Not resting for a moment on the laurels of guiding his Marauders to a CIS silver medal, McMaster men’s volleyball coach Dave Preston is thrilled to announce the commitment of highly-touted recruit Brandon Koppers, who will join the Maroon this fall.
Considered one of the top graduating players in Ontario, Koppers received recruiting interest from schools [...]
The Ryerson Rams men’s volleyball team is pleased to announce three new additions to the squad for next season, joining already committed Brett Whitley and Adam Anagnostopoulos. The new recruits are Will Otten, Anthony Cicchi, and Kendrick Kerr.
Will Otten
Hometown: Delaware, Ont.
High School: Medway H.S.
OVA Club: London Fire
Position: Left/Right side
Captain of his high school club, Otten [...]
York University Lions women’s volleyball player Melissa Humana-Paredes and partner Taylor Pischke will represent Canada in beach volleyball at the 27th FISU Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, in July after winning the Canadian trials.
Humana-Paredes and Pischke the defending Canadian national champions, went undefeated in five matches and never gave up more than 15 points in [...]
McMaster women’s volleyball coach Tim Louks has scored a recruiting coup, with the commitment of Canadian national beach team member Sophie Bukovec, who will don Maroon for her indoor career.
Standing 6-foot-2, Bukovec has represented Canada at the U19 World Championships in Cyprus and the U21 World Championships in Halifax. She is currently training for an [...]
The Western Mustangs are pleased to announce the hiring of Melissa Bartlett as the head coach of the Mustangs women’s volleyball program. Bartlett takes over for David Edwards who announced his retirement last month.
“I am thrilled to be bringing my passion and knowledge of the game of volleyball to the next chapter of Mustangs Volleyball [...]
She digs it.
In 2011-2012 Meagan Nederveen was named OUA Libero of the Year (recording 295 digs).
And last month the defensive specialist was named the 2012-2013 recipient of the OUA Award of Merit, which recognizes excellence in the classroom, outstanding court play, and altruistic community service.
At the CIS Volleyball Championship Banquet in Sherbrooke, Nederveen was honoured [...]
This weekend saw a lot of “firsts” accomplished by former Maverick Volleyball Club alumni.
On the women’s side, it was the first time the Club had 10 former Maverick female alumni at the CIS Championships. The former Maverick players were: Sophie Carpentier (Trinity Western), Vicky Savard and Gabrielle Vallee-Vachon (Montreal) and for the University of Ottawa: [...]
CIS Men’s Volleyball Championship:
The fifth-seeded Laval Rouge et Or claimed their fourth national title, their first in their own building Sunday evening, defeating the No. 3 McMaster Marauders in four sets of 26-24, 22-25, 25-22 and 25-21 at the CIS men’s volleyball championship at PEPS Stadium, in Quebec City.
Laval grabbed their first Tantramar trophy since [...]
Women’s OUA Volleyball Championship:
Despite a thrilling comeback effort, the York University Lions women’s volleyball team fell just short in the OUA gold medal game on Saturday (Feb. 22), losing in heartbreaking fashion to the Ottawa Gee-Gees 3-2 in front of a boisterous crowd at the Tait McKenzie Centre.
Earlier in afternoon, the fifth-seeded Toronto Varsity Blues [...]
The Guelph Gryphons men’s volleyball team toppled the OUA No.3 Western Mustangs on February 10th, 3-0. The win puts the Gryphons at a final record of 6-12 to place eighth in the OUA, failing to make the playoffs while the Mustangs drop to 13-5. Set scores were 25-22, 25-21 and 31-29.
Winston Rosser (Whitby, ON) topped [...]
