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Women's Volleyball

10/04/06- 26th ANNUAL MARINER AWARDS BANQUET
The Mariners had lots to celebrate on April 10th at the year end awards baquet held at the Coast Bastion Inn.

Three provincial titles, a national medal and numerous individual awards.

Photo gallery

Ben Rahier and Christina Chi were named athletes of the year while Ryan Thibault and Laura Littlejohn were freshmen athletes of the year of the year.

Complete details click here (PDF) 

Awards banquet intro video. If ya want to see it again ...here it is.
VIDEO WMV

13/03/06-   MALASPINA SECOND IN AGGREGATE!

 Three provincial gold medals and two bronze earned the Malaspina Mariners a second place ranking in the BCCAA Aggregate Standing. This is the highest finish for the M's in several years. (standings)

09/01/06- CONGRATULATIONS MARINERS

Twenty nine Mariners have achieved a B+ average or higher and therefore are recognized on the Mariner Academic Excellence List for the Fall of 2005.
The Women's Volleyball had the highest average GPA of all Mariner teams.
LIST of athletes.

23/05/06-   MARINER FIELD !!
The Mariners Field  will be open soon and the M's are beginning to celebrate.This field will host all Mariner home games plus Malaspina intramural events and physical education classes. Athletic Director Bruce Hunter (far left) was on hand for the opening of the adjacent field.

04/05/06-   ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE LIST SPRING 06'
 Twenty nine student-athletes achieved a B+ average or higher this past term.

Leading the way with the top GPA was David Hossini goalkeeper for the Men's Soccer team.

The Women's Volleyball team were the top academic Mariner team back in the fall term and they are again this spring term!!

complete list

18/04/06- TWO NEW ALL-TIME STATS LEADERS
Congratulation to Jeremy Semple and Jessica Vogt as they take over the #1 spot as all-time Mariners stats leaders. Jeremy assumes the top Mariner digger with a 3.11 digs per game average.

Jessica took over the rebounding title with a 12.7 rebounds per game average, overtaking Kirstin Knights 12.3 average from 2002.

Both also led the BCCAA in their categories.

Other players cracking the Mariner leaders list Henry Bui, Colin Novak, Rudi Kitzmann, Laura Littlejohn, Riley Kaminski.

See records link on right hand columns of each main page of each sport.

Coming soon the 2006 Academic Excellence List !!

13/03/06-   WARNICK LEAVES FOR ALBERTA

story

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MEN'S BASKETBALL**********

13/03/06-   MEN'S BASKETBALL ADDS TO ROSTER!!

 The Mariner Men's Basketball team is announcing the signing of Wellington Wildcat teammates Dustin Carver and Russel McMann. (story)  

2006 BCCAA BASKETBALL

PROVINCIALS

WEBPAGE

27/01/06-    13 YEAR OLD RECORD BROKEN

The Mariner Men defeated the CBC Bearcats 116-69 and in doing so break a 13 year old record of most points in a game.

Previous record of 114 points in 1993 against Warner Pacific.

Photo on right of Carson Williams sinking the 3 pointer to break record.

Click here for Video of shot

Congrats M's !!!

23/01/06-    MEN'S BASKETBALL EARNS SWEEP

Two wins this past weekend keeps playoff hopes alive

Nanaimo Daily News Story

19/12/05- MEN'S BASKETBALL PLACE 3rd at SAIT CLASSIC

Malaspina wins two and loses one .... place third !!
NEWS RELEASE

25/10/05 - MEN"S BBALL TEAM DEFEATS DOUGLAS!!

Saturday night the Men's Basketball team defeated the Douglas College Royals 76-65 in a exhibition match held at the Mal-U gym.
Colin Novak led the Mariners with 17 points.

Henry Sarikas and Brian Wood both add 12.

Home opener November 18th !!

11/10/05-    MEN'S BASKETBALL

The Mariner Men's Basketball team finished 2-1 at the annual pre-season Blues Classic tournament hosted by Capilano College in North Vancouver during the October 7 th - 9 th weekend. Henry Sarikas leads the Mariners scoring a staggering 29.3 points a game totalling 88 points in three games. Complete details

19/09/05-    In the Navigator Newspaper !!

19/09/05-    MARINERS  TAKE SFU TO OT !!

