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14/04/08 - 2007-08 BANQUET
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The cameras were rolling as Mira Laurence of A-Channel dazzled the crowd emceeing the 28th Annual Mariner Awards Banquet at the Coast Bastion Inn.
NNB story
The Major award winners included Maverick Hatch, Leigh Dreher and Lindsay McLoughlin as Athletes of the year and Patrick McCarthy and Katie Pearson as Freshmen of the year. A Major National award winner was Shane Hyde, being named by the CCAA as Coach of the year Across All Sports. NDN Story.
A few images from the evening PHOTO LINK
Watch the A-Channel feature
CLICK HERE

25/07/08 - JOURNEY MAGAZINE
SEE feature on Mariners page 11

25/03/08 - SUMMER CAMPS
A Channel feature (video)

17/06/08 - 24hr RELAY FOR LIFE!!
Blue Thunder provided support for the Malaspina team enter in the 24hr relay for life . Thunder handed out tattoos and several other treats while cheering of all the participants in this wonderful event.

24/04/08 - WE ARE VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY
Premier Gordon Campbell announced today that Government plans to introduce legislation this session to establish Vancouver Island University as a special purpose, teaching university. Our new university will be named Vancouver Island University. NDN Story

14/03/08 - MALASPINA #1 OVERALL!!
The Malaspina Mariners are celebrating again !!
The 2008 Aggregate award has been awarded to Malaspina for its success in all sports. In 1972 Frank Ney, then Mayor of Nanaimo, donated the impressive totem carving trophy to the BCCAA. Malaspina has now won the award six times.

21/04/08 - TOP TEN REVISED
The Mariners have compiled stats back to the 80's and have created top ten
leaders in each sport. Several 07/08 athletes have crack the all-time Mariners stats leaders. Jessica Stubbs (rebounds), Maverick Hatch (kills), Aileen Holder (digs), Riley Kaminski (digs), Laura Littlejohn (blocks), Maria Kirkbride (points).
For more details see records links on each sports page. d
more recruiting news..

16/05/08 - PRESIDENTS SCHOLARSHIP by Krista Charke NDN
Emily Nicholson is a needle in a haystack for the Mariner women's soccer team.

06/05/08 - Academic Excellence!!
It was close, but the women's basketball team took the top overall academic team honors over the women's soccer team, both teams achieving a B+ average. Once again Jessica Duncan was the top overall student-athlete.
NNB story
A new record, 41 make the academic excellence list. What a great season !
Complete academic excellence list.

04/06/08 - FORMER NBA PLAYER PRACTICES WITH M'S
Ryan Stack formerly of the Cleveland Cavaliers dropped by the Oliver Woods Gymnasium to workout with the Mariners on Tuesday night.
Read More ....

08/03/08 - NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!
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The Malaspina Mariners Women's Volleyball team have won the 2008 CCAA National Championships !!
23 consecutive wins to complete a perfect season. Winning Provincials and Nationals without losing a game. Defeating the hometown Mount Royal
Cougars in the finals
(25-18, 25-9, 30-28) .
NNB 1 Article March 13th
MVP honors went to ASHLEY GREIG , 1st team Tournament All-Star Kylie Crick and 2nd team Leigh Dreher.
NNB 2 Article March 13th
Players of the game .... Ashley (quarters), Kylie (semi), Leigh (finals).
Extreme Joe Shaw TV Video Link
What a year !! Congratulations ....
Note: This is the 11th appearance at nationals for the Mariner Women's Volleyball team. 1gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze
NDN Article (wednesday)
A-Channel report VIDEO
The first gold medal for BC in the 31 year history of CCAA women's volleyball.
NDN Article (monday)

07/03/08 - ALL-CANADIANS ANNOUNCED
Maverick Hatch and Lindsay McLoughlin have been named 2008 CCAA All-Canadians.
An All-Canadian is the most prestigious individual award a collegiate player can receive. Lindsay was also MVP at Provincials and Maverick was a Tournament All-Star at the Provincials, both have been leading the Mariner attack all season.
Congratulations and Let's go for National Gold !!

