It’s not often that the biggest win of a player’s career is followed closely by the seemingly radical decision to change playing partners, but that’s exactly what Sam Schachter was faced with late last year.
The monumental victory came Sept. 19 in the World Junior Beach Volleyball Championships in Alanya, Turkey. Schachter and Garrett May, both [...]
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 [...]
HALIFAX – Top-seeds Victoria Altomare and Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto won the silver medal in women’s competition on Sunday to conclude the FIVB under-21 world beach volleyball championships.
In the women’s final, Altomare and Humana-Parades, seeded number-one, lost 21-16, 14-21, 15-11 to eighth seeds Nina Betschart and Joana Heidrich of Switzerland.
The Canadian pair started the tournament [...]
HALIFAX – After starting the tournament with two losses, top-seeds Victoria Altomare and Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto are headed to the women’s gold medal match at the FIVB world under-21 beach volleyball championships.
On the men’s side, Garrett May and Danny Demyanenko of Toronto advanced to the bronze medal match.
Altomare and Humana-Parades posted two thrilling wins [...]
Number-one seeds Garrett May and Danny Demyanenko of Toronto posted victories in their opening two matches in men’s round robin play on Thursday to open the 25-country under-21 world championships in beach volleyball.
Fiodar Kazhamiaka of Waterloo, Ont., and William Sidgwick of Toronto also won twice.
May, who won the under-21 world title last year with Sam [...]
Garrett May won’t have the element of surprise on his side this time.
The Toronto teen shares the No. 1 men’s seed at this week’s FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch junior world championships in Halifax but he’s also breaking in a new partner and wearing a big bull’s-eye as the defending champ that everyone’s gunning for.
“I can’t [...]
Headlining the major awards was 2010-11 Player of the Year Kyle Williamson (Essex, Ont.). The third-year outside hitter for the Windsor Lancers ranked first in kills this season in the OUA with 260, averaging 3.71 per game. His points per game averaged 4.36 with 19 aces and 44 blocks over the course of the season. [...]
Read More..>>The Halifax Waterfront, Canada was announced as the venue for the 2011 SWATCH FIVB Junior World Championships, due to be held from August 30-September 4, at a press conference held at the Delta Halifax, Canada on Tuesday.
The five day tournament will see over 400 delegates and athletes from more than 30 countries in Halifax for [...]
It’s been over 30 years since the Western Mustangs have been crowned Ontario University Athletics (OUA) champions in men’s volleyball. But incoming freshman Garrett May has his sights set even higher.
“I want to eventually win a CIS championship,” said the 18-year-old, who was recruited heavily by several Canadian universities.
And why not? The Toronto native knows a [...]
Garrett May and Sam Schachter, both of Toronto, defeated second-seeds Alvaro Filho and Vitor Felipe of Brazil 21-23, 21-16, 15-13 to win the gold medal on Sunday at the world junior championships in beach volleyball.
It is Canada’s first medal in the 10-year history of the tournament.
“It feels incredible,” said May, 18, about winning the 78-team [...]