On Saturday, September 17th the M's forced the SFU Clan to OT before losing by two 91-89.

Colin Novak led the Mariners with 17 points and Henry Sarikas netted 15points and six boards. The Mariners face another CIS school this weekend as they head to Abbotsford to face the Trinity Western University Spartans.

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09/09/05-    2005-06 MEN'S BASKETBALL PREVIEW

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL**********

23/01/08 - LINDSAY MCLOUGHLIN BCCAA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
This past Saturday the Mariners took on a very determined Camosun College team in front of a packed crowd of over 500 spectators. It was the 1st ever Island Rivalry and the nerves were very high. Nerves were a huge issue for the Mariners except for one player in particular. Lindsay Mcloughlin was the Mariner's star all night. Her offence and defense was elevated due to a small slump in her team's ability. Lindsay was the reason for VIU's success she recorded 19 kills, 3 blocks, 1 ace and 10 digs. She was the player that the Mariner's went to in any situation. She was scoring from both the back and the front rows. During a night where pressure was at it's highest she was extremely solid.

17/11/07 - DAKSTATS!!

CBC vs Malaspina women's game

UCFV vs Malaspina women's game

13/11/07 - MARINERS RANKED #1 in CANADA !!
The women's volleyball team with a 3-0 record in league play are ranked #1 nationally.
The women have won 9 of 10 games played in league.
They face the COTR Avalanche and the Selkirk saints this weekend.
Nanaimo News Bulletin Story

30 /11/07 - PERFECTION NOT ENOUGH
By Krista Charke NDN

19/11/07 - WEBCASTS FROM The First League games at home
COTR vs Malaspina womens webcast
SELKIRK vs Malaspina womens webcast

15/11/07 - BCCAA ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Jessica Stubbs and Kylie Crick on Athlete of the week honors from the provincial association.
Kylie was the driving force in Malaspina's dominating wins this past weekend. On Friday night, Malaspina pulled off a three set, one-sided victory over rivals and the 3 rd nationally ranked Capilano College . Kylie recorded 12 kills, 3 blocks, 1 ace and 7 digs in their three set victory with scores of 25-15, 25-13, 25-23. On Saturday, Malaspina continued their strong play with another three set sweep, this time over Douglas College . Kylie had 0 hitting errors, 13 kills, 2 blocks, 1 ace and 5 digs in just over 2 sets of play. Her weekend totals were an amazing 25 kills, 5 blocks, 2 aces and 12 digs.
See Jessica's info below as she is the Mariner athlete of the week also.



01/11/07 - WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL WINS CBC TOURNAMENT
The Mariner Women's Volleyball team won 5 straight matches losing only one game
in 15 played. They defeated UBC-Okanagan Lakers 3-0 in the final 26-24, 25-22, 25-20.
A ll the scores (pdf)
Leigh Dreher was the tournament MVP and Jackie Tait was a tournament All-Star.
The team competes in their first league games of the season this weekend in Victoria.
First League home games take place Nov 16/17.

04/09/07 - VOLLEYBALL CAMP 2007!!
Another successful girls volleyball camp was held the week of Aug 27-31.
Over 100 girls ages 14-18 enjoyed an active week.
See ya next year ...
Here is a photo gallery of the action !!

26/08/07 - NATIONAL CHAMPIONS !!
Ashley Greig and Jackie Tait, newcomers to the Mariner Women's Volleyball team bring National Titles with them. Ashley won the National Under 24 beach championships with former Mariner Jamie Broder. Jackie Tait was golden at the National and Provincial club championships this past season.
Jackie also placed 5th at the under 18 beach nationals.
DAILY NEWS STORY LINK


02 /05/07 - WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL UPDATE
If there is one thing that can be said about the Malaspina Mariner Women's Volleyball team it is consistency. The Mariner Women finished last season off with yet another very strong season. They finished first in league with a record of 15 wins and only 1 loss. They captured their second straight BCCAA Provincial Gold medal and went on to capture the Bronze medal at the CCAA National Championships. MORE

