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NEWS RELEASES ... ARCHIVES 2008-09

20/04/09 - SUMMER CAMP INFO!!
Details on camps
SOCCER, BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL CAMPS
Get out and get active this summer with Mariner Summer Camps!
Our camps are open to all skill levels and a variety of age groups.
All camps are led by the VIU Mariner Head Coaching staff which will enhance your child’s experience. Participants are grouped by skill level so every camper benefits.
Camps focus on individual development, team play, sportsmanship and much more! Call 250-740-6418.
The all day basketball camps feature early drop-off 8:30pm and late pick-up 4:30pm
plus a variety of activities in the afternoon. Read more in the NDN

Registration Form for Basketball and Volleyball (pdf)

12/06/09 - "GREAT WALK" for Basketball Coaches!!
Read it in the NDN

11/05/09 - NEW LOOK MARINER WEBSITE
A new look for the Mariners website is in the works and coming this fall we plan to launch the new site!! With increasing demands on websites its time to redesign and accomodate all the latest features such as video and webcasts. We will expand on our alumni, THE NATION and community pages in an effort to connect better with the public/sponsors and students...stay tuned for further updates !!

11/05/09 - 25 NATIONAL SCHOLAR AWARDS
The VIU Mariners are nominating 25 student-athletes for the 2009 Canadian Colleges’ Athletic Association (CCAA) Scholar awards.
Each VIU athlete has met the criteria of a 7.5 GPA or higher for the year and competed in a CCAA sport in the 2008-09 season.
“We are extremely proud of our  athletes and the dedication it takes to achieve such great marks and compete on a varsity team, ” comments Bruce Hunter , VIU Athletic Director.
Having 26 CCAA scholar athletes will surely rank VIU amongst the tops in the country for this award !! List (PDF) of those nominated.

28/04/09 - BASKETBALL BC AWARD
Tony Bryce humbled by BC Coaching award ... read more in the NDN

28/04/09 - ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE LIST
Once again the Mariners have put in a solid effort in the classroom earning 32 student-athletes recognition on the 2009 Spring Academic Excellence list.
Congratulation to the WOMEN'S BASKETBALL team for achieving the top team GPA and LUKE COUTURE of the Badminton team for the top student-athlete GPA !!
Academic Excellence List



16/04/09 - MARINERS ATHLETICS RANKED BEST IN BC!
Read more in the NAVIGATOR

07/04/09 - MARINERS CELEBRATE 08/09!
The 2008/09 VIU Mariner Awards and Wall of Fame dinner was held last night at the Coast Bastion Inn. Major award winners included JACOB THOM and BRITTANY KNIEVEL as athletes of the year , EMILY NICHOLSON and LENNART DOBRAVSKY as freshman of the year. Just recently announced ... four mariners were named CCAA Academic All-Canadian , they are Scott Weninger, Andrea Strebel, Lennart Dobravsky, Andrew Kaban.
Read more in the NNB.
Also men's basketball coach Tony Bryce was just selected as the recipient of the Basketball BC College Coaching Award of Excellence and will be acknowledged at the 2009 Basketball BC awards and hall of fame dinner later this month.
Read more in the NDN
The VIU Mariner Academic excellence award went to JESSICA DUNCAN and PATRICK MCCARTHY for achieving the top GPA over the past three terms.
PHOTO GALLERY
The VIU Mariner wall of fame was officially opened and the first inductees were honoured. A-NEWS FEATURE (video)
A-NEWS interview with Bruce Hunter
A-NEWS interview with Tony Bryce and Henry Bui

23/03/09 - WALL OF FAME INDUCTEES!
The first to be inducted into the Mariner Wall of Fame will be Mark Simpson, Danielle Gaudet, George Macpherson and the 1983 men's soccer team.
Read more in the NDN
Mark Simpson coached the Mariners Men's Basketball that won the 94 National Championships, the first ever national men's basketball championship by a BCCAA school in the history of the CCAA . Mark built a nationally respected basketball program during his ten years as a Mariner coach, resulting in a win-loss record of 120-24. Danielle Gaudet is the most declorated athlete in the history of the CCAA , being named a CCAA All-Canadian four times. The 83' men's soccer team was the first Mariner team to win a national championship. George Macpherson was instrumental in the development of Mariner Athletics in the 1970's and actually was responsible for the naming of the MARINERS. He established the Mariner hockey program and coached the team from 1971-81.
Induction to the Wall of Fame ceremonies will take place at the 2009 VIU Mariner

