By Chris Johns
The west coast is a nice place to visit in the middle of winter, unless you are a Canada West team striving for the playoffs. The University of Calgary men’s volleyball team found out the hard way, as they lost two important matches to the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds over the weekend in Vancouver.… Continue reading Cut down by T-Birds
By Chris Johns
How the mighty have fallen. The University of Calgary men’s volleyball team handed the former number-one ranked University of Winnipeg Wesmen two more defeats in Canada West action over the weekend. The Dinos won 4-1 and 3-2, and again showed flashes of brilliance in dispatching the high flying Wesmen. The Wesmen, on the other hand,… Continue reading Wesmen not what they used to be
By Chris Johns
The University of Calgary Dinos men’s volleyball team ventured west and earned a split with the Trinity Western University Spartans in Canada West Conference action last weekend. As has been the case for most of the season, the Dinos relied on individual talent to get them through a difficult match instead of playing as a… Continue reading Spartans steal one from volleysaurs
By Chris Johns
Canada’s national men’s volleyball team had an Olympic berth in their grasp before losing to the US 3-0 (25-20, 30-28, 25-21) at the Continental Cup tournament in Winnipeg. Team Canada finished the round-robin part of the event undefeated, including a dominating performance over the US in the opening match. They bombed the Americans 3-0 and… Continue reading Men’s volleyball
By Chris Johns
The University of Calgary men’s volleyball Dinosaurs have chosen a difficult way to get themselves in game shape this year. Play until the other team quits. For the second week in a row, the Dinos played a match which took over three hours to complete. The Big Red Machine rolled into Vancouver to play the… Continue reading It’s hard work being #1
By Chris Johns
The University of Calgary men’s volleyball team begins the second half of the Canada West schedule after a valuable six day trip to southern California.Valuable for a number of reasons according to Dinos Head Coach Greg Ryan. And Ryan, who takes every aspect of volleyball into consideration when preparing his teams to win, found a… Continue reading Coming back from Cali…
By Chris Johns
It is pretty clear what the Dinos men’s volleyball team thought going into their weekend series with Trinity Western University. "We are playing the equivalent of an expansion team. Piece of cake, right?" The Dinos found out otherwise when the TWU Spartans took them to a fifth game on Friday night before the Dinos regained… Continue reading Volleyball men overcome Spartans
By Chris Johns
There was some smash-mouth volleyball played at the Jack Simpson Gymnasium last weekend by the University of Calgary Dinos and their northern rivals, the University of Alberta Golden Bears. The Dinos moved into a tie for second place in the Canada West Conference, losing 3-2 on Friday evening and winning 3-2 on Saturday. The Bears… Continue reading Volleysaurs split series with Golden Bears
By Chris Johns
The University of Calgary Dinos began the 1999/2000 men’s volleyball season with a two victories over the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds. The Dinos proved worthy of their high pre-season ranking with two convincing wins, winning four sets to one on both Friday and Saturday nights. All matches in Canadian university volleyball will be played… Continue reading Domination, as usual
By Chris Johns
Fans of the University of Calgary men’s volleyball team are a pretty die-hard group. After all, they stayed until just after midnight on Saturday, hoping to see the Dinosaurs win. On Friday, the team gave fans plenty to cheer about. But was anything settled in the battle for number one?On a weekend when the top… Continue reading Midnight move on #1