Leading the way

By Josh Young | October 26, 2017 |

This summer, Dalhousie volleyball player Courtney Baker proved that she is not only one of the best women’s volleyball players in Atlantic University Sport (AUS), but one of the best in the country. An AUS first-team all-star last season, Baker competed against 60 players from the NCAA, U SPORTS and professional players to make the…

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Passing the ball

By Luke Dyment | January 29, 2021 |

Anika Almero and Brett Boldon aim to be the best volleyball setters they can be. The teammates for the Dalhousie University Tigers women’s volleyball team are competing for the vacant starting setter position in preparation for regular games potentially resuming next season.

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Determination, courage, and much more

By Luke Dyment | November 13, 2020 |

Victoria Haworth learned she was named a winner of the Dalhousie University Tigers’ President’s Award a couple of days before it was announced on April 3, 2020. Her volleyball coach Rick Scott and the Tigers were aware Victoria’s father was in poor health. They told Victoria of her win early so she could share the news with her father.

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Playing the dead zone

By Luke Dyment | October 17, 2020 |
Volleyball coach Rick Scott

In an interview with the Gazette, Scott shared two of the deadest places his teams have played at. The circumstances behind these games were unusual and fascinating, but the Gazette confirms the volleyball court built on top of a graveyard was not one of them.

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Questions linger for men’s volleyball team

By Luke Dyment | October 16, 2020 |

The Tigers men’s volleyball team, along with the University of New Brunswick (UNB) Varsity Reds, play in Réseau du sport étudiant du Quebec (RSEQ), Quebec’s U Sports conference. In a regular year, each team would take a number of trips to the other region to play two or three weekend games against their host. Now COVID-19 and the Atlantic bubble are in the way.

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Representing Canada away from the court

By Luke Dyment | September 4, 2020 |

Dalhousie University Tigers volleyballers Michael Donovan and Talia Vydykhan are no strangers to provincial and Team Canada volleyball camps. Yet while attending Volleyball Canada’s virtual camps this year, the two are in less familiar waters.

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From shutdown to action

By Luke Dyment | September 4, 2020 |

Aug. 17. This date marked the beginning of phase three in Dalhousie University’s reopening plan for its athletic facilities. The Dalplex’s pool, basketball court and volleyball court reopened. This is in addition to facilities like the fitness hall, which reopened on Aug. 4.

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One last ride

By Ilyas Kurbanov | February 17, 2020 |
In this image: Victoria Haworth (left) and Courtney Baker.

Volleyball players Courtney Baker and Victoria Haworth played one last regular season home game on Feb. 15. The two fifth-years have been integral to the team’s success.

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