04/03/08 - VOLLEYBALL TEAMS DEPART FOR NATIONALS
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The Mariner Women's Volleyball team are on their way to Calgary today (see photo) NDN story on Women and the men leave wednesday NDN Story on men.

05/03/08 - MEN'S BASKETBALL ID CAMP
NDN recruiting article
Friday April 11th from 5-8 pm at Mal.
Then on Sat, April 12th for those asked back ...down on the track from 11-1
Please contact Head coach Tony Bryce if you are planning to attend email him at tbryce98@yahoo.com

03/03/08 - FIRST NATIONAL MEDAL OF THE YEAR !!
Megan Yim returns from the 2008 CCAA National Badminton Championships with a Bronze Medal.
Megan defeated the Ontario player 22-20, 21-15.
Mike Clarke and Lena Watt place 5th in the Mixed doubles event.

27/02/08 - BASKETBALL ALL-STARS ANNOUNCED
Malaspina is proud to have 7 BCCAA League All-Stars. The only 1st team All-Star is Maria Kirkbride on the second team Henry Bui, Andrew Kaban and Jessica Stubbs. Making the All-Rookie team are Patrick McCarthy, Jacob Thom and Katie Pearson.
NDN story
Congratulations Mariners !!

20/02/08 - 6 Mariners named BCCAA ALL-STARS
Congratulations to First team All-Stars Leigh Dreher, Laura Littlejohn, Lindsay McLoughlin, Maverick Hatch, Ben Rahier and Second team All-Star Kylie Crick.
Complete list HERE

20/02/08 - A-CHANNEL VIDEO

21/01/08 - WE WIN !!
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Was there any doubt ?? It was all Malaspina on the weekend, winning 3 of the 4 games and filling the gym wild and crazy fans. The live band, face painting and the A-Channel crew made for a night to remember.
NDN news article
ISLAND RIVALRY 2008 was a huge success raising a $1000 dollars for Loaves and Fishes.
Read more...
A-CHANNEL selected a MAL-U student and offered up $100 dollars if he could make a one shot free throw. He made it ...Congrats!!
PHOTO GALLERY link ...... video coming soon.
Complete results and stats below on Dakstats and Cybersport webcasts.
NNB story

23/01/08 - DR. ABE AVENDER TO THE RESCUE
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Malaspina Mariners Athletics Director, Bruce Hunter and Dr. Abe Avender of Island Optimal Health & Performance have signed an agreement that will benefit Mariner Athletes as well as the general student body at Malaspina. Dr. Avender, a Mariner Alumni, and his partner, Dr. Kristen Butler, have just opened Island Optimal Health & Performance in Nanaimo after completing their Chiropractic training in Toronto. The clinic offers full Chiropractic Care, Moksha Hot Yoga, Injury Rehabilitation, Sport Specific Training and much more. According to Hunter, Mariner Athletics is very excited to have Dr. Avender treating the athletes. Abe is a high performance athlete himself; he competed for the Mariners on the Men's Volleyball squad. He has an excellent understanding of athletic injuries and their treatment, said Hunter. Services are available to all Malaspina students at reduced rates.

07/01/08 - FINALISTS IN NANAIMO SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

The Mariners are finalists in four categories of the upcoming 2008 Nanaimo Sports Achievement awards dinner February 2nd at the Coast Bastion Inn. The Mariner Men's volleyball team are up against the Nanaimo Clippers in the team of the year category. Laura Littlejohn and Ryan Thibault of the mariner volleyball teams are finalist for the team athlete of the year award. Partners of the year, last years national bronze medalists Kylee Abrahamson and Megan Yim of the Mariner Badminton team have made the cut.
Good luck to all the finalists !!