17/03/09 - VIU MARINERS ARE #1 ...AGAIN!
For the third consecutive year the Mariner athletic program is #1 in the BCCAA. Read more in the NDN
The aggregate standings show VIU well out infront of the competition by 10 points.
Despite no provincial or national gold medals, the M's had 2 league champions and several provincial medals ..... more than enough to keep the trophy. (standings pdf)
Mark your calendar the VIU Mariner Athletics Awards Banquet is set for April 6th at the Coast Bastion. Player, coaches, staff and VIP's will celebrate the aggregate award and recognize its athletes of the year , league all-stars, all-canadians, rookies of the year and much more ... Including the first inductees to the Mariner Wall of Fame will be honoured !!
Read more in the NDN

04/03/09 - WALL OF FAME
"RECOGNIZING THE PAST TO INSPIRE THE FUTURE"
Mariner Athletics is proud to be officially opening a ‘Wall of Fame’ to recognize those individuals and teams that have made significant contributions to the program. There are four categories: Individual athlete, team, coach and builder. The first recipients will be inducted in a ceremony at the Athletic Awards banquet. Anyone can make a nomination and the forms can be downloaded from the Mariners web-site. For the first time the Athletic Awards banquet is being opened up to allow parents of athletes, alumni and other interested parties, to attend. We would like to invite all those that are interested in attending and celebrating the success of this year’s athletes and coaches as well as honouring the first inductees into the ‘Wall of Fame’ to get their tickets early as the numbers are limited. Read more in the NNB
Wall of fame information.

16/02/09 - WE WIN !!
The Mariners produced and so did the Nation at the 2nd Annual Rivalry weekend.
PHOTO GALLERY
1200 fans filled the VIU gym this weekend cheering the teams on to victory in 3 of 4 games. Great games created an even greater atmosphere than anticipated. The women's basketball team battled the Camosun chargers until the final few minutes falling 62-55. Katie Pearson had a big game with 23 points and working hard on the boards Jessica Stubbs had 22 rebounds. The Mariner Men are still undefeated at 16-0 with a 73-63 win over camosun ...only two games remaining ! Coaches comments.
Taking to the courts on Saturday the volleyball teams won both matches against the Chargers with the women winning 3-1 followed by the men 3-0. The win for the men clinched the league title finishing 1st with a league record of 13-3 (Coaches comments) , while the women placed third.
Next up BCCAA provincial playoffs @ CBC Feb 26-28.
ANEWS VIDEO

09/02/09 - A PERFECT WEEKEND
The Mariners won all their matches and games this weekend !!
In doing so the Men's Basketball team remain undefeated at 15-0 and could be on the way to a perfect season, while making history. Back in 92-93 the M's lost one league game and there were a few seasons when they lost only two games in the mid late 90's. Read more in the NNB
In sweeping the Kwantlen Eagles the women's team have a 5 game win streak going. Jessica Stubbs helped VIU in the two victories . On Friday night Jessica had 18 points and 19 rebounds in a 79-48 VIU victory. On Saturday Jess had 11 points and 12 rebounds in a 69-48 victory . Congratulations JESSICA on being named BCCAA player of the week !!
Read more in the NDN

Tony Bryce's post game comments ... Nice to be back at home.  Couple solid wins against a good Kwantlen team that beat us in pre-season.  Once again a very balanced attack both nights (everyone hitting the scoresheet on Saturday).  Friday night's game seemed to lack flow and we were not as sharp as I would have liked.  However, we were able to bounce back with a better performance on Saturday.  Jacob Thom was outstanding once again for the Mariners.  Knocking in shots, attacking the rim, and most importantly playing very unselfish and making those around him better.  Also a nice weekend for Andrew Kaban who looked to be back to 100% after battling the injury bug the past few weeks. Looking forward to our last home game of the year on Friday versus Island rival Camosun.  Should be a great environment and hoping for a full house.  Also, our 2 outstanding seniors Henry Bui and Carson Williams will be honoured just prior to the game.