21 /02/07 - MARINERS AWARDED ALL-STARS
The BCCAA has recognized Mariner Athletes as 2007 Volleyball league
all-stars. Rob Lanenga, Ben Rahier, Jeremy Semple,Christina Chi, Lindsay McLoughlin as 1st team All-Conference and Maverick Hatch, Bryanne Baynes Laura Littlejohn made the second team.
Men's Head Coach Chris Densmore has been named BCCAA Coach of the Year !!
Lindsay McLoughlin is the 2007 BCCAA Rookie of the Year !!
Congrats to all the award winners.
Good luck at the BC's this weekend.
Basketball All-Stars announced thursday.
ROUTE TO GOLD story

16/02/07 - VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL TEAMS
ALL EARN BERTHS IN PROVINCIALS !!
Happy times at Malaspina a Daily News Story
After this weekend the Mariners will be making plans for the BCCAA Provincials. The Volleyball Championships will be held at UBC-Okanagan Feb. 22-24 where both Mariner teams will be seeded # 1 and receive a first round bye to the semi-finals The seeding for basketball is yet to be determined but the event will be hosted by the CBC Bearcats in Abbotsford March 1-3.
Badminton provincials take place this weekend at Douglas College.
A vast improvement over last year when neither basketball team qualified.
An improvement that has the Athletic Department anticipating a shot at the BCCAA Agregate award.
Set for success a Daily News Story

08/02/07 - LAURA LITTLEJOHN
BCCAA VOLLEYBALL
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Laura combined for 17 kills and 10 blocks in the victories over UBC-Okanagan
this past weekend.
more .....

29/01/07 - MAL SPANKS CAMOSUN
The Mariners won six consecutive volleyball games friday night.The women started things off alittle shaky with a 26-24 win followed by convincing 25-15 and 25-14 wins (stats). The men's team also made it interesting in the first game winning 25-23 but then went on to a 25-14 and 25-19 victory (stats).
All stats are unofficial.

SNAPSHOTS

The Mariner men extend their league winning streak to 10. They are undefeated in league play !! The women are 9-1.Nanaimo Bulletin Story

The basketball teams suffered losses in Victoria.
A surprising loss for the women 69-64 to Camosun and the men fell 80-69.
Complete stats BOX SCORE Women
Complete stats BOX SCORE Men

20/01/07 - ALUMNI DEFEATED 3-1
On Saturday January 20th the Womens Volleyball team played an alumni squad.

18/01/07 - ALUMNI VOLLEYBALL SATURDAY
Some of the best players from the past will take to the court at 6:30pm Saturday, January 19th. The roster includes Danielle Gaudet, Lindsay Cooper, Olivia Mark, Erin Koylmatiki, Katie Mason, Stephanie Bolin, Kathy Anderson, Tara Drage, and Vanessa Pannett. Could the old gals beat the youngsters !!

10/01/07-   CAYMEN ISLANDS XMAS TRIP
Daily News Story

28/08/06-   MARINER VOLLEYBALL CAMP
Once again the Mariners are hosting its girls volleyball camp. .
Over 125 participants are filling the VIU and NDSS gyms.
Daily News Story
The M's are thrilled to have such a talented group of coaches ...
Josh Howatson Current member of the (Senior National Team), Jamie Mckay (playing Pro in Europe), Danielle Gaudet (4 time CCAA All-Canadian), Alex De Chantal (U of Manitoba Bisons).
PHOTO GALLERY .. will be added to throughout the week
The camp runs all week 9am-4pm

19/07/06-   06-07 Women's Volleyball Preview

13/03/06- WOMEN BRING HOME NATIONAL BRONZE!!

The women's volleyball team defeated Humber College 3-0 to place third at the CCAA National Volleyball Championships in Turo Nova Scotia. Christina Chi was named a tournament first team All-Star.

Jamie Broder and Richelle Walton were second team tournament

all-stars.

Our men tied for fifth .... losing four games by only two points and one by three.
Daily News Story (March 13, 2006)

More details on the tournament websites

Men's CCAA National Volleyball Website

http://www.climoilou.qc.ca/volleyball2006/en_general.html

Women's CCAA National Volleyball Website 
http://www.nsac.ca/nationals/

27/02/06-   MARINERS ARE GOLDEN!

The Men's and Women's Volleyball teams won gold at the 2006 BCCAA Provincial Championships. The women defeated Capilano in the finals 3-0 while the men defeated Camosun Chargers 3-0.
Christina Chi and Ryan Thibault were named MVP's of the Tournament
Richelle Walton, Jamie Broder, Donovan Britten and Ben Rahier were named to the Provincial All-Star team.

