A year after reaching the national final for the first time in seven seasons, the Laval Rouge et Or are heading into the CIS men’s volleyball championship as tournament favourites for the first time in a decade.
The seedings were announced Sunday evening for the 2010 CIS tourney set to kick off Friday at Thompson Rivers [...]
The Laval Rouge et Or claimed the gold medal at the 31st annual Excalibur Classic men’s volleyball tournament at York University on Sunday, Jan.10, defeating the Toronto Ruffriders of the Ontario Volleyball Association in dramatic fashion by a 3-1 score. Laval edged Toronto 25-21, 25-22, 18-25, 25-22 to secure the tournament title. The Rouge et [...]
Read More..>>In an “All Ontario” battle, the McMaster Marauders downed the University of Toronto Varsity Blues 3-1 to finish seventh at the 3rd Annual McDonalds International Men’s Volleyball Tournament, held at Thompson Rivers University, BC, this past weekend. The scores were 25-21,25-12,22-25,25-21. The Marauders, ranked fifth in the CIS national rankings wind up at 1 and [...]
Read More..>>The draw has been set for the third annual McDonald’s International Men’s Volleyball Classic Tournament in BC. For the first time, the tournament will feature eight teams.
“We are going to see most of the top teams in the nation,” says Thompson Rivers University WolfPack head coach Pat Hennelly.
The teams involved in this year’s tournament include [...]
Rebecca Glancy says she was “shocked” when her name was announced as MVP of the recent UNB Invitational women’s volleyball tournament.
Varsity Reds’ head coach John Richard was only mildly surprised.
Richard knew he was getting a top-notch recruit the second Glancy, a 6′2″ middle from Toronto, committed to the V-Reds.
Glancy played six years for Durham Attack, [...]
Executive Director of the Ontario Volleyball Association, Orest Stanko was inducted into The University of Toronto Sport Hall of Fame on June 24, 2009. In his 23 seasons as the head coach of the U of T’s Varsity Blues men’s volleyball team, Orest Stanko became the winingest coach in OUA men’s volleyball history.
He guided the [...]
Hamilton’s Daniel Rosenbaum defines scholar-athlete.
The second-year physics and biology major at Queen’s University recorded the highest academic standing of all Gael varsity athletes in his first year — an eye-popping 88 per cent for the science major from Westdale Secondary School.
“Dan is bright and analytical,” said Brenda Willis, coach of the Gaels men’s varsity volleyball [...]
The fourth-place finish by OUA champion McMaster is the best result in the program’s history and the highest finish by an OUA team since Toronto was fourth in 1997-98. The Marauders’ best ranking in eight previous CIS tourney appearances was a fifth position in 1990-91.
“It’s a process. Last year we got here as the OUA [...]
The No. 2-seeded University of British Columbia Thunderbirds repeated as CIS women’s volleyball champions with a spectacular five-set win (25-20, 22-25, 29-27, 20-25, 15-9) over the No. 4 Calgary Dinos, Saturday night, at UNB’s Aitken University Centre.
The Thunderbirds, who ended a 30-year gold-medal drought last season with an equally thrilling five-set, come-from-behind victory over Montreal, [...]
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 [...]
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