Rudy Verhoeff of Calgary led all scorers with 26 points on Monday as the Trinity Western University Spartans from Surrey, B.C., defeated Iran’s Parkan Club 25-23, 18-25, 17-25, 25-18, 15-6 on Monday at the FIVB Club World Championships in men’s volleyball.
The Spartans even their round robin record at 1-1 to remain in contention for a [...]
The Western Mustangs won their second straight Ryerson Rams Invitational Tournament title on October 2nd at Kerr Hall Gymnasium, defeating the Windsor Lancers in three straight sets (25-17, 25-17, 29-27) in the championship match.
Matthieu Poulin led the way with 11 kills, while teammate Alan Screaton picked up eight kills for the Mustangs. Jimmy El-Turk and [...]
The Trinity Western University Spartans, the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) men’s volleyball champions, will represent Canada at the eight-team FIVB Club Championships set for October 8-14 in Doha, Qatar.
Canada is in pool A with clubs from Poland, Russia and Iran. Pool B clubs are from Italy, Egypt, Brazil and Qatar. Italy’s Trentino BetClic’s, which includes [...]
The University of Guelph women’s volleyball team experienced a rollercoaster day in splitting 2 matches at the Universite de Montreal Carabins Invitational on Saturday September 24th, 2011. In the Gryphons first match of the day, the team struggled mightily with unforced errors in dropping a 3-0 decision to McGill with scores of 25-21, 25-13 and [...]
Read More..>>Former CIS All-Canadian John Barrett has been appointed interim head coach of the Varsity Blues men’s volleyball team.
Barrett first joined the program in 2006 as assistant coach while serving on the national team selection committee and coaching at the National Beach Volleyball Practice Centre.
“I am grateful for this coaching opportunity,” said Barrett. “It is a [...]
Canada’s search for its third Universiade medal in men’s volleyball came to a disappointing end on Monday evening as the red and white team dropped a 3-1 (25-20, 25-15, 19-25, 25-19) decision to Brazil in the third-place match.
Despite the loss, the Canadians bettered their sixth position from the last world university games in 2009 in [...]
The Canadian men’s volleyball team booked its ticket to the semifinals at the 26th Summer Universiade thanks to a come-from-behind, four-set win over South Korea on Friday afternoon at the Shenzhen Gymnasium.
After finishing atop the Pool A standings with a perfect 4-0 record, the Canadians downed their South Korean rivals 22-25, 25-23, 25-16, 25-21 to [...]
Canada’s men’s volleyball team continued to roll on Wednesday night at the 26th Summer Universiade, finishing Group A competition with a perfect 4-0 record after downing Australia 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-20).
Canada has completely dominated their group opponents, also beating Switzerland, China and Norway, while only dropping one set over four games under the guise of [...]
Caleigh Whitaker of Sharon, Ont., and Kristina Valjas of Toronto remain undefeated through pool play in women’s beach volleyball at the World University Games in Shenzhen, China.
The Canadians downed China 2-1 (19-21, 21-16, 15-9) to close the preliminary round with a 3-0 mark. The Canada 2 team of Kristina Vlcek of Toronto and Becky Billings [...]
Close to a hundred Canadian student-athletes got their first taste of the 26th Summer Universiade on Monday morning when the country’s flag was officially raised at the Athletes’ Village in Shenzhen, China.
The Summer Universiade is the second largest multisport event in the world, trailing only the Olympics. Close to 9,000 athletes from over 150 countries [...]
