NEWS RELEASES

WOMENS VOLLEYBALL    ************************************

26/05/04 - Shane Hyde Volleyball BC Coach of the year !
Shane Hyde has been named by Volleyball BC as Coach of the year for BC Colleges and Universities.
A few months ago Shane was named BCCAA coach of the year.
The Womens Volleyball team which he has coached at Malaspina for three years went  18-0 and 54-7 in games won and lost throughout the regular season. At nationals they won silver. This is the third consecutive national silver medal and the sixth consecutive BCCAA gold medal for the team.
Congratulations Shane ... you deserve it!

02/03/04- 2004 AWARD WINNERS

Stephanie Bolin , Alex De Chantal and Jamie Broder were the big winners at the 24th annual Mariner Awards Banquet held at the Coast Bastion on April 2nd. Stephanie and Alex were named athletes of the year and Jamie and Jordan Kinakin (not in photo) received freshman of the year awards.
For a complete listing of winners click here.

11/03/04 -   MARINERS  CAPTURE ANOTHER NATIONAL SILVER

Three consecutive national silver medals and four in the last five years!
A 18-0 in league play ... 2-0 in provincial playoffs ...2-1 at nationals.

Congratulations on another great season!!

11/03/04 -   MARINERS AT NATIONALS.....STEPHANIE is Player of the year

01/03/04 -  MARINERS WOMENS VOLLEYBALL GOLDEN FOR THE SIXTH YEAR
The Mariners defeated Capilano 3-1 to win their sixth straight BCCAA gold medal.

They now head to the Nationals in Toronto next week.

Stephanie Bolin was named tournament MVP and Katie Mason and Janna Schmidt were named to the tournament all-star team.
Men's volleyball had their season come to an end when ....... in the first round they lost to Camosun 3-0.

22/03/04 -  BOLIN CCAA PLAYER OF THE YEAR

24/02/04 - MARINER VOLLEYBALL WINS MAJOR AWARDS.
The BCCAA announced its annual volleyball awards !!
Malaspina wins several of them.

Shane Hyde coach of the womens volleyball team received coach of the year. It was another incredible year for the team going 18 wins and no losses in league play. Congrats Shane.
Stephanie Bolin was named player of the year and a CCAA All-Canadian.
Kathy Anderson  and Katie Mason were both first team all-conference and Johanna Saunders and Alex DeChantal made the second team.
Big weekend ahead for Mariner Volleyball. Playoffs begin thursday for the men when they face Camosun College Chargers. The women receive a first round bye and will play friday. Stay tuned for results!!.

18/02/04 -BCCAA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK ......... STEPHANIE BOLIN 
Congratulations !!

Stephanie was a dominant force in this past weekend's matches keeping Malaspina's undefeated streak at 16-0 in league play. Friday night she had a total of 16 offensive points (12 kills and 4 aces) and 15 digs in 3 games. On Saturday she had 17 offensive points (13 kills and 4 aces) and 12 digs in 3 games.
Stephanie has established herself as one of the top players in the CCAA.

07/01/04 - XMAS CLASSIC WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL ALL-STAR TEAM .
TOURNAMENT RESULTS CLICK HERE

MVP Marie Christine Pruneau (Sher)

1st team

- TIED FOR THE FIRST PLACE

- M's Undefeated on Island Tour
The Mariner womens volleyball team defeated the Capilano Blues on all three meetings by scores of 3-1, 3-0, 3-2.
 

MENS VOLLEYBALL    ************************************

01/03/04 - ALEX  DECHANTAL NAMED CONFERENCE ALL-STAR

In his third and probably final year as a Mariner Alex was recognized by the BCCAA a second team all-conference all-star. He was the only player from the Mariners to receive this status.

20/01/04 - BIG WINS FOR MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
The Mariner Volleyball teams went undefeated this weekend. Coach Chris Densmore is pleased with the start to the second half of the season.The Men's team had a huge win over the COTR Avalanche on Saturday night. A 3-2 win for the M's was the first loss of the season for the Avalanche. This has helped to move the Mariners into the #5 spot of the CCAA national rankings. This friday the M's face island rivals the Camosun College Chargers. Both have identical records of  6-5. Should be a great match !!
The womens team continue to dominate the league with two more wins ...3-1 over OUC and 3-1 over COTR. This puts the M's record at 11-0 and nationally ranked #2

05/01/04 - MEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM GOES 3-2  IN ALBERTA TOURNAMENT
The men's volleyball team returned from the Grant MacEwan Christmas Classic Tournament with wins over Grande Prairie (3-2), Kings University (3-2), and Grant MacEwan (3-0). The M's lost to Mount Royal (3-0) and Red Deer (3-2).

25/11/03-  The Mariners men's team dropped a 3-0 set (17-25, 19-25, 18-25) to Capilano but beat Langara 3-0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-19) Saturday in Vancouver.
Malaspina, with a 4-5 record is two points out of a playoff spot but coach Chris Densmore notes there are some positives.
"Four-and-five is seventh spot but third through sixth place is five-and-four,' he said.
"One solid weekend can jump us up to third sport."
Densmore said his team lacked good decision making against Capilano though Jeff Barth had an awesome performance on a sprained ankle for 1.5 sets.
Barth finished with 12 kills, four digs, one block and one ace.
Trevor Rudniski led the M's against Langara with seven kills, five blocks, three aces and a pair of digs.
"We didn't play great but being nagged with injuries, we still got the job done," said Densmore.
The men's team will be in Alberta for tournament play over the holidays while the women will host the top teams in the country in late December.

