NEWS RELEASES

20/03/10 - ANDREW KABAN NAMED ALL-CANADIAN
At the 2010 CCAA All-Canadian Banquet in Calgary Alberta Andrew Kaban was named an All-Canadian. Only two men's basketball players from the BCCAA received this recognition. Andrew led the league in scoring, averaging 20pts a game, won a provincial silver medal and has received numerous academic awards. Congratulations Andrew !!

17/03/10 - ONCE AGAIN VIU IS THE TOP ATHLETIC PROGRAM !!
For the fourth consecutive year the VIU Mariners have won the Provincial BCCAA Aggregate title.
The Aggregate Champion is the institution with the most accumulated points by each of the teams they field over the course of the competitive season.
VIU won silver medals in women's volleyball, men's basketball, badminton and men's soccer. A bronze medal went to women's basketball and for the first time in many years all Mariner teams qualified for provincials.
It was extremely close between VIU and UBC-Okanagan, just a few points made the difference.
Congratulations to all the athletes and coaches !!

15/03/10 - VIU defeats HUMBER but drop next two
A solid win over Humber was followed by a loss to UBC-Okanagan and MacEwan eliminating any medal hopes. Lindsay McLoughlin was named a second team tournament all-star !!
Read more in the NDN

08/03/10 - VIU WOMENS VOLLEYBALL DEPARTS FOR NATIONALS
The team departs Wednesday for Quebec and you can follow all the action in Quebec on the 2010 Women's Volleyball Nationals website. CLICK HERE
Also some photos from the 2010 BCCAA Volleyball Championships have just been posted at
CLICK HERE

08/03/10 - VIU MEN SETTLE FOR SILVER AND DENIED THE WILDCARD!!
The VIU had a solid lead in the 3rd quarter, but UNBC got hot and VIU got cold and a 30-8 run for UNBC ended the season for the Mariners. To add further disappointment the M's did not receive a wildcard berth despite being ranked nationally #1 most of the season .... Read more in the NDN

06/03/10 - VIU WOMEN PRODUCE A BRONZE MEDAL!!
A gutsy performance by the VIU Women's basketball team produced a bronze medal at the Provincial Championships. A 63-57 win over the top seeded UNBC Timberwolves saw Richelle Rafnkjelson named player of the game with 18points.

05/03/10 - VIU vs UNBC for Gold and Bronze!!
First up will be the women's game at 1pm. The Mariners face the #1 seeds UNBC Timberwolves for Bronze. At 8pm the VIU men go for gold !! A tight first half semi-final vs UBC Okanagan Heat was followed by a dominating second half performance by VIU. Watch all the action LIVE via the web ... Click logo above and follow the links or join us at the VIU gym. Read more in the NDN

04/03/10 - VIU WOMEN ADVANCE TO THE SEMI'S!!
A solid win over Kwantlen has the Mariners advancing to play second seed UBC Okanagan Heat. Read more about the Championships in the NNB

28/01/10 - MEN'S BASKETBALL ID CAMP
VIU men's basketball is hosting an open ID camp for Sunday, April 4th from 12noon - 4pm
Anyone interested should contact Head Coach Tony Bryce at tbryce98@yahoo.com

28/01/10 - 2010 VIU FUNDRAISER GOLF TOURNAMENT
VIU Mariners are hosting a golf tournament on April 9th at the Nanaimo Golf Club to raise funds to help support our student-athletes. The athletes will take part in the tournament acting as caddies ... max number of teams is 25, so register ASAP. Sponsors needed !!
For all the details see REGISTRATION FORM

26/02/10 - WOMENS GOING FOR GOLD
A battle with Capilano Blues resulted in a 3-0 win for VIU .. The men's team will be playing for bronze as they lost to UFV 3-0. More details

26/02/10 - WOMENS VOLLEYBALL ADVANCES
Despite dropping the first game against the host team Camosun Chargers the VIU Women's Volleyball recovered and won 3-1 and now face the Capilano Blues in the semi-finals at 1pm Friday, Feb 26th. Read more in the NNB
Jacqueline Doleman was named player of the game in the quarterfinal match.
View all the action live at ....
2010 BCCAA PROVINCIAL VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS website.
The second seeded VIU Men's volleyball team meet the UFV Cascades at 3pm in the semi-finals !!

18/01/10 - NOMINATIONS FOR WALL OF FAME!!
Its that time of the year when VIU Athletics accepts nominations for the 2010 induction to the Mariner Wall of Fame.Those selected will be honoured at the awards banquet slated for April 7th. Nomination Form

28/01/10 - 2010 VIU FUNDRAISER GOLF TOURNAMENT
VIU Mariners are hosting a golf tournament on April 9th at the Nanaimo Golf Club to raise funds to help support our student-athletes. The athletes will take part in the tournament acting as caddies ... max number of teams is 25, so register ASAP. Sponsors needed !!
For all the details see REGISTRATION FORM

28/01/10 -THE VIU EVENT STAFF ARE THE BEST !!

Last weekend the VIU Mariner event staff enjoyed an evening out together at the Splitsville bowling alley.
Thanks to our events staff and their leader Mike Stefan each weekend the Mariner games run smoothly . All the work the minor officials, announcers, mascots, videographers, cyberstats/dakstats technicians, gate people ....needs to be applauded !!

ANDREW KABAN
Basketball

Mike In his fourth season with the Mariners Andrew Kaban has been named a CCAA All-Canadian !!

Only two men's basketball players from the BCCAA received this recognition. Andrew led the league in scoring, averaging 20pts a game, won a provincial silver medal and has received numerous academic awards. Congratulations Andrew !!