VOLLEYBALL
Glad to be home after the journey to Cranbrook and Castlegar , the volleyball teams returned with 4 victories !
Chris Densmore comments ... After a long bus ride, the guys came out strong against the Selkirk Saints and took care of business in three straight games . We served well as a team with 11 aces. On the negative side, we are still making too many hitting errors. In the COTR game a lack of focus and intensity led to a closer match than it should have been ... needing four games to put the Avalanche away. Poor serving kept the match close as the Mariners missed 22 serves in 4 sets.
The women's volleyball team took both matches 3-0 with Assistant Coach Rob Barcelos running the show, while Head Coach Shane Hyde was at the Nanaimo Awards Banquet.

12/02/09 - IT'S ON !!
The rivalry weekend has finally arrived at VIU. Everything is set for a great weekend of sports and entertainment. We hope to pack the gym with over 1400 fans !!
There is so much going on you will not want to miss it ...tailgate party, bands, face/body painting, prizes and more.
Senior athletes playing in their final home games as a Mariner will be recognized this weekend also !! Jessica Stubbs, Stephanie Chow, Jessica Duncan, Britt Grydeland, Carson Williams, Scott Weninger and Henry Bui will be honoured at the start of their games. Read more in NDN .Senior athletes make for a successful program and the Mariners have been very fortunate to have these players competing here.
GO MARINERS ... let's have a great weekend to wrap up the season.
Read more in the NNB
** Mark your calendar as the Annual awards banquet has been set for Monday, April 6th at the Coast Bastion.

02/02/09 - BASKETBALL BACK AT HOME

After two weekends of away games our basketball teams will play at home this weekend versus the Kwantlen Eagles. With five games remaining in league play the men's team has already clinched 1st place in the league standings and remain undefeated at 13-0. The women's team have won three in a row and set a new team record for most rebounds in a game last weekend. They rebounded the ball 74 times against CBC last weekend !! Great job gals !!
PRE VALENTINES PROMOTION

Friday’s Promotion
First 50 ladies will receive a rose compliments of Turley’s Florist.
WIN A DINNER with a Mariner - Two lucky VIU students will win adinner with one member from the women’s and men’s basketball teams.
LIVE Webcast this weekend ...

02/02/09 - CIS BID IN FINAL PHASE
NDN story

02/02/09 - ALMOST A PERFECT WEEKEND
Mariners go 7 for 8 with the basketball teams winning all their games on the road.
The women's basketball totally dominated the CBC Bearcats blowing them
out by 67pts friday and 57 Saturday ...WOW !!
Coach Bill McWhinnie Comments ....the best part being that everyone played and contributed. We received great play from our bench in particular from Jessica Duncan and Jazz Braden. Both played great defensively and provided us with energy off the bench. We have managed to put together a 3 game winning streak and our play is improving every day. I am very excited about the last few weeks of the season as I think we are starting to come together and play some very good basketball.
Two totally different games for the men's basketball team, a 33pt spanking of the Bearcats Friday followed by a desperation 3 pointer by Henry Bui to send it into OT on Saturday. Once in OT the M's went onto win 89-84 and maintain a undefeated record at 13-0 , but what a way to do it !!
On the home court friday night the Mariner women won in 4 versus UFV and the Men went to the fifth before bowing out 16-14 to the Cascades. Players of the game sponsored by FUEL (Supplements, Vitamins, Nutrition) were Milo Warren and Leigh Dreher. Saturdays games against the CBC Bearcats produced two 3-0 wins with Players of the games going to Dan Metcalf and Aileen Holder. Stats available on the Volleyball schedule/results page. Coaches comments N/A....yet.

27/01/09 - FINAL FOUR ELEMENTARY VBALL
VIU Athletics was thrilled to host the final four elementary volleyball playoffs on monday evening. A large crowd was on hand to cheers the teams on.
Congratulations to Mountain View T, Georgia Ave , Mountain View V and Chase River for qualifying for this event.
VIU hopes to host more of these championships in the future !!

26/01/09 - VIU WINS NANAIMO OPEN

It came down to the final matches between VIU and TRU for the 4th Annual Nanaimo Open Team Title. VIU defeated TRU but that still left the two teams tied, VIU won the tiebreaker and for the first time in four years kept the Nanaimo Open trophy in town.

