000 Bahrain Open Wednesday when they defeated the defending champions of the event Nummerdor-Schuil of the Netherlands.
Playing partners for the first-time they were seeded 16th in the 32-team Main Draw. Cadieux and VanHuizen posted a 21-18 and [...]
Cambridge, Ontario’s Stephanie Neville, a sophomore at Florida State and outside hitter was selected as the Atlantic Coast Conference Volleyball Player of the Week after leading the Seminoles to consecutive 3-0 wins on the road at Virginia and Virginia Tech.
Friday, Neville put down 12 kills in Florida State’s win over ACC leader Virginia Tech. She [...]
Comments(0) Cobourg District Collegiate Institute East’s junior boys won the Centre Hastings Secondary School Centurion Invitational Volleyball Tournament in Madoc on Friday.
Dominant throughout the day, the East Comets swept every match en route to the tournament victory.
In round-robin play, CDCI East defeated Clarington Central Secondary School, of Bowmanville, (25-17, 25-17), the host Centre Hastings (25-12, 27-25), [...]
Comments(0) Canadian Interuniversity Sport proudly announced the student-athletes honoured as Desjardins Top Eight Academic All-Canadians for the 2007-08 season. Three of these eight distinguished student-athletes are volleyball players: Niklas Rademacher, Jennifer Thomson and Ben Schellenberg.
Every year, a growing number of CIS student-athletes are recognized as Academic All-Canadians, having maintained a grade point average (GPA) of 80 [...]
The Canadore Panthers men’s and women’s volleyball teams will open their Ontario Colleges Athletic Association season at home Friday and Saturday.
The Panthers women’s team opens Friday when they host the Lambton Lions at 8 p. m. at the Education Centre gymnasium.
The Nipissing Lakers men’s and women’s teams also open at home this weekend in the [...]
Every dog has his day. So, too, does a lion.
In shockingly uncharacteristic fashion, the heavily-favored Mississauga Secondary School Lions were nowhere to be found when it came time to play the final Saturday evening at the Authentic Volleyball Classic featuring 24 of the best high school teams from the GTA.
“It’s always great coming back to [...]
Comments(0) University at Albany’s Amanda Cowdrey (Brampton Ontario) was tabbed the America East volleyball player of the week for the period ending October 19.
Cowdrey, a successful beach player on the OVA tour circuit, averaged 5.00 kills and 3.17 digs per set in two three-set wins last week. The sophomore outside hitter recorded 15 kills and [...]
When the Niagara Knights men’s volleyball team opens the regular season Wednesday against Windsor’s St. Clair College, whatever happened in 2007-08 will be forgotten.
The last campaign isn’t one the Knights want to remember, as they struggled on and off the court, with their play and their work ethic.
Niagara finished the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association’s season [...]
Comments(0) Battling through six games, Team Canada claimed the Global Cup senior volleyball championship on Thursday night In St. George, Utah.
The Canadians won the first two games against King’s Mountain Fog, representing the United States, lost three in a row, then claimed the final game 25-22 to highlight the Huntsman World Senior Games event. The teams [...]
Comments(0) The 2008-09 Ontario University Athletics women’s volleyball season begins today as 13 teams look to dethrone the McMaster Marauders as OUA champions.
McMaster finished in first place in the OUA West Division with a 16-3 record in 2007-08. The Marauders soared past the Western Mustangs in the quarter-final 3-1, defeated the Ottawa Gee-Gees by a similar [...]