Link to Daily News Story  (Saturday Feb 25th)

Complete results go to www.columbiabc.edu/athletics/provincials.html

21/02/06- NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR VOLLEYBALL!!

The BCCAA League all-stars have been announced.

Riley Kaminski of the Men's team has been named BCCAA Player of the year and Laura Littlejohn is Rookie of the Year.

Coach Shane Hyde with a record of 15-1 this year is Coach of the year.
Making the First team All-Conference is Jamie Broder, Christina Chi, Riley Kaminski and Ben Rahier. On the second team are Rudi Kitzmann , Donovan Britten and Ryan Thibault.
PLUS Ben Rahier and Jessica Wolford have been named Players of the week. News release
Very Impressive  ... Congrats !

20/02/06- BOTH V-BALL TEAMS CLINCH LEAGUE TITLES!!

Impressive 3-0 wins for both men's and women's volleyball on Friday and Saturday

has secured the #1 ranking going into provincials this weekend.The battle with Cap for the top spot did not materialize.

The women post a 15-1 record while the men went 13-3.

Congratulations !!!

The BCCAA Volleyball Championships will be held this weekend at the Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford.

Results will be posted on this website www.columbiabc.edu/athletics/provincials.html

06/02/06- MARINER VOLLEYBALL SWEEPS CNC

Four convincing wins over the CNC Kodiaks puts the M's one step closer to clinching both BCCAA League Titles. Only three matches remaining in the regular season before the Provincials hosted at CBC in Abbotsford February 23-25th
Read more in the Daily News

06/02/06- M's WIN SPORT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS!!

On Saturday, Feb 4th the  the 1st Annual Nanaimo Sports Achievements awards were held at the Coast Bastion Hotel.

Jamie Broder and The 2004-05 Malaspina Men's Basketball team won !!

Also members of the VIU Faculty .... Wendy Simms and Lorrie Baildham were successful in their categories.

02/02/06- RUDI KITZMANN BCCAA ATHLETE OF WEEK!!

News release (pdf)

15/11/05 -  MARINER  MENTOR COACH - DANIELLE GAUDET

Daily News article
The mariner womens volleyball program has been awarded one of ten candidates from across Canada to the Female Mentor Coach program.

Apprentice Coach Danielle Gaudet - Member of the Mariner from 1997- 2001, Danielle was captain of the team and CCAA All-Canadian for four consecutive years and was named CCAA Player of the Year in 2000. Upon completing her playing career, Danielle has begun to pursue the coaching side of the sport as Head Coach for a midget girl's team.

Mentor Coach Shane Hyde - As Head Coach at Malaspina since the 2001-02 season, Shane has led the team to three CCAA silver medals. Shane is Certified Level II and will be completing his Level III coach certification by Summer 2006.

Launched in October, the CCAA Female Coach Mentor Program is designed to identify and nurture female graduating student-athletes who demonstrate the desired skills for coaching by providing them with the opportunity to share the coaching experience in CCAA National Championship sports. Aimed at increasing the number of female coaches within the collegiate sport system, the three goals of this program are:

To increase opportunity for young women to have access to the coaching experience;
To support identified female graduated student-athlete coaches in their pursuit of professional development opportunities; and
To provide qualified CCAA coaches in National Championship sports with advanced training opportunities and mentoring experience.
Funded by Sport Canada, a branch of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
CCAA complete press release

14/11/05 -  MARINER VOLLEYBALL REMAINS PERFECT AT 4-0

Both the men's and women's volleyball remain undefeated after another sweep this weekend. The men won 3-1 and 3-0 over the UCFV Cascades and the women won by indentical scores. The team hits the road for their first league games away from home court.They travel to Cranbrook to face the College of the Rockies Avalanche.

10/11/05 -   TWO MARINERS PROVINCIAL ATHLETES OF WEEK

Riley Kaminski and Christina Chi of the Mariner Volleyball teams ...  both have been recognized by the league for their outstanding performances this past weekend. Read More ...

03/11/05 -  VOLEYBALL TEAMS  SWEEP DOUGLAS!!

The  Men's team defeated the Royals 3-0 and 3-1 while the women won 3-1 in both matches. On the road the Mariner Basketball teams lost all their games versus Douglas.
 

