Volleyball
AUS volleyball championships preview
This year, Dalhousie University is hosting the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) volleyball championships at Dalplex from March, 1 to 2. Dalhousie is the favourite to win its seventh straight AUS championship. Here’s a brief overview of the four teams competing. Match 1: Dalhousie University (1) vs. Saint Mary’s University (4) Dalhousie Tigers The Tigers have only lost two games this year and come into the playoffs ranked as the fourth best…
Read MoreModel athlete
After winning four AUS championships in four years, fifth-year volleyball player Mieke DuMont is in the final stretch of her successful university career. She credits Tim Maloney, Dalhousie’s executive director of athletics and recreation, for making her experience at Dal so memorable. “It has been such an amazing experience, I’ll definitely miss it,” says DuMont trying to hold…
Read MoreThe mental game
Being a successful athlete is more than just being physically talented. That’s why the Dalhousie Tigers women’s volleyball team has a mental skills coach to help give them an edge. “There’s lots of parts to being successful,” says Head Coach Rick Scott. “But another side is the mental side, to give yourself the confidence and…
Read MoreAdventure to Europe
The men’s volleyball team had a “once in a lifetime opportunity,” over the winter break. That’s what the team’s head coach, Dan Ota said after he took the team on a volleyball trip to Europe over the break. “I think this is the kind of trip that (the players) are going to talk amongst themselves…
Read MoreBringing Moore to the table
Rick Scott, Dalhousie University’s women’s volleyball head coach knew he had a talented player when he recruited Julie Moore. He coached her in her senior year at Citadel High School in Halifax. But he wasn’t expecting the immediate success she had in her first season last year. Moore led the AUS in kills with 228,…
Read MoreMaking a comeback
Harrison Callaghan is back and clear to take off. Callaghan, a third-year veteran of the men’s volleyball team for Dalhousie University is back in the line up after being forced to sit out the 2017-2018 season due to a back injury. He missed the entire season after he hurt his lower back right before the…
Read MoreTigers eager to keep winning
Six straight Atlantic University Sport championships and medalling at nationals is the Dal women’s volleyball team’s goal heading into the season. “We have a history of success and I see a lot of ingredients to a championship team in this gym,” said Head Coach Rick Scott after a Tigers practice. The team has eleven players…
Read MoreTwo teams, one champ
The Atlantic University Sports (AUS) conference is now facing a men’s volleyball season with only two competitors. The Memorial University men’s volleyball team dropped out of the AUS conference this past summer and now Dalhousie University has one opponent for the upcoming season: the University of New Brunswick. “Most people have a knee-jerk reaction to…
Read MoreLeading the way
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…
Read MoreDal athletes keep a balanced lifestyle
Dalhousie University athletes work tirelessly to represent their school. How do these high-performing athletes manage to balance their academia, training and social life? The Gazette talked to two athletes about how they manage this. Harrison Callaghan is in his third year playing the position of left side on the men’s volleyball team. Off the court,…
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