Marauder Men Seek Revenge

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 [...]

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Queens Heads to Final Four

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 [...]

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Blues Fall to Marauders

Fifth-year rightside hitter Kristina Valjas recorded a game-high 20 kills as the University of Toronto Varsity Blues women’s volleyball team fell 3-2 to the McMaster Marauders in their third annual Cheer Blue, Think Pink game on Sunday, February 7 at Toronto’s Athletic Centre Sports Gym.
Their first loss in eight games, the Blues drop to 12-5 [...]

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Maurauders Take Top Spot

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 [...]

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Pepperdine Tops at McDonalds

In an “All Ontario” battle, the McMaster Marauders downed the University of Toronto Varsity Blues 3-1 to finish seventh at the 3rd Annual McDonalds International Men’s Volleyball Tournament, held at Thompson Rivers University, BC, this past weekend. The scores were 25-21,25-12,22-25,25-21. The Marauders, ranked fifth in the CIS national rankings wind up at 1 and [...]

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My Jamaica

The volleyball career of McMaster University graduate Parrish Offer has taken him from Kingston, Ontario, to Kingston, Jamaica.
The former Marauders captain was scheduled to leave in May for the Jamaican capital, where he’ll play for that country’s national team.
Offer was born in Kingston, Ontario, 24 years ago. And before beginning his outstanding career with [...]

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Making the Best of a Bad Break

Three days before leaving to try out for Canada’s junior volleyball team, Josh Lichty’s hopes were dealt a crushing blow.
The 20-year-old St. Catharines native discovered the suspected shin splints that were bothering him was really a stress fracture in his left tibia, the inner bone of two bones extending from the knee to the ankle.
Doctors [...]

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Mac Athletes Get Inside Track

One of Sarah Kiernan’s first steps toward a dream of representing Canada on home turf in 2015 was in unique circumstances — underwater and on a treadmill.
The McMaster University volleyball player is an example of an athlete who has the latest conditioning and rehabilitation facilities and expertise provided through Ontario’s Quest for Gold program.
And she’ll [...]

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