07/01/08 - MEN'S BASKETBALL WIN 5 of 6
The Mariners only lost one of six games played over the Xmas break and that was in OT to St Mary's. The M's defeated SAIT, NAIT, QUEST, GRANDE PRAIRIE and KINGS UC.
See team schedule for scores

03/01/08 - 36 MAKE THE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE LIST
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Congratulation to those 36 student-athletes that are on the 2007 Fall Academic excellence list. They achieved a B+ average or higher.
NNB Story
TOP overall student-athlete was from the Women's Basketball team ... JESSICA DUNCAN !
The team with the highest average GPA is WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Complete list (PDF)

10/12/07 - MAL-U GEAR !!
MAL-U toques $14, t-shirts $15 , hoodies $40 !!
Available at the Malaspina bookstore store or
contact Mike Stefan at stefanm@viu.ca

09 /12/07 - NEW YEARS MENS VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
The draw is set for the 8 team tournament January 2-4.
With two teams from Alberta it should be a great one !!
TOURNAMENT DRAW pdf

010/12/07 - MEN'S BASKETBALL GIVE & GO
The GIVE & GO event was held at the Nanaimo Daily News. Donations of clothing, food and gifts were dropped off and the Malaspina Mariner Men's Basketball team assisted with traffic control and the loading of the Salvation Army trucks.
Good job Mariners !!

30/11/07 - MARINER BADMINTON SMASH IT AROUND NANAIMO!!
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The badminton team is active in the Nanaimo elementary schools and surrounding areas, introducing the lifetime sport they love. Just recently they have been at Cedar and Gabriola schools.
The program is called SMASH IT and for more details contact Alf McGuire at 756-0555.

04/12/07 - WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
With the closure of the campus due to snow only four games were played.
NNB article
Game results posted on the cybersport website below.
WEBCAST LINK

28/11/07 - WOMEN'S BASKETBALL EARN NATIONAL RANKING!!
After some big wins last weekend the CCAA has the Mariners #13 in Canada.
CCAA rankings
They take a 5-2 record into the Xmas break.
This weekend they plan on staying sharp by hosting the 3rd annual CBCF women's basketball tournament.

26/11/07 - TWO MARINERS NAMED BCCAA ATHLETES OF THE WEEK!
Congratulation to ANDREW KABAN and MAVERICK HATCH on having an outstanding performance last weekend and being recognized by the league.
Maverick tallied up some great stats contributing in all aspects. On Friday night in a victory over UBC-O on the road, he had 14 kills, 2 blocks, and 8 digs. On Saturday night, Maverick again led the team in a close fought battle to pull out the victory against CNC. His stats were 17 kills, 3 blocks, and 6 digs. He also contributed with his consistent serving. This overall performance shows how Maverick continues to be a dominant force for the Mariners.
Andrew Kaban has been named Mariner Athlete of the week also ... see his details below.

26/11/07 - BEST RESULTS YET!!
The Mariners won seven out of eight games this weekend. On home court the atmosphere in the gym was amazing. PHOTO GALLERY
The electric blue crowd raised the roof as the basketball teams played some great hoops friday night. The women went onto win 54-50 with Maria Kirkbride leading the squad with 13 points and Steph Chow and Jessica Stubbs chipping in 11pts each. Once again Jessica Stubbs dominated the boards with 14 rebounds.NNB story .The Mariner men let one slip away as the Lakers squeeked a one point victory after being down by 10 at the half.
Saturday was all Malaspina!! A 66-60 win for the gals and a 81-66 win for the guys places the M's among the top teams in the province, going into the Xmas break.
NDN Feature (Waylon Swan)
Volleyball was on their lengthy road trip of the year. A visit to the Okanagan and then up to the great white north of Prince George. The women's team kept their undefeated streak alive, but not without a scare from UBC-O. Down 13-9 in the fifth the M's turned it around for a 15-13 win. Saturdays game against CNC went three straight.
The Men defeated UBC-O 3-1 and went the distance with CNC 3-2.
17 kills by Maverick Hatch in the UBC-O Match has him nominated for BCCAA Athlete of the week !!