03/10/05-    HIGH SCHOOL SR GIRLS VBALL RESULTS

13/06/05-   JAMIE BRODER QUALIFIES FOR WORLDS!!!
Jamier Broder of the Mariner Womens Volleyball team and Partner Kristina Long from Victoria will compete at the U-21 World Beach Championships in Brazil this September.

They are Canada's #1 ranked team !!

Last year the same duo competed at the Worlds in Portugal as Canada's #2 team.

This year the #1 ranking will give the team a better seeding at the world's.

Go Canada !

06/09/05-   GIRLS VOLLEYBALL CAMP A HUGE SUCCESS!!
A record number of participants in the 2005 Mariner Girls Volleyball .... Over 130 !!

Click photo for large version.

MEN'S SOCCER ******************

31/10/05 -  BRONZE MEDAL FOR MEN'S SOCCER!!

The Malaspina Mariners men's soccer team took home a bronze medal after a game that saw the team rise from a half-time score of 1-0 for the Langara Falcons to a 3-1 win for the Mariners. Goal scorers for the Mariners were Rob Shaw, Scott Hobson and Brad Archibald, also named Player of the Game for the Mariners. In goal for the Mariners was Dave Hosini.

In the first round game the Douglas Royals beat the Malaspina Mariners 2-1 in a tough game that was decided in overtime. Jesse Winter scored the Mariner's lone goal in the first half off a penalty kick for a 1-0 lead going into the second half. Mariner goalkeeper Collin Thommasen was taken to hospital late in the first half with a concussion after a collision with a Douglas player.   Player of the game for the Mariners was Jesse Winter.
for photos and more details goto ...

http://www.tru.ca/athletic/provincials/index.html

25/10/05 - FOUR MARINERS NAMED PROVINCIAL ALL-STARS!!

Erik Waldriff is being recognized as a First team BCCAA All-Star. He led the Mariners with 6 goals in league play.

Kyle Phillips and Rob Shaw have been awarded second team status.

Austyn Brackett  goaltender for the women's team made the second team.

She recorded 2 shutouts and a goal against average of 2.3 during the season.

12/10/05-    SOCCER SUFFERS THIS WEEKEND!!

Only one win in four games played this weekend (Oct16-17) at home.
The Men defeated Langara 4-2 on Saturday. Scoring for the M's were Matt Arnett scoring twice, Kyle Phillips and Ryan Donavan each added one. The women scored first in their game against Langara but langara responded with three goals. Scoring for Mal was Kathleen Mayor.

On sunday the women lost 4-2 with Kathleen Mayor scoring again and Kara Hobson adding one. The Men scored first against Douglas but the Royals didn't quit  ... the final score was 3-1 with Kevin Jones scoring the lone goal.

The final two games are on the road this weekend versus Kwantlen and Fraser Valley.

Then off to playoffs for our men !!
GREAT ACTION PHOTOS

29/09/05-    Provincials !!

26/09/05-    MEN'S SOCCER MOVE UPTO #7 IN CANADA !!

The men's soccer team are having a great start to the season. Undefeated with a record of 4wins and 2 ties.

The M's defeated Kwantlen and UCFV on the weekend and those results have moved them from a national ranking of #11 to #7.
Lots of great action

PHOTOS CLICK HERE (ALBUM 1)

or

(ALBUM 2)
Request can be made for the high resolution file of these action photos. e-mail dunlopb@viu.ca

12/10/05-    SOCCER UNDEFEATED WEEKEND!!

Both teams returned from a lengthy road trip to kamloops and kelowna with undefeated records. Both tied TRU and won at UBC-O. Details

Colin Thommasen the goaltender for the men's team has been recognized as the BCCAA athlete of the week. Congrats Colin !!

29/09/05-   SOCCER RESULTS

 PHOTO GALLERY
The men's team briefly held #1 spot in the league after a 2-0 win over Capilano on Saturday. Unfortunetly the next day the M's lost to Capilano Blues 2-1 over on the North Shore.
Cap scored a PK with 10min to go in the game and then followed up with another ... a goal after a miss kick from a mariner on a goal kick ended up on the foot of a Cap player and in the back of theMariner net ..with 2 minutes remaining in the game.

