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Attack Alumni Lead Mac

xenie — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:00:58 +0000

Skelly passing watched by McRobert and Janssen

Congratulations to Durham Attack alumni Kaila Janssen (2007), Shannon McRobert (2008) and Lauren Skelly (2009), who have led McMaster to an 8-1 record going into the Christmas break.

Mac is currently ranked 2nd but with two matches in hand and a win over the leader Waterloo. It’s been an injury-filled fall for the three, with Shannon sidelined for a month (broken ankle), Lauren just recently returning to play after an injury on Team Ontario this past summer, and Kaila with two sprained ankles in between, but Mac has persevered.

Mac, finishing OUA top 2 the past three seasons and with an OUA championship in 2008, resumes play after their Christmas training camp in Florida at the McMaster Invitational.

Petrusma on the attack

On the men’s side, alumnus Shayne Petrusma (2008) has played some great matches for the Mac men, who at one point were ranked #1 in Canada but recently slipped to #4 after a weekend of bad luck.

They are also currently #2 in the OUA, also with an 8-1 record, and also with a game in hand and a win over the leader Western. Mac men have been OUA champions the past three seasons.

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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)

Queens Tops McMaster Men

xenie — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:45:05 +0000

The Queen’s Golden Gaels men’s volleyball team posted a major upset Saturday, knocking off the previously undefeated McMaster Marauders in come-from-behind fashion at a packed Bartlett Gym.
After losing the first two sets against CIS’s third-ranked team, the Gaels (9-2) rallied to record a 3-2 victory (24-26, 15-25, 25-22, 25-9, 17-15) over the Marauders (10-1).
It was a rematch of the past two OUA championships – McMaster won last season, while Queen’s won two years ago.
Read more, Kingston Whig Standard

OUA Womens Preview

xenie — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:22:25 +0000

The 2008-09 Ontario University Athletics women’s volleyball season begins today as 13 teams look to dethrone the McMaster Marauders as OUA champions.
McMaster finished in first place in the OUA West Division with a 16-3 record in 2007-08. The Marauders soared past the Western Mustangs in the quarter-final 3-1, defeated the Ottawa Gee-Gees by a similar score in the semi-final before winning the OUA championship against the Toronto Varsity Blues 3-1. It was no small feat as Toronto had a 17-2 regular season record in the East Division.
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