19/11/07 - WINNING WEEKEND!!
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In Volleyball action the Mariner men and women swept the College of the Rockies and Selkirk College 3-0 and 3-0.
A great crowd was on hand to witness the awesome display by the M's.
Nanaimo News Bulletin Story
Complete stats available below !!
The basketball teams were unsuccessful against the Langara Falcons but rebounded the following day to defeat the Kwantlen Eagles. Stats will be posted soon...
The badminton team placed third at the second BCCAA Tournament of the year hosted at Douglas College. Megan Yim won the women's Singles !! more details. Next badminton event is in January hosted by Capilano and Langara.
This weekend a MAL-U PROGRAM CHALLENGE !!
Win a Party at the Old City Station.
Contact Mike Stefan at 753-3245 local 2773 for details

13/11/07 - Mariners go 6 of 8 for the weekend!!
The women's basketball and volleyball teams went udefeated while the Men's basketball and volleyball teams split.
Maria Kirkbride led the Mariners both days with 20pts vs Cap and 25pts in the Douglas game. Jessica Stubbs almost beat her own record of 26 rebounds (set in 2006) in a single game on Friday night. She owned the boards and hauled down 25 rebounds. She is this weeks Mariner Athlete of the week and has been nominated for BCCAA Athlete of the week.
The Mariner Men suprised many by crushing Capilano on Friday night 111-82. Consistant scoring from Jacob Thom , Ryan Davidson and Graham Giske contributed for over half of the Mariner points. In a hard fought match against a highly ranked Douglas squad the Mariner fell 86-65 in front of a large crowd. This weekend they are on the road to play Lanagar and Kwantlen.

07/11/07 - LET'S GO MARINERS
The first league home games take place this weekend for our basketball teams. LIVE WEBCASTS

women's game vs Cap link
men's game vs Cap link
Mal vs Doug Women Webcast
Mal vs Doug Men Webcast

The MAL-U NATION will be loud and proud ....you can bet on it !!
Photo Gallery from Island Rivalry
BIG GAMEDAY PROMO friday night.
Chuck a Duck for a Buck and you could win a Golf Getaway to Crown Isle.
Daily News Story

07/11/07 - MARINER E-NEWSLETTER (Nov. 6th edition)!!

05/11/07 - VOLLEYBALL WINS !!
The Mariner Volleyball teams defeated the Camosun Chargers on Saturday night. The womens match went four games while the men's was a battle in the fifth 16-14. The previous night both Mariner Basketball teams were defeated by the chargers.
The women lost 67-51 and the men lost 81-78.
Cybersports stats women
Cybersports stats men
On both nights the travelling MAL-U NATION cheered on the Mariners.
Photo gallery and stats coming soon....

24/10/07 - ANNOUNCER AND MASCOT NEEDED .... earn $$$$
Do you have what it takes to be Blue thunder or could you be the next
voice of the Mariners !!
Daily News Story
Make some extra cash friday nights and saturdays.
stefanm@viu.ca

15/10/07 - SOCCER TEAMS
An early 2-0 lead for the Mariner women over the Langara Falcons erroded to a 2-2 tie on Saturday afternoon. On sunday a determined group of mal gals went onto win 3-1 over Douglas College and keep their playoff hopes alive.
The Men had several chances against the Langara Falcons on Saturday but battled to a scoreless tie. The Douglas Royals delivered the M's their fifth loss of the season with the M's failing to score again in a 3-0 game.
Game summary.

17/09/07 - SOCCER TEAMS DROP 3 of 4 GAMES
A difficult road trip for the Mariner Soccer teams resulting in only one win this weekend.
On Saturday the Women lost 1-0 to Langara Falcons and the men lost 3-1. The women lost another game on Sunday by one goal while the Men were victorious winning 2-0 over the Douglas Royals. The Men are currently #4 in the BCCAA standings 3 points out of first and the Women are 7th in the league .
Game Summary

31/08/07 - SOCCER TEAMS CONTINUE TO WIN !!
song VIU Soccer teams destroyed the Skagit Valley Cardinals on Thursday, August 30th on the Mariner Field. The Women started things off with a 12-0 win followed by a 7-1 for the Mariner Men. The Mariner Soccer teams begin their league schedule on the Mariner Field Sept 8 and 9th.
PHOTO GALLERY