19/01/09 - MARINERS NOMINATED
The Mariners will be well represented at the 2009 Nanaimo Sport Achievment Awards Banquet Saturday, February 7th at the Coast Bastion. Nominees include CCAA Coach of the year across all sports Shane Hyde, the National Championship Women's Volleyball team and three female team athletes of the year Courtenay Crucil, Brittany Knievel and Lindsay McLoughlin ....Read More

05/01/09 - ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE - Another Record !!
Its hard to believe that last years record of 41 could be beat ...but we did it !! Read more ..
46 Student -Athletes achieved a B+ average or higher in 9 credits or more.
With 110 student-athletes participating on Mariner teams, that is almost half achieving academic excellence. complete list
The Women's basketball team and Women's soccer team will share the top overall GPA honors for a team ... it was too close to call with each team averaging a B+ grade.
Congratulation to Patrick McCarthy on achieving the highest GPA of all the Mariners !!

13/01/09 - National Ranking UPDATE
The Men's basketball team is now #2 in Canada moving up from the #5 spot. Congrats to the team on this latest ranking and maintaining a undefeated record of 7-0. Read more ..
BIG GAMES this weekend with the Douglas Royals and Capilano Blues in town this weekend.
Men's Volleyball continue to hold onto the #1 ranking in the CCAA with a 7-1 record and the women's volleyball team is still #6 with a 6-2 record.

09/12/08 - IN THE COMMUNITY
The VIU Mariners are out in the local high schools and elementary schools inspiring young athletes in several sports. Just recently the VIU women's basketball team (photo on left) ran some skills and drills with the hoop chics, a group of young girls from the Woodlands, Rock City area training in the Rock City Elementary gym.
Women's Volleyball has hosted teams to observe practices and then participate in a question and answer session.
Possibly the VIU women's volleyball team provided just that little special something that inspired the Dover Bay Sr girls volleyball team to surprise everyone and win the Islands.
Men's Basketball will be involved again in the Give and Go event held at the Nanaimo Daily News (photo on right). Also an event is in the works for the kids at Jumpin Jimmy's , check back soon for information.
Chris Densmore and Ben Cudmore were out motivating and providing some pointers to the Coal Tyee Elementary boys volleyball team last week.
VIU Badminton has several clinics planned for the upcoming year , such as visits to Brechin, Randerson ,Gabriola and Ladysmith. Keep up the good work MARINERS!
If you have a team that would like to get involved with the VIU Mariners contact Amanda Kudelis - Community Relations Manager amanda.kudelis@viu.ca

15/09/08 - SCHOLARSHIP ATHLETES
The VIU Mariner Athletic Department is very proud of its 7 Presidential scholarship athletes. First year athletes achieving excellence in academics and athletics. From left to right President & CEO Dr. Ralph Nilson, Lee Aaron Hamilton (men's volleyball), Danielle Smith (women's volleyball), Sarah Fraser (women's basketball), Blake Mansbridge (men's basketball), Mathew Rigden (men's soccer), Luke Couture (badminton), Emily Nicholson (women's soccer).
Congratulations !!

27/11/08 - 'A' News Men's Basketball TV feature

18/11/08 - FREE FOOD THIS WEEKEND !!
Our nationally ranked VIU Mariner Volleyball teams are back in action this weekend.
Friday the Selkirk Saints will face the M's and on Saturday afternoon the COTR Avalanche take to the court. LIVE SCORING LINK. Last weekend the women's team defeated CBC 3-1 and UFV 3-0 , the men also defeated CBC 3-1 but lost 3-2 to UFV after going up 2-0.
Lindsay McLoughlin registered 14 kills against CBC and Erin O'Doherty did the same against UFV. Milo Warren contributed 14 kills versus CBC and Scott Weninger had a big game with 20 kills.
National Champs the VI Raiders will be honored on Friday night.
FREE food for all VIU students and Staff on both days !!
Nation members have a chance to win Earls Gift Certificates, Mid Island Co-Op Gas Cards and Mount Washington lift tickets.
Congrats to DREW MASON on leading the league in Aces !!
The Mariner Men are now #4 in Canada and the Women are #10 ..

