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Gryphons Defeat Marauders 3-0

xenie — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:00:11 +0000

The Guelph Gryphon men’s volleyball team dominated the OUA leading, McMaster Marauders in a quick 3-0 match Saturday at McMaster’s W.F. Mitchell Athletic Centre. Set scores were 27-25, 25, 17, and 25-18. The Gryphons move to 10-7 and sit tied for fourth in the OUA with the Windsor Lancers with 20 points, while the Maruaders drop to 13-3 and now sit tied atop the OUA leaderboard with the Western Mustangs with 26 points…

Winston Rosser led the Gryphons with 15 points (14 kills, 1 ace), along with Andrew Revie who won player of the game with 13 points (6 kills, 7 blocks).

The Marauders were led by Jeremy Groenveld (Welland, ON) with 9 points (8 kills, 1 block) as well as Paul Podstawka with 8 points (6 kills, 1 block, 1 ace).

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Maurauders Take Top Spot

xenie — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:00:39 +0000

In a battle for the top spot in the OUA, the two best volleyball teams in the province faced off in Kingston. The McMaster Marauders came out victorious Friday evening with a 3-2 decision over the Queen’s Gaels.

McMaster now has sole position of the top spot in the OUA with 22 points off their 11-2 record while Queen’s drops to 10-3 to sit behind 10-1 Western with 20 points.

The home team opened the evening with a 25-23 win but McMaster climbed back on top with two straight wins in the second and third (20-25, 13-25). The Gaels weren’t about to lose a second match to the Marauders this season and battled their way up to win the fourth by three points, 25-22. The Marauders ended Queens’ comeback efforts in the fifth set with a 15-8 win to take the game and sweep their conference schedule against Queen’s this season.

Shawn Bench (Hamilton) was MAC’s scoring leader, recording 19 points off 15 kills, two aces and four solo blocks. Jeremy Groenveld (Welland, Ont.) also contributed 17 points and 11 kills in the win while Ryan Hudson (Wininpeg, MB) had 38 out of the team’s 42 assists.

Joren Zeeman (Cambridge, Ont.) topped the Gaels’ roster with a game high of 25 points and 21 kills.

Source: Charlotte Peer, Athletic Communications.

Mac Players Face Busy Summer

xenie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:18:12 +0000

Five McMaster Marauders have earned spots on provincial and national men’s volleyball teams this summer.

Left-side hitter Josh Lichty has been selected to Team Canada’s squad which will compete at the Federation de Volleyball Under-21 Men’s World Championships in Pune, India. That event runs from July 31-Aug. 9.

Four other Mac student-athletes are scheduled to represent their respective provinces at the Aug. 15-29 Canada Summer Games in Prince Edward Island. Right-side player Jeremy Groenveld, along with middle blockers Shawn Bench and Tyler Santoni, are on Team Ontario’s roster, while Mac recruit Kevin Stevens has been selected to Team Manitoba.

Mac is the two-time defending Ontario University Athletics volleyball champion.

Marauders’ fourth-place finish at the Canadian university championships this past season was the highest in the program’s history.

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McMaster Finishes Fourth

xenie — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:00:39 +0000

The fourth-place finish by OUA champion McMaster is the best result in the program’s history and the highest finish by an OUA team since Toronto was fourth in 1997-98. The Marauders’ best ranking in eight previous CIS tourney appearances was a fifth position in 1990-91.
“It’s a process. Last year we got here as the OUA champions and we weren’t able to get through that first round. This year we came here and we got through to the semi-final and next year we have to take that next step,” said Marauders head coach Dave Preston.
“I think we gave it everything we had today, I just don’t think we had very much left in the tank. Our spirit got broken against Laval in the semis, and it takes us longer than 18 hours to recover from a broken spirit. Having never played (Brandon) before it was tough because we weren’t familiar with them, but they have everything you need to be a championship team,” added Preston.
Peter Hrkal was the most productive Marauder on offence with 13 kills and only three errors, a performance that earned him McMaster-MVP honours.
Second-team all-Canadian Jeremy Groenveld was held to nine kills and committed seven errors.

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FULL RESULTS

Friday, February 27

Quarter-final #1: Laval 3, Winnipeg 0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-20)
Quarter-final #2: McMaster 3, Thompson Rivers 2 (26-24, 23-25, 25-17, 18-25, 15-12)
Quarter-final #3: Alberta 3, UNB 0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-21)
Quarter-final #4: Brandon 3, Dalhousie 2 (17-25, 26-24, 12-25, 25-21, 15-9)

Saturday, February 28

Consolation #1: Thompson Rivers 3, Winnipeg 0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-20)
Consolation #2: Dalhousie 3, UNB 0 (25-11, 25-21, 25-16)
Semi-final #1: Laval 3, McMaster 2 (25-20, 25-23, 30-28)
Semi-final #2: Alberta 3, Brandon 0 (25-20, 25-14, 25-22)

Sunday, March 1

5th place: Dalhousie 3, Thompson Rivers 2 (25-23, 25-15, 19-25, 18-25, 15-12)
Bronze medal: Brandon 3, McMaster 1 (25-20, 19-25, 25-15, 25-17)
Championship final: Alberta 3, Laval 0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-17)

Canadian Beach Junior Men Fifth

xenie — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:30:14 +0000

McMaster’s Jeremy Groenveld was a member of the Canadian men’s duo who competed at the 2008 FIVB Junior World Beach Championships in Brighton, England in early September. Along with teammate Tom Podstawka they beat teams from Switzerland, Latvia and Finland before finishing fifth in the world.The Canadian duo met with the team from Switzerland in their first match under the rain and howling wind at the Yellowave sports venue….
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