26/08/07 - MARINERS 5-1 WINNERS !!
connor After getting spanked by UVIC on thursday 6-0 and receiving numerous injuries the men rebounded with a gutsy effort against Pennisula College on sunday winning 5-1. Chad Allwood scored a hat trick with Mike Warren and Scott Hobson tallying with a goal each. Conner Malbon, Jesse Winter and Kyle Phillips had outstanding games. Our next game is Thursday 2 pm at Mariner field against Skagit Valley from Mount Vernon, Washington.
The womens team were also victorious with a 5-0 win over the Div 1 Nanaimo women's team last week. The Mariner women's team also plays Skagit on Thursday with their game going at 12noon.

27/02/08 - BASKETBALL SEASON ENDS
The Mariner Women played for the Bronze Medal at the BCCAA Championships, but the UBC-O Lakers were the eventual winners of the Bronze. The lakers won 74-69 and Maria Kirkbride was the player of the game for the M's !!
NDN Story
The Mariner women defeated Capilano 78-73 in the first round and lost to the Camosun Chargers 74-62 with Steph Chow being named player of the game .

In their first game, the men suffered a one point 68-67 loss after battling back from a 10 point deficit at the half. ANDREW KABAN was the player of the game.
PROVINCIALS WEBSITE LINK

04/02/08 - PERFECT WEEKEND FOR BASKETBALL!!
Four more wins for the basketball program. The women improved their record to
8-5 with a 68-52 win over Langara and a 66-43 win over Kwantlen. The Men are also 8-5 now with a 76-63 win over Langara and a 71-44 thumping on the Kwantlen Eagles.
rose On Friday the night a special treat for the women ...
roses for all at the end of the evening .
THANKS TURLEYS FLORIST. Only three games remain in league play. This weekend they are on the road to Prince George UNBC and Okanagan UBC-O.
NDN Story.

21/11/07 - BIG BASKETBALL WEEKEND!!
pearson Nationally ranked UBC-O and UNBC are in town this weekend and with a couple victories our Mariners could be nationally ranked next week. This will be the last league games before the Xmas break soooo ...... make your way out to the games!!
Nanaimo News Bulletin Story
Congratulation to Jessica Stubbs she leads the league in rebounds. She has hauled down 69 rebounds in league play thats almost 14 a game. Maria Kirkbride is second in scoring averaging 17 a game, while on the men's side Andrew Kaban is 3rd with 19 a game.

27/11/07 - 3rd Annual CBCF BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Bulletin News Feature
The 3rd Annual Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Womens Basketball tournament is set for Nov. 30 - Dec. 2nd. Nanaimo Daily News Story Last year the team raised over $600 for the CBCF. DONATIONS can be made ONLINE this year . CLICK HERE
Visiting teams include Whatcom, Peninsula, Yakima, Quest, Capilano, Langara and Camosun.
Tournament Schedule

15/10/07 - WOMEN'S BBALL
With several players missing from the Mariner roster the Camosun Chargers had their way with the M's going onto a 30 point victory. JESSICA STUBBS led the way for the M's with 12 points. Next home game will be on the 27th when Edmunds College from Wash. State are in town.
Friday's Webcast

21/04/07 - WOMEN'S BASKETBALL BUILD 07-08 ROSTER!!
richelle RICHELLE RAFNKJELSON (left photo) from the Campbell River Tyees will join the Mariners in September 07. An All-Star at the North Island's and Island Basketball Championships in 2007.

She will also shine in the classroom at MALU as she brings a strong academic backgound with her. A honor role student that has won numerous awards for academic excellence.

KATIE PEARSON
A point guard from Ladysmith has led the 49'ers in scoring , averaging 21 points a game and picking up numerous MVP awards. This diverse , disciplined athlete has managed to maintain a spot on the honour roll from grades 8-12. Katie has been recognized with various service awards in her five years of highschool.

