The UBC Thunderbirds men's volleyball team will have a unique test against a familiar face on Easter Friday at the Richmond Oval as head coach Richard Schick's crew will play an exhibition match against Canada's national men's sitting volleyball team, captained by former Thunderbird Austin Hinchey.
The WolfPack are pleased to announce that 6’7” outside hitter Joshua Mullaney (pronounced Muh-Lane-ee) of Calgary, Alberta has joined the CIS program effective September.
Mullaney will be graduating this June from Centennial High School and will be taking courses at TRU geared to a achieving a Bachelor of Business Administration.
The University of Alberta Golden Bears hope to repeat as CIS men’s volleyball champions for the second time in program history later this week when the top eight teams in the country gather in Saskatoon for the 2015 national tournament.
EDMONTON - For the second-straight year, the University of Alberta Golden Bears claimed Canada West gold over the Trinity Western University Spartans, this time by virtue of a four-set win win (26-24, 25-20, 25-27, 25-20) to defend their title on Saturday night at the Saville Community Sports Centre.
EDMONTON – Sebastien Steigmeier and Sam Tuivai combined for 31.5 points to lead the Brandon University Bobcats to a 3-0 win (25-23, 25-16 and 25-18) over the UBC Thunderbirds, and the Canada West bronze medal during the conference Final Four third place game on Friday night at the Saville Community Sports Centre.
Three of the top four teams in the country in both men’s and women’s volleyball will be in Edmonton as the Alberta Golden Bears & Pandas host the conference finale.
In a clash of two provincial rivals playing in a classic battle with a ticket to Final Four on the line, the Brandon Bobcats picked up a huge win, beating the Winnipeg Wesmen 3-1(25-22, 17-25, 25-23, 25-17) Saturday night.
WINNIPEG – The University of Manitoba Bison men’s volleyball team closed their 2015 post-season with a hard-fought loss in four sets to the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds at Investors Group Athletic Centre Saturday night.
The Brandon Bobcats had match-point early but couldn’t finish, but it didn’t matter as the Bobcats hung on and beat the Winnipeg Wesmen in five sets 3-2 (26-24, 25-20, 27-25, 16-25, 15-13) to force game three in the best-of-three Canada West Quarter Final.
LANGLEY, British Columbia -- The No. 3 Trinity Western Spartans advanced to the Canada West Final Four for the sixth straight year after claiming a 3-0 win (26-24, 25-20, 25-14) over the No. 10 Thompson Rivers WolfPack in Game 2 to sweep their Canada West Quarter-Final best-of-three series Friday night at the Langley Events Centre.
The #4 ranked Brandon Bobcats welcomed the #7 ranked Winnipeg Wesmen, but the Wesmen played like the higher ranked team, sweeping the Bobcats 3-0 (25-22, 26-24, 25-18) in Thursday’ s Canada West quarter final match.
It’ll be a battle between the two hottest teams in Canada West as the No. 3 Trinity Western men’s volleyball team opens the playoffs this Thursday in a conference quarter-final best-of-three series against No. 10 Thompson Rivers at the Langley Events Centre.