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 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 [...]
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 [...]
The Ryerson Rams women’s volleyball program is pleased to announce its 2011-12 recruiting class.
Georgetown, Ont. native and U23 Team Ontario member Chelsea Jensen will join the Rams as a transfer from NCAA’s Mercyhurst College. She is a former OVA provincial all-star with the Pakmen Volleyball Club, where she was coached by former Rams Head Coach [...]
Gord Grace, Director of Athletics at the University of Windsor is pleased to announce the hiring of Lucas Hodgson as the Interim Head Coach of the Windsor Lancers Women’s Volleyball program. The appointment is effective immediately.
Considered to be one of the top coaches and recruiters in the OUA, Hodgson has served as the head coach [...]
Canadian Interuniversity Sport, in conjunction with Volleyball Canada, announced Wednesday the student-athletes and team personnel who will represent Canada in beach volleyball at the 26th Summer Universiade in August in Shenzhen, China.
Beach volleyball will make its world university games debut in Shenzhen and Canada was allowed to enter the maximum of two pairs in both [...]
Lady Lakers Head Coach Marc LaRochelle is pleased to announce the commitment of Lauren Breadner from Ajax and Heather Thompson from Kitchener to attend Nipissing University in the fall of 2011.
Breadner a 5′10″ left side hitter played her club volleyball for the Durham Attack based out of Oshawa Ontario. In 2010-2011 the Attack captured a [...]
Over the last 3 years, the Windsor Lancers have had a meteoric rise in the Ontario University Association (OUA) with such praises as Williamson being the OUA Player of the Year and All Canadian, retired Coach Huub Kemmere, Coach of The Year in 2009 and a steady line of awards with rookies and play off [...]
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