19/02/08 - BASKETBALL OFF TO PROVINCIALS IN PG
Next week the men's and women's team will compete in the 2008 Provincial Championships in Prince George. They will both be seeded fourth and play the fifth seed. The men face CBC Bearcats and the women are up against Capilano Blues.
NDN story. Our men finished the season with a 10-6 record and the women 9-7.
For info on the BCCAA Basketball championships CLICK HERE
NNB story

10/02/08 - BASKETBALL RETURNS HOME WITH BIG WIN!!
The long roadtrip to Kelowna and then PG produced only one win, but a big one.
A 82-78 win over the nationally ranked UBC-O lakers has the M's firmly in fourth in the league with one game remaining at home this weekend versus CBC. Against UNBC the M's lost a close one 63-60.
NDN Pat McCarthy feature
The women lost 66-57 to UBC-O and 76-58 to UNBC. The women need a win this weekend when they face the 0-14 CBC Bearcats. The M's are 8-7 in fifth place and rival teams both have two games this weekend.
See ya at the games ...GO MARINERS !!

On Friday the night a special treat for the women ...
roses for all at the end of the evening .
THANKS TURLEYS FLORIST. Only three games remain in league play. This weekend they are on the road to Prince George UNBC and Okanagan UBC-O.
NDN Story.

21/01/08 - WE WIN !!
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24/11/07 - SURPRISE RETURN FOR GISKE by Krista Charke NDN
Graham Giske is happy to be back on the hardwood after almost being
robbed of his final year of college hoops.
The 23-year-old, fifth-year guard for the Malaspina Mariners men's basketball team feels like he's back to 100% after being sidelined for more than six weeks after he hyper-extended his knee in practice in September. Read More ...

04/10/07 - MEN'S BASKETBALL
Carson Williams feature in the Daily News.
Daily News story

08/10/07 - ALUMNI GAME Liam Sullivan

The Mariners were down 14-6 early in the first quarter with Liam Sullivan draining threez like he did over 10 years ago. The M's recovered to take a five point lead to the dressing room at the half. Ryan Davidson went on to lead the M's to a 100-88 win with 18points to his credit. Dave Bains paced the Alumni squad with 22pts followed by former All-Canadian jason Hubbs with 18. See all the game stats on cybersports below ...
LIVE WEBCAST

22 /08/07 - NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME !!
The Malaspina Men's basketball team has a challenging pre-season with a game against NCAA University of Idaho Vandals on September 3rd at Douglas College 11:30am followed by games against CIS schools UVIC, UCFV and TWU.
Daily News Story

17/08/07 - BASKETBALL CAMPS
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A great week of hoops ... See ya next year !!
Next week Volleyball camps.
Photo Gallery

08/05/07 - MVP OF PROVINCIALS JOINS MARINERS
MVP of the 2007 BC AAA Sr Boys High School Championships, PATRICK MCCARTHY has signed on with Mariners for the upcoming season. Pat played his high school ball with the AAA provincial champion Dover Bay Dolphins.
He averaged 20 points a game at the BC's.
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Daily News feature

Pat is a 6'7" forward that will be a huge addition to the Mariner front line. Pat has been extremely well coached over the past few years (by former Mariner coach Mark Simpson), and is about as fundamentally sound as it gets. You put his work ethic and energy with it, and you have yourself an impact type player.
The best thing about him is you know what you are going to get every single night.
Pat had options, but has decided to stay home for school and play in front of family and friends for a year or two, then re-evaluate his options from there...and we could not be happier. He is a top academic student as well, and comes from a great family. We are more than excited to have such a character young man join our program.

01/05/07 - M's RECRUIT TOP BBALL ALL-STAR
Verbally committed to Malaspina Men's Basketball is JACOB THOM a 6"1" point Guard from the Prince Rupert Rainmakers. Jacob was a first allstar at the "AA" High School Provincials and a MVP in the North West Zone "AA" Championships.