04/11/08 - CIS APPLICATION IN NEXT PHASE
The application to become a member of the Canadian Interuniversity Sports body was submitted back in the summer and now members of the CIS will tour VIU this friday. Read more ....

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19/01/09 - MEN'S VOLLEYBALL ... CANADA'S #1
Another solid outing for the Men's Volleyball team this weekend on the road. Defeating Douglas Royals in 3 straight and then going on to win 3-1 at Cap.
Coach Densmore Comments .... Read more...
The defending national champs, VIU Women's Volleyball dropped another match and are 7-3 in league play. After a easy 3-0 win over Douglas , VIU lost 3-2 to Cap, 15-7 in the fifth.
Really BIG matches this weekend when the UBC-O Heat are in town Saturday !!
VIU is hosting the Elementary Final Four Volleyball playoffs Monday, Jan 26th from 3:30-6:00pm

12/01/09 - VIU ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL ALL-STAR VBALL
The first annual VIU Island High School All-Star game was a huge success!!
Photo Gallery
48 of the Islands best volleyball players (team rosters) enjoyed a day of instruction by the VIU Mariner coaching staff and players, followed by the featured games.
stats men's game
The six all-stars from the young men's match were Rylan Brouwer ( Vanier), Brennen Musgrave (wellington), Chris Howe (Gulf Islands), Jordan Church (Dover Bay), Marc Camenzind (Brooks), Roger Grutzmacher (Vanier).
The six young women selected as game all-stars were Ashley Cousens (Vanier), Elizabeth Finch (Timberline), Mariah Holmstrom (Carihi) , Courtenay Von Ilberg (Belmont), Shelby Boehm (SMU), Angela Richards (Frances Kelsey)
Read more ...

05/01/09 - MEN'S VOLLEYBALL WIN NEW YEARS CLASSIC
At the 2009 Camosun New Years Classic the VIU Mariner Men's Volleyball team went undefeated in the six team round robin tournament. Complete results
Defeating the Medicine Hat Rattlers (ranked #6 in CCAA) and the Capilano blues in 3 straight, it took four games to defeat the Douglas Royals and Camosun and against the NAIT Ooks, with all players seeing the court , went the distance with the M's taking it 15-13 in the fifth.
The VIU Mariners are number 1 in Canada and appear to be worthy of the ranking !

24/11/08 - MARINERS PERFECT 4 for 4...
A great weekend for Mariner Volleyball, wrapping up the first half of the season winning all 4 home games .
Photo Gallery
M's had no trouble with the Selkirk Saints or the College of the Rockies Avalanche notching 3-0 wins in all encounters. Read More ...

COMPLETE STATS LINK

24/11/08 - NEW NAME = NEW TEAM
RANKED #1 in CANADA !!
Men's Volleyball Update by Chris Densmore
The VIU Mariners have a new look and name for the 2008/09 season.  In May 2008, Malaspina University-College was granted full university status by the government and they also received a new name, Vancouver Island University.  For the Men's Volleyball team, there was a changing of the guard at this time as the team was losing 6 starters for the next season. Read More ..

07/11/08 - VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE WALLPAPER
Click link above and then right click "save as background" !!

12/11/08 - MEN'S VOLLEYBALL UNDEFEATED
The Mariner Men are undefeated at 3-0 after a 3-2 win over the UBC-O Heat last weekend. Nationally the M's are ranked 3rd while the Mariner women fall to 13th after a 3-1 loss to the UBC-O Heat. Leigh Dreher led the Mariners with 16 kills. Read more..
At 1-2 the Mariner women will be looking for some wins this weekend while they are on the road against University of Fraser Valley and CBC.

28/10/08 - MILO WARREN BCCAA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Congrats on a great weekend Milo.
This weekend marked the return of volleyball to the BCCAA.
Milo Warren, a Mariner’s captain is in his 3rd year with the team. After spending 4 years on the BC Team and now starting his 3rd year in the BCCAA, Warren is ready to lead VIU this season.The season opener was played at VIU this weekend. On Saturday, VIU hosted Douglas College and earned their first win of the season with a 3-0 victory. Set scores of 25-18, 27-25, 25-18.  Warren contributed with 13 kills, 1 block, 2 aces and 7 digs. On Saturday, VIU defeated Capilano University 3-0 with set scores of 25-12, 25-18, 25-12. Warren would add 9 kills, 1 ace and 1 block. He hit for 100% with 9 kills on 9 attempts and his weekend kill efficiency was 88% with an impressive 22 kills on 25 attempts. Warren continues to improve his consistency from pre-season through the first weekend of league play and leads by example with his energy and effort.