25/11/03 - Mariner Volleyball update


16/10/03 - Mariners defeat Camosun in Mill Bay

On Wednesday, October 15th The M's defeated Camosun Chargers three straight (28-26, 25-23, 25-21).
This was the final match of the 2003 Island Tour. Malaspina won two of the three matches on the tour.

29/09/03 - Complete results from 2003 Men's Volleyball Icebreaker Tournament

ISLAND TOUR STARTS WITH A WIN
The Mariner men's volleyball defeated Island rivals Camosun Chargers (3-1) 25-22, 26-24, 24-26, 25-17 in the first match of a three stop island tour. The M's and Chargers were the top two team last season. Looks like another entertaining season ahead. Next match in the Island Tour set for Mill Bay October 15th.

15/10/03 - 2003 ICEBREAKER TOURNAMENT

26/05/03 - MEN'S VOLLEYBALL ADD TO 2003/04 ROSTER
Head Coach of the Mariner Men's Volleyball team is pleased with the talent attending Malaspina next season! A strong core is returning but three top highschool players have been added.

Senior Boys Oct. 11-12
Junior Boys and Girls Sept. 19-20


30/04/03 - FORMER MARINER GIVES YOUNGSTERS A TASTE OF SUCCESS
a nanaimo news bulletin story

17/03/03 - MEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM PLACES FIFTH AT NATIONALS The men opened with a big win over SAIT but lost the semi's to Red Deer and the following match to Camosun. See national website for complete details.
http://www.durhamc.on.ca/nationals/

2002-2003 PROVINCIAL VOLLEYBALL RESULTS HERE .....

25/02/03 - MARINER VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS WIN ALL-STAR and ALL-CANADIAN AWARDS
The Mariner Volleyball teams had several players recognized by the league as ALL-CANADIAN and ALL-CONFERENCE ALL-STARS. Andrew Schopp and Renata Orsagova were the big winners. They were named CCAA All-Canadians ..... the highest honour in CCAA sport. Stephanie Bolin and Avril Smith made the 1st team all-conference and Rob Barcelos was a second team All-Conference. Renata and Andrew on top of everything are the 2002-2003 BCCAA players of the year.

24/01/03 - VOLLEYBALL UNDEFEATED STEAK ENDS

29/01/03 - Andrew Schopp BCCAA Player of the week (Jan. 26th)
Andrew has proven himself to be one of the best hitters in the Province.
This past weekend, Andrew's play was outstanding. On Friday vs Langara, Andrew compiled 9 kills, 2 blocks and 1 ace to help his team to a 3-0 win. On Saturday vs Capilano, Andrew stepped up his game and played a phenomenal match accumulating 2 blocks, 8 digs and an amazing 27 kills in a tight 3-2 loss to the Blues. Andrew did everything he could to help the Mariners but the team came up short against a strong blocking team that had a very successful weekend themselves as Capilano upset the top two teams in the Province, Malaspina in 5 games and Camosun in 5 games.

23/01/03 - LOOKING TO BEAT MAL-U VBALL

GOLF   ************************************************


20/05/04 - Golf Team at NWAACC Championships
The Mariner Golf team looks to shine at the year end championships.
The NWAAC championships will be held in Spokane , Wash on May 22-24.
The M's have played great in their last two tournaments. At the Douglas tourney held back on May 10th the Mariners placed second just 6 shots back. Nick Rose shot a 74 placing him second overall with Alan Dack finishing fifth with a 77.
Brodie Williams has been named to the NWAACC Northwest region All-Star team. He was second overall in the regular season stats shooting a 303 over four rounds.
 

16/06/04 - Golf All-Star

Brodie Williams receives his NWACC Regional All-Star award from (l-r) Kevin Oates, (Brodie), Kerry Davison and Rich Johnston.
Brodie had a great season shooting 303 in four championship rounds ..... we hope he is back with us next year!

29/04/04 - GOLF TEAM PLACES THIRD

Mariners hosted their one and only golf tournament of the year at the Nanaimo Golf Club. Steve Rogerson (photo on right) of Malaspina won the KP and Brodie Williams also from Mal had the longest drive of the day.
The M's were third overall, 7 strokes behind first place Douglas College.
Brodie Williams shot a 73 placing him second and  five shots behind him was our Alan Dack.  The Mariners competed in the Skagit College tournament on April 29th.

Results are unavailable at this moment.

26/03/04 -   MARINER GOLFERS PLAYING GREAT

Nick Rose (right) and Alan Dack (left) led the Mariners to a solid performance in a big US tournament. Both Alan and Nick shot 77-75 to place tied for 9th. The team (best four players) finished fifth out of 16 teams with a two day total of 628. The tournament was held March 21-23 in Blaine , Wash. at the Semiahmoo Resort.
Next Tournament held at the Nanaimo Golf Club April 22nd.

02/10/03 - MARINER GOLFERS OFF TO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ONTARIO
Nick Rose and Dean Smith will be the first ever to represent Malaspina at a National Golf Championships. The 2003 CCAA National Golf Championships is held in Orillia, Ontario October 7-10. For all the details and ongoing results check out the website
http://www.georgianc.on.ca/athletics/golf/

12/05/03 - SOLID SECOND FOR GOLF TEAM
Sean Smith and Darren Hill of the Mariners finished #1 and #2 in the second tournament of the Northeast conference in the NWAACC league.

02/05/03 - MARINER GOLF PLACES SECOND
The first tournament in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) saw the M's place second in Skagit Valley (Washington).
Darrin Hill led the Mariners shooting 78 followed by Sean Smith with a 82.

23/01/03 - GOLF TEAM RESURRECTED AT MALASPINA