Led by fifth-year left side Lauren Perry (18 kills, 17 digs) and Canada West player of the year Holly Harper (13 kills, 16 digs) the No. 4-seeded Calgary Dinos upset the No. 1 Montreal Carabins in five sets (19-25, 25-13, 20-25, 27-25, 15-12), Friday night, in a thrilling late semi-final at the 2009 CIS women’s [...]
Read More..>>For the second straight season, fourth-year Montreal power hitter Laetitia Tchoualack of Paris, France, is the CIS women’s volleyball player of the year.
Tchoualack became the seventh player to claim back-to-back Mary Lyons awards and is the eighth double recipient since the trophy was first presented in 1981-82. The last player to be named CIS MVP [...]
For the second year in a row, the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack will open the CIS National Men’s Volleyball Championships against a team from the East.
The WolfPack, captured the bronze medal at the Canada West Final Four on the weekend and will take on the Ontario Champions, the McMaster Mauraders.
The WolfPack go in as the [...]
The Montreal Carabins travel to Fredericton this week looking to capture the first CIS women’s volleyball title in team history, and hoping to erase the painful memories of a heartbreaking defeat.
A year ago, Montreal had its best-ever finish at the CIS championship, reaching the gold-medal match for the first time in program history. But the [...]
Katie Martin recalls being in first grade and longingly watching Grade 4 students play volleyball in her school’s gym.
Now, the West Park Secondary School student not only gets to play, but will take her team to a region-wide competition this week.
Described as a strong all-around player for the senior girls AAA Warriors, Martin is pumped [...]
With many of their enthusiastic fans in the stands banging on pots, drums and paddle boards, McMaster Marauders pounded Queen’s Gaels on the court late last week.
And with that 3-1 thumping, McMaster won its second consecutive OUA men’s volleyball championship.
Mac swept the best-of-three playoff final series — 2-0. The scores were 25-20, 21-25, 25-22 and [...]
The Sutton District High School 2008-09 senior boys volleyball team has put its school on the map this year – twice.
The team, led by coach Doug Denning, made school history in the world of athletics late last year after it advanced further in the Ontario finals than any other team in Sutton’s history.
After winning four [...]
The Queen’s Golden Gaels men’s volleyball team will have to dig itself out of a big hole if it hopes to win a provincial title.
In Game one of the best-of-three Ontario University Athletics final at Bartlett Gym Tuesday night, the second-seeded Gaels lost 3-1 (20-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-18) against the No. 1 McMaster Marauders.
The Gaels [...]
The Georgian Grizzlies women’s volleyball team has advanced to the OCAA quarter-finals with a four-set win over the Fanshawe Falcons (25-27, 25-22, 25-23, 25-20) on Saturday night.
Barrie native Meagan McLellan led all scorers with 28 points (22 kills, five blocks, one ace), while Orangeville native Jackie Philpott had 10 digs in the crossover playoff game.
The [...]
He often goes by the nickname “King Kong”, likes listening to hip hop music and his favourite professional athlete is basketball star Vince Carter.
But Steven Kung, a fourth year student at the University of Toronto, has something new to add to his portfolio after being selected on Monday as the top male university volleyball player [...]