03/11/08 - ALUMNI VOLLEYBALL
The Men's Alumni Volleyball team had a great group of guys out ..... Ryan Thibault, Ben Rahier, Riley Kaminski, Donovan Britten, Jeremy Semple, Mark Yuen, Rob Barcelos, Eric Green, Abe Avender, Jozef Bienkowski-Gibbs, Ryan Orton , Stephen Epp, Shawn Welde, Andrew Schopp, Alex Suvajec, Sam Culic, Brad Reimer, Ian Allan.
The Alumni women's team featured ... Danielle Hyde (Gaudet), Avril Smith, Stephanie MacEvoy (Bolin), Katie Mason, Julie Elliott (Schiller), Michelle Norrish, Kathy Anderson, Olivia Mark, Ann Polman Tuin, Karlene Riseborough-Barnes, Kylie Crick, Felicia Mark and (Coach) Rick Bevis.
Both games went the distance with the Alumni winning the men's game in 5 and the losing the women's game in 5.

02/10/08 - M's THUMP
CAMOSUN 4-0!!
In exhibition action wednesday night , the VIU Mariner men's volleyball team defeated the Camosun Chargers 4-0, in a match played at GP Vanier in Courtenay. The M's served well registering 30 aces in the 4 game match.(Photo courtesy of Brent Reid)
Home openers coming soon.. Oct 24/25th weekend.

15/09/08 - MEN'S VOLLEYBALL - ICEBREAKER
The VIU Mariners went undefeated until the finals against the University of Fraser Valley Cascades. Results (pdf) . The Six team tournament went all day Saturday with the Cascades taking the finals 25-22, 22-25, 15-9.

29/09/08 - HIGHSCHOOL VOLLEYBALL ACTION!!
34 boys volleyball teams will be competing at 3 gyms this weekend.
The Annual VIU Mariner High School Jr and Sr Boys tournament goes this weekend Oct 3-4 at VIU, Wellington and Dover Bay. 10 Jr teams and 24 Sr teams are entered. COMPLETE DRAW ( pdf)

26/09/08 - VIU VOLLEYBALL IN THE NAV!!
Navigator Story

07/04/08 - ANOTHER TOPNOTCH RECRUIT ADDED
Duncan Smith the MVP at the yukon super volleyball league will be joining the Mariners in the fall. A 6'2" versatile player that is mentally and physically tough is a great addition for the M's.

16/03/08 - MEN'S VOLLEYBALL ROBERT LANENGA RETURNS and
more recruiting news..

Robert Lanenga (left) an ALL-CANADIAN and a CCAA National Silver Medalist in 2007 will be returning to the Mariners after a year off school.
Joining him will be
Ben Cudmore(right) from Manitoba. Ben is a 2 time National Club Champion with the Bisons and a MVP at the 2007 Pembina Trails Tournament . With these additions and the returning talent, the M's will once again be on top of the BCCAA standings in 08-09
Carson Kauenhowen (lower left) a 6'7" middle , honour student from St Paul's High School played for Team Manitoba in 2006 and 2007 . Carson was a gold medalist in the 2007 Western canada games and a western elite silver medalist in 2006.
Good to have you onboard Carson !!

07/04/08 - MEN'S VOLLEYBALL 2008-09 PREVIEW
The Mariners Men's Volleyball team will be rebuilding for the future.  We will be losing some key personnel, but will still have some key athletes returning.  Returning for next season will be: Scott Weninger (5th year), Milo Warren (3rd year), Steve Clements (3rd year), Nigel Proch (2nd year), Drew Manson (2nd year), Devan Wright (2nd year), Brett Weninger (2nd year), Iain Harrington (2nd year), and Jason Anderson (1st year).  With 9 returning players, the Mariners will have a solid base to continue on with the Mariners winning tradition. Read more ..

