Volleyball Archives | Dalhousie Gazette

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…

Going for a 10th straight Atlantic University Sport (AUS) title, the Dalhousie University Tigers women’s volleyball team finds itself at the top of the conference standings at the start of a new semester.

Tigers have Halloween fun

By Thomas Scott | October 29, 2022 |

The Dalhousie University Tigers women’s volleyball team has a spooky, fun way of practicing each Halloween. By wearing costumes to practice.

Year of the Tiger

By Luke Dyment | October 3, 2022 |

The Dalhousie University Tigers women’s volleyball team cruised to their ninth straight Atlantic University Sport (AUS) championship in the 2021-2022 season.

Victory off the court

By Thomas Scott | September 16, 2022 |

Derrick Ejeckam, part of Team Newfoundland in the 2022 Canada Games in Niagara, Ontario, visited the Niagara Children’s Centre.

Captaining through COVID-19

By Thomas Scott | February 6, 2022 |

Julie Moore has been nothing but sensational throughout the 2021-2022 season, ranking second in points per set and kills per set in Atlantic University Sport (AUS) women’s volleyball. She’s certainly put a lot of work into becoming one of the conference’s most dangerous players. But over the past couple of years, more of that work has been building herself up into a leadership role.

Volleyball opening weekend highlighted by Michael Donovan’s brilliance

By Luke Dyment | October 29, 2021 |

Technically, outside hitter Michael Donovan of the Dalhousie University Tigers men’s volleyball team played in the 2019-2020 season. It was just for one set during one match. He missed the rest to injury. But on opening weekend this season, hosting Maritime rivals the University of New Brunswick Reds, he declared his arrival on the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) volleyball scene.

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.

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.

Playing the dead zone

By Luke Dyment | October 17, 2020 |

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.

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.