 

09/09/05-    MEN'S SOCCER WIN TWO!!

The mariner men are off to one of their best starts ever!!
Winning their home openers 2-1 over TRU and 2-0 over UBC-O. 

On Saturday in the TRU game Erik Waldriff got the scoring started by blasting one from 35 yards out .... which found the top corner.

Erik prepares to send it home in photo to the right.

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The MALU-NATION were in attendance at the Mariner Games .... where were you??

24/08/05-   In the Navigator Newspaper

24/08/05-   COWICHAN   DEFEAT   M'S   3-1
Stuart Barker clears the ball in tuesday nights game against Cowichan.

M's lost 3-1 and may have lost a couple player due to injuries. Mariners plan to play Cowichan again early next week.

First League games go on Sept 10 and 11th at Caledonia.

24/08/05-   MEN'S SOCCER WIN 3-1
Today (Wednesday, Aug 24th) the Men's Soccer Team defeated Pennisula College from Washington State 3-1 at Trofton Park. Eric Waldriff started the scoring for Mal followed by a goal from Kyle Philips. Pennisula then scored to make it 2-1 in the first half. Kevin Jones scored in the second half. Colin Thomlinson was in goal for the M's in the first half letting in the lone goal by Pennisula. Jonathon Avis played the second half. 

22/08/05-   MEN'S SOCCER
Men's soccer team lost 3-0 to the UVIC Viking last night in Victoria.

Coach Milholm was pleased with his team preseason performance and looks forwards to tomorrows (Wednesday August 24th) game against Pennisula College 12noon at Trofton. First league home games are Sept 10 and 11 at Caledonia.

WOMENS SOCCER **************************************
 

28/11/05-    SEASON SUMMARY!!

By Jaci Stephens

12/10/05-    SOCCER UNDEFEATED WEEKEND!!

Both teams returned from a lengthy road trip to kamloops and kelowna with undefeated records. Both tied TRU and won at UBC-O. Details

20/09/05-    MARINER  SOCCER!!

The women tied Langara but lost 4-2 to Douglas on the weekend
Complete details on womens game. CLICK HERE.
 

20/06/05-   MARINERS DEFEAT GUADALAJARA 2-1!!!
Becky Swan opened the scoring in the first half with a sweet shot from a ways out. Kari Watson then scored what turned out to be the winning goal in the second half. A great day was had by all ..... which enjoyed a BBQ together after the game.

slideshow

WOMENS BASKETBALL ***********************************

 Back Row (l-r) Stephanie Chow, Serene Smyth, Maria Kirkbride, Breanne Fair, Mariah Charlson,

Jessica Vogt.

Front Row (l-r) Anna Leung, Kimberly Keller, Jocelyn Keller, Stephanie Godber, ............., Amy Burton

04/01/06- WOMEN'S BBALL HOSTS RED DEER

 The Malaspina Mariner women's basketball team

battled Red Deer College last night (Jan 3rd) at the Mal-U gym.
The game was close thoughout but Red Deer always had a slight lead.

The final score was 59-56 for the Red Deer Queens.
Leading scorer for the M's was Stephanie Chow with 18 points.

17/01/06- MARINERS PARTICIPATE IN RUN

Several members of the women's basketball team participated in the Malaspina 5km Run. Assistant Coach Krystal Hawksworth was the first member of the team to cross the line.
Steve Osadiuk won the race in 17:14 .
Not far behind was Dave Matte and former Mariners Graham Sigalet and Andrew Scherck ...... Lets not forget about Mal-U-Nation Leader Chris Waluska  edging Les Malbon by a few seconds.

The run was a HUGE success attracting about 100 runners. See ya next year!
Complete results (PDF)

24/10/05-    WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RAISES $700 FOR CBCF!!

The Malaspina Women's Basketball team will be donating $700 to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Proceeds from the gate and donations were raised during their exhibition tournament.

The M's lost two close games 44-41 to Langara and 67-62 to the CBC Bearcats. The M's thumped Camosun for the third time this season. Mariaq Kirkbride , steph Chow and Breanne Fair all scored 16 points during the win over Camosun.

17/10/05-    WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT!!

The Malaspina women's Basketball team will be hosting a six team tournament Oct21-23 .

