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Team Ontario had pretty much dominated in both indoor and beach volleyball this Canada Games. But on the final day of competition of the games both the men’s and women’s teams had to settle for silver medals in indoor finals, to add to the gold medal won by Reid Hall and Adam Podstawka and [...]

Ontario women will face Manitoba early Saturday morning in the gold medal final after beating Alberta easily in straight sets in their semi-final match played earlier Friday. 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-19).
Alberta will now play Nova Scotia for bronze. Nova Scotia had been a surprise standout in this competition, winning three out of four of their [...]

Members of the Queen’s Volleyball teams have helped Team Ontario post a perfect record in the men’s and women’s indoor competitions at the Canada Summer Games.
Niko Rukavina, Dan Rosenbaum and Michael Amoroso played key roles in helping the Ontario men go 5-0 in pool play, losing only 2 sets in the process. In their final [...]

Ontario’s men’s and women’s teams finished first in their pools after Wednesday’s indoor action. Both teams remained undefeated after winning their matches of the day. The women took the minimum three sets to defeat Saskatchewan 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 26-24). The men faced an undefeated Quebec giving up the second set but went on to [...]

Indoor volleyball action began Monday at MacLauchlan Arena in PEI with Team Ontario’s men having an easy time with Yukon their first opponent winning 3-0 (25-10, 25-8, 25-8). Their second match against Saskatchewan went 3-1 with scores that show control of the match but with a lack of concentration in the third set (25-13, 25-17, [...]

The 2009 Canada Summer Games in Charlottetown, P.E.I. will feature Caledon’s Kelly Frittenburg, who is a right side for Team Ontario’s girls’ indoor volleyball team. Though the Games began Saturday Aug. 15, indoor volleyball is scheduled for the second week, from Aug. 24 to 29.
There are two pools of competition, with Team Ontario first competing [...]

Garret May and William Sidgwick were the only Canadian team to advance out of their pool to the first round of the FIVB U19 Youth World Championships in Alayna, Turkey. The 13th seeded team in the tournament, they advanced last Thursday by defeating Louati-Villard from France, the Turkish team of Tayga-Anil and Chow-Del Bianco, the [...]

Reid Hall and Adam Podstawka have been playing together since they first spiked a ball, unique in a sport where switching partners is far from uncommon.
The Ontario twosome capped their flawless week with a gold medal Friday in men’s beach volleyball at the Canada Summer Games, a fitting finale for the longtime friends and teammates.
“They’ve [...]

Look today for TV coverage of the medal matches in Beach Volleyball at the Canada Games in PEI on TSN2. The Ontario men’s team of Hall-Podstawka are heading into the gold medal final undefeated and will play Quebec at 3:15 EST. Men’s bronze precedes it at 2:15 EST  between BC and Manitoba. The women’s bronze [...]

Congratulations to Ontario’s beach teams as both finished top of their respective pools at the Canada Games in PEI. The female duo of Dianne Burrows and Caleigh Whitaker won all of their matches and only gave up a set to New Brunswick in a hard fought match winning the third 16-14 and one to [...]