Incoming Varsity Blues women’s volleyball players Olivia St. Jean and Charlotte Sider have been named members of the Team Ontario roster that will compete at the 2010 National Team Challenge Cup (NTCC), July 20-25, in Winnipeg, Man.
A member of the 2010 OFSAA volleyball championship team from Louis-Riel High School, St-Jean was named the most valuable [...]
Ontario men’s top volleyball recruit Garrett May has committed to the Western Mustangs. May, from Toronto, describes himself as a “very competitive” athlete.
Western men’s volleyball head coach Jim Sage said May will make an immediate impact.
“He’s one of the top recruits in Canada. We are counting on Garrett to make a contribution for many years [...]
The North Bay Wildcats under-15 boys’ volleyball team shocked the province over the weekend with an appearance in the gold-medal game at the Ontario Volleyball Association Championships at RIM Park in Waterloo.
In its first year of existence, the Wildcats entered the provincials ranked 15th out of 42 clubs, with a goal of staying in the [...]
Gabe deGroot has found volleyball success in some unlikely places. After growing up in Langley BC and playing for the local Fraser Valley Volleyball Club and Surrey’s Fraser Valley Christian Falcons, deGroot headed to Edmonton to play for The King’s University College Eagles in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference. He spent three years with the [...]
Read More..>>The men’s volleyball team finished their run at the national championships in style Sunday, defeating the Thompson Rivers WolfPack in the fifth-place game. Queen’s won the first set 25-23, then lost the next two 15-25 and 21-25 before bouncing back to win the fourth set 25-18 and the decisive fifth set 15-13.
Thompson Rivers head coach [...]
In Hamilton at McMaster University, Queen’s Gaels completed an exciting men’s volleyball OUA Final Four tournament on Saturday winning a five set thriller over the Guelph Gryphons in the championship match 25-22, 17-25, 17-25, 25-22, 15-13. It is the third Gaels men’s volleyball conference title in five years.
Joren Zeeman recorded 24 points for Queen’s; Bryan [...]
Dustin Reid has a passion for volleyball, and his peers know it. The 35-year-old former resident of Orono was named Coach of the Year for the East division of the Ontario University Association (OUA), an honour bestowed on him by his fellow university coaches.
Reid just completed his first full season leading the Ryerson Rams women’s [...]
Once again, the sporting gods throw McMaster a karmic curveball.
In a fitting twist to the OUA volleyball campaign, the Marauders will meet the Guelph Gryphons in their semi-final encounter this Friday, March 5. The Gryphons have been a perpetual thorn in Mac’s side this season, beating the OUA leaders in both of their previous games [...]
Queens University punched in its ticket to this weekend’s conference Final Four men’s volleyball tournament eliminating the University of Toronto Varsity Blues 25-15, 25-14, 27-25 on Friday night in OUA Conference quarterfinal action.
The Gaels, vying for their third Ontario university title in five years, were led by Joren Zeeman with 15 points, one of [...]
In the 2007-2008 OUA championship final it was the McMaster Marauders defeating the Varsity Blues at the University of Toronto. The Blues returned the favour Saturday night at McMaster’s Burridge Gym, sweeping the OUA final 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-19). They are heading west to the University of Alberta in Edmonton to compete for the CIS [...]
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