02/04/08 - MORE TOP NOTCH RECRUITS!!
The Mariner men's volleyball team have Dan Metcalf transfering from the College of the Rockies and Lee hamilton a honour roll student from Saskachewan.
Dan a graduate of WL Seaton High School has been the Captain of the COTR men's volleyball team and a member of the U-19 Team BC. Lee is 6'5" and has played for the RVC smash club team and Team Saskatchewan. He has been his high schools MVP the past three years ..... Welcome Dan and Lee !!

12/03/09 - CCAA ALL-CANADIAN AWARDS!!
Announced last night at the CCAA All-Canadian Banquet, MILO WARREN and LEIGH DREHER have been awarded the most prestigious award in Canadian Collegiate Athletics.
Each award recipient is selected by their individual conference based on his/her performance and contribution to both their sport and their team. Only two athletes are recognized from each conference !!
More details

24/02/09 - VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE ALL-STARS!!
All the votes have been tabulated and VIU has received 5 BCCAA League All-Stars.
First team honours went to Leigh Dreher, Lindsay McLoughlin, Milo Warren and Scott Weninger. Dan Metcalf was named to the second team. They will all be recognized this weekend at the BCCAA Provincial Championships in Abbotsford. NDN story
No announcement on CCAA All-Canadians ...you will just have to wait and see !!
The lastest NDN Story

Read more in the NDN

19/02/09 - VOLLEYBALL PROVINCIALS NEXT WEEK!!
The VIU teams are preparing for the 2009 BCCAA Provincial Championships to be held in Abbotsford at the Colubia Bible College Feb 26-28th.
Our men who just moved up to #2 in the CCAA rankings, receive a bye (seeded #1) in the first round and will await the winner of the Douglas vs Camosun match, playing the winner in the feature match Friday, Feb 27th at 8pm. Congratulation guys on winning the
2008-09 league title with a record of 13-3 !!

The VIU women are seeded third and will play the first match of the tournament at 1pm Thursday, Feb 26th versus the Douglas College Royals seeded 6th.
Follow all the action on the Championship website

13/02/09 - WENINGERS FINAL GAME
Read more in the NDN

26/01/09 - BATTLE OF THE BEST IN VOLLEYBALL
The top ranked team in the CCAA did battle in the VIU gym this weekend and both #1 ranked teams lost. The VIU women are finding their groove with a 3-0 win over the #1 Nationally ranked UBC-O Heat. Just as Shane Hyde predicted the team is beginning to gel and come playoff time they will be firing on all cylinders .
(see latest A News video)
Watch for the gals national ranking to rise this week !!
Read More in the NDN
The VIU Men's team stumbled somewhat this Saturday as they lost 3-1 to the UBC-O Heat that had just lost the night before to the Camosun Chargers. Chris Densmore summarizes the match as follows ...
It was disappointing that in a big match-up of #1 vs #2 in the league, that we didn't show up to play or compete.  Milo and Carson had great matches, but sub par or just average games by the other guys doesn't help.  Games are won and lost by how you serve and pass.  We got out served and out passed.  That was the main difference in the game.  Better passing by us and we could have ran a better offense.  Better serving and they wouldn't have been able to execute as well offensively, play tough serving sets up our defense.  Overall, we only lost by 7 total points.  If each player could have made one smarter decision in crunch time, the match could have easily gone the other way.  The team needs to learn from this experience and regroup for another test this Friday vs UFV. 
Should be a great match.

19/01/09 - HUGE VOLLEYBALL GAMES
This weekend four nationally ranked teams go at it Saturday afternoon. Read More in the NNB
The UBC-O women's team is ranked #1 and our women are #6 , on the men's side our guys are #1 facing #4 UBC-O. Earlier this season up in Kelowna the VIU men won in 5 and our women lost in 4. What will be the case this weekend ?? These are important games that will factor into the league title and the all important seeding going into provincials !! Women's game at 1:00pm followed by the guys at 2:45
LINK TO LIVE WEBCASTS
The Basketball teams will play in Kelowna this weekend against the UBC-O Heat.
GO MARINERS!!Follow the games LIVE from Kelowna CLICK HERE!!
Read More in the NNB