Malaspina plays CBC on Friday at 7pm followed by Camosun on Saturday at 4pm and Langara on Sunday at 2pm.

All proceeds from the gate will be donated to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

Tournament Draw.

04/10/05-    WOMEN'S B-BALL DEFEAT CAMOSUN AGAIN !!

The Mariners defeated Camosun 73-41 in Victoria on Friday night.
Top scorers - Breanne Fair - 23, Serene Smyth - 20.

"We owned the boards on both ends and basically had our way in the post all night" comments David Butler Head Coach.
 
28/09/05  - 2005-06 Team Preview

The team will be looking to build on the late season success of last year to make a run for playoffs in 2005-06.

complete preview

2005-06 Mariner Men's Volleyball Team

21/02/06- NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR VOLLEYBALL!!

The BCCAA League all-stars have been announced.

Riley Kaminski of the Men's team has been named BCCAA Player of the year and Laura Littlejohn is Rookie of the Year.

Coach Shane Hyde with a record of 15-1 this year is Coach of the year.
Making the First team All-Conference is Jamie Broder, Christina Chi, Riley Kaminski and Ben Rahier. On the second team are Rudi Kitzmann , Donovan Britten and Ryan Thibault.
PLUS Ben Rahier and Jessica Wolford have been named Players of the week. News release
Very Impressive  ... Congrats !

20/02/06- BOTH V-BALL TEAMS CLINCH LEAGUE TITLES!!

Impressive 3-0 wins for both men's and women's volleyball on Friday and Saturday

has secured the #1 ranking going into provincials this weekend.The battle with Cap for the top spot did not materialize.

The women post a 15-1 record while the men went 13-3.

Congratulations !!!

The BCCAA Volleyball Championships will be held this weekend at the Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford.

Results will be posted on this website www.columbiabc.edu/athletics/provincials.html

09/02/06- MARINERS IN THE NAVIGATOR

Campus Newspaper article

02/02/06- RILEY KAMINSKI NATURAL BORN KILLER

A Daily News Story Link

23/01/06-    NEW MEN'S VOLLEYBALL RECORD

Donovan Britten recorded 11 blocks  in a 3-1 victory over UBC-Okanagan this Saturday. He broke Ben Rahiers record of 10 blocks back in 2004.

The M's are currently #1 in the BCCAA and holding on to the CCAA  #2 ranking.
This weekend they are on the road again facing the CBC Bearcats.

17/01/06- MEN'S VOLLEYBALL SECOND HALF

A News Bulletin Story

03/01/06- MEN'S VOLLEYBALL NEW YEARS CLASSIC

Mohawk Mountaineers from Ontario won the 2006 Malaspina New Years Classic. Mohawk, Malaspina and Limilou all had

4 wins and 1 loss but Mohawk wins the tiebreaker of total games won and lost. Complete results.

01/12/05 -   FIRST LOSS

01/12/05- KAMINSKI  CCAA PLAYER OF MONTH

The CCAA announced today the Big Kahuna/Adidas-Salomon CCAA Volleyball Athletes of the Month for November.

The CCAA Athlete of the Month program recognizes student-athletes for their outstanding event performance and athletic accomplishments during that month. Awards are presented to one male and one female student-athlete in each conference participating in the CCAA Volleyball.

Congratulations to the Mariners Riley Kaminski !!

In his second season with the Mariners, Riley has proven to be a dominant force and leader. In three weeks of play, Riley has compiled 75 kills (3.5/game - 2 nd place in league stats), 42 digs (2.0/game - 8 th in league stats), 7 blocks (0.33/game), and 15 aces (0.71/game - 2 nd in league stats) in just 21 games. His exceptional talent, as well as his strong serving and attacking skills have led the Mariners to a 6-0 record in league play, ranking them 1 st in the BCCAA and 2 nd in the country. One of the most all-around players in the British Columbia Colleges Athletic Association (BCCAA), Riley leads his team as co-captain, continuously keeping his teammates focused and encouraging to be better players. Off the court, Riley is taking a full course load and maintaining a B/B+ average in his second year of the Resource Management Officer Training Program.

01/12/05- MARINERS vs BELL HIGH SCHOOL TOUR CONCLUDES

The Mariners won again 25-22; 25-23; 28-26 at Barsby on Jan. 30th.

The M's won 4 out of the 5 matches played over the month of November.