Jacob is a solid all around point guard that really does a little bit of everything. He is a great passer in the open floor, and has the ability to make those around him better in the half court. He can also score, rebound and defend. This young man almost averaged a triple double at this years AA championships...which is almost unheard of. He is very long, with a 6'6" wing span, which helped him win the top defender at the tournament as well.
Daily News story
As Jacob continues to fill out and grow as a player, I expect great things from him. He is what I call a "basketball junkie" (loves to be in the gym), so the sky could be the limit for this young man. After watching Jacob several times over the course of the season, I personally feel he is one of the top high school point guards in all of the province this recruiting year. I am extremely excited to have him on board, and look forward to watching him grow as a player, and leader. Comments by Tony Bryce Head Coach

04/03/08 - FORMER MARINER WINS CIS NATIONALS WITH UBC T-BIRDS!!
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Jamie Broder a former Mariner, playing 3 seasons from 2003-06, won the CIS women's Volleyball National Championship this past week with the UBC Thunderbirds. She was also named a 1st team tournament All-Star. The T-Birds, ranked 4th won the championship in thrilling fashion 20-18 in the fifth over Montreal Carbins ranked #2. The previous day in the semi's the T-Birds rallied from 2 games down and 1-6 in the fifth to defeat the defending champions from Alberta.
Congratulations Jamie ... we are proud of ya !!

18/02/08 - NOT ONE BUT TWO ELITE SETTERS COMING TO MAL
The Malaspina Mariners are very excited to announce the signing of two very outstanding setters for the 2008/09 season. full story

17/02/08 - UNDEFEATED season for WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
The women's volleyball went a perfect 18-0 this season and enter this weekends BCCAA provincials championships seeded #1 and defending champions.NNB Story .The Mariner men finished the season with a 14-4 record and seeded #2 in the provincials....they are also defending champions. The men will play their first match at 3:00pm friday followed by the Mariner women at 6:00pm.
Click BCCAA logo above for more complete schedule. NDN Story

10/02/08 - WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL REMAIN PERFECT!!
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At 16-0 they have two games remaining in the regular season. A solid 3-0 win over the UBC-O Lakers on friday night and a thumping of CNC on saturday has the M's set for an undefeated season.
NDN story
The women's volleyball team has had 5 undefeated regular seasons, the most recent being 03-04.
PHOTO GALLERY
The Men's team also had a productive weekend disposing of a worthy opponent the UBC - O Lakers in 4 games. CNC's men's team were a no show and therefore defaulted the match. Our men are now 13-3 and 1st place in the league is up for grabs in this final week of league play. Three teams have a 13-3 record and the M's face one of them this weekend. See the BCCAA league standings for all the details.

28/01/08 - CLEAN SWEEP FOR VOLLEYBALL
The Mariners dominated the Capilano Blues and the Douglas Royals winning all four matches 3-0 . Our women's team remain undefeated at 12-0 and the men are 10-2.
For some strange reason the whole Capilano Blues women's Volleyball team joined the MAL-U NATION by purchasing the Nation T-shirt (see photo on left)??
Lindsay McLoughlin led the attack both days with 16 kills against Cap and 10 versus Douglas. Leigh Dreher had 13 digs on Friday night and on Saturday it was Aileen Holders leading the way with 12 digs.
See Dakstats for more details.
NDN article
Steve Clements was the go to guy on Friday with 14 kills and then it was Maverick's turn on Saturday with 10.
PHOTO GALLERY from recent games.
ON THE ROAD ...the Basketball teams managed only one victory on the weekend. A two point win over Capilano was huge !! Our women's team could only score 26 points versus Douglas putting them in a battle for a playoff spot.

25/01/08 - VOLLEYBALL CLINIC
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Laura Littlejohn and Britt Grydeland visited Chase River Elementary to work with the grade seven girls volleyball team. The Chase River team is preparing for the district playoffs and the Mariner players gave some insight on what it takes to compete. Next clinic is being planned for Hammond Bay boys team. Mariner Basketball hopes to do the same when the upcoming elementary basketball season begins in February.