Archive for February, 2010

Blues Fall to Marauders

Fifth-year rightside hitter Kristina Valjas recorded a game-high 20 kills as the University of Toronto Varsity Blues women’s volleyball team fell 3-2 to the McMaster Marauders in their third annual Cheer Blue, Think Pink game on Sunday, February 7 at Toronto’s Athletic Centre Sports Gym.
Their first loss in eight games, the Blues drop to 12-5 [...]

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Gryphons Defeat Marauders 3-0

The Guelph Gryphon men’s volleyball team dominated the OUA leading, McMaster Marauders in a quick 3-0 match Saturday at McMaster’s W.F. Mitchell Athletic Centre. Set scores were 27-25, 25, 17, and 25-18. The Gryphons move to 10-7 and sit tied for fourth in the OUA with the Windsor Lancers with 20 points, while the [...]

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Thunder Making Some Noise

In three years the Peterborough Thunder Volleyball program has tripled in size and made a name for itself at the provincial rep level.
For the first time the Thunder’s U16 girls side was promoted to play in the Championship Division and hosted the Ontario East Challenge Cup, against 10 other teams, at St. Peter’s Secondary School [...]

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PROfiles John Child

Sports fans love to debate who is the best player of a particular sport. Hockey’s Gretzky, Crosby or Ovechkin? Football’s Montana, Manning or Brady? And basketball’s Jordan, Bryant or James? are all timeless arguments. In volleyball the debate gets even more interesting when you consider two of the best players of all time were teammates [...]

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13U Stingers Mine Medals

Bronze, silver and now gold. Where do the 13U Markham-Stouffville Stingers go next?
This first year team is off to a great start. A few of the girls have played together on their school team, but for the most part this group of energetic, athletic girls is playing together for the first time.
An instant bonding between [...]

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Doris Tops in Blocks

The legacy of Mandi Doris continues to grow at Durham College.
The fifth-year volleyball player from Ajax made history in January, becoming the all-time kills leader in Lords women’s volleyball history with 421. Her mark passed the previous top total of Erin Smith, who had 417.
Durham’s captain set the new mark Sunday January 23, but the [...]

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Sitting Volleyball Making Ready

Canada’s men’s and women’s disabled volleyball teams are currently preparing for the Sitting Pan American Zone Championships sitting volleyball tournament set for March 4-8 in Denver. The three-country event between the Canadians, the U.S. and Brazil is the qualifying tournament for the world championships July 11-18 in Oklahoma City.
At the Pan Ams, Canada must finish [...]

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