Ladysmith High School had the largest and loudest crowd and therefore wins the $250 donated by Sherry Brown of Re/Max.

Thanks to all the sponsors...

Bell Mobility ,Dogs Ear, Orange Julius, Re/Max, The Wolfe 106.9 !!
See ya all next year!!

14/11/05 -  MARINER VOLLEYBALL REMAINS PERFECT AT 4-0

Both the men's and women's volleyball remain undefeated after another sweep this weekend. The men won 3-1 and 3-0 over the UCFV Cascades and the women won by indentical scores. The team hits the road for their first league games away from home court.They travel to Cranbrook to face the College of the Rockies Avalanche.

10/11/05 -   TWO MARINERS PROVINCIAL ATHLETES OF WEEK

Riley Kaminski and Christina Chi of the Mariner Volleyball teams ...  both have been recognized by the league for their outstanding performances this past weekend. Read More ...

03/11/05 -  VOLEYBALL TEAMS  SWEEP DOUGLAS!!

The  Men's team defeated the Royals 3-0 and 3-1 while the women won 3-1 in both matches. On the road the Mariner Basketball teams lost all their games versus Douglas.
 

18/11/05 -  MARINERS FALL TO BELL ALL-STARS

In the third match of the High School Tour the Mariners lost 3-2 to the Bell All-Stars at NDSS on Wednesday, Nov16th.
Photos from the game!!
 

03/11/05 -  MARINER MEN #2 IN CANADA!!

The first CCAA National rankings of the year are posted and the Mariner men's Volleyball team are #2.

A solid preseason has helped the Mariners achieve this recognition.
Last night at Dover Bay High School the M's and The BELL All-Stars put on a great show for

the crowd. The Mariners outlasted the All-Stars 3-2.

On Nov. 9th the Mariners defeated the all-stars again...this time by the score of 3-1

Here are a few photos from the event. PHOTOS

25/10/05 - ANOTHER WIN OVER CAMOSUN!!

In the second game of the Island Tour for the Men's Volleyball team, the M's were victorious again. 3-1 (25-14, 23-25, 25-17, 25-22) win over Camosun. The game was hosted at the Duncan Christian School at the Cowichan Secondary Gym. The funds raised by the game will be used for school improvements

25/10/05- MEN'S VOLLEYBALL WIN TOURNEY!!

The Mariner Men's Volleyball team went undefeated this past weekend (Oct 21-23) in New Westminister at the Douglas College Tournament.

They defeated Camosun in the finals 3-2 (29-27, 18-25, 21-25, 27-25, 15-11).

In pool play they defeated Capilano, CBC and UBC-Okanagan.

25/10/05-   BELL CANADA AND MARINERS TEAM UP

Bell Canada and the Mariners are teaming up to bring Nanaimo some high calibre men's volleyball in our local High School.

The plan to have a game each wednesday evening in November. The Mariners will play the Bell All-Star Coaches.
Bell All-Star Coaches will include local High School Coaches that are Mariner Alumni but also have gone on to play for UBC, U of Manitoba .....  Players such as Alex DeChantal, Mark Yuen and Graeme Sigalet.

Bell will be giving away phones, Dog's Ear is also donating prizes !!

Island Radio and Orange Julius are also sponsors.

Dover Bay Nov. 2nd, Wellington Nov. 9th, NDSS Nov. 16th, Ladysmith Nov. 23rd, Barsby Nov. 30th.
All Games will be at 7pm!!

06/10/05-    TEAM CANADA DEFEATED BY OUR M'S!!

The Mariner handled the experienced Team Canada Masters  with relative ease.
3-1 (25-19, 25-16, 16-25, 25-17).

27/09/05-    MEN'S VOLLEYBALL PLACE SECOND

The Mariners hosted a six team exhibition tournament. Malaspina met Malaspina in the finals ... nice result.

The Alumni defeated the M's 3-1 in the finals.

COMPLETE RESULTS

13/06/05-    MEN'S VOLLEYBALL UPDATE

After a successful 2004-05 season, the Mariner Men are looking forwards to the upcoming season.   This past year the Mariner Men won a Bronze medal at the BC Championships in Cranbrook.   The Mariners have a strong returning core of players, but have added some recruits to strengthen the line-up.
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