Volleyball

Canada hung on for the win over Japan 3-2 (25-18, 26-24, 23-25, 21-25, 15-13) today to successfully conclude its Volleyball Nations League weekend in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.Canada won all three matches - 3-1 over China on Friday and against the host country 3-1 Saturday...

Poland came out on top today, defeating Canada 3-1 (25-20, 25-27, 25-20, 28-26), in the final VNL match of the weekend for Canada in Iran."We started our match poorly and we were lacking in focus - against a team like Poland it is very hard to...

Russia beat Canada today 3-1 (25-23, 22-25, 25-20, 25-23) in the second match of week three of Volleyball Nations League, hosted by Iran.Unlike yesterday’s decisive loss to Iran, Canada kept the Russian team, who are defending VNL champions, battling throughout the match."Although we lost...

Serbia beat Canada 3-2 (25-17, 24-26, 25-21, 26-28,15-12) in the tie-break set to finish off the second weekend of the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League (VNL) at the Arena at TD Place in Ottawa.Canada was aiming for a record five consecutive wins in VNL, and...

Canada swept Australia 3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-18) to open the second weekend of the five-week pool play stage of Volleyball Nations League in front an enthusiastic crowd at the Arena at TD Place in Ottawa.Sharone Vernon-Evans led the attack for the host nation with...

Roster set for VNL in OttawaMen's team head coach Glenn Hoag has announced the roster for VNL Ottawa.Team Canada will go up against Australia, Germany and Serbia on week 2 (June 7 to 9) of the five-week pool play stage of Volleyball Nations League.VNL...

Canada impressed its home fans today with a 3-0 win over Mexico at the Sportplex in Chateauguay, Quebec, in the Women’s Challenge Cup tournament. The scores were decisive at 25-14, 25-16, 25-17.Canadian Alexa Gray stood out as top scorer with 13 points; followed by teammate...

Mendoza, Argentina: Canada’s men’s team earned its first win today in the opening weekend of Volleyball Nations League defeating Portugal 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-16) in Portugal.Sharone Vernon-Evans contributed 15 points, while Stephen Maar had 14. Yesterday the team opened with at 3-1 loss to Bulgaria,...

Today Canada’s men’s team plays Portugal in Volleyball Nations League and will attempt to find its first win, after an opener loss Friday evening.It was Bulgaria over Canada 3-1 (25-20, 26-24, 19-25, 25-17) in this VNL opener for both sides."We did some good things...

2019 Women’s Challenge Cup RosterThe following athletes are representing Canada at the Women’s Challenge Cup, May 31 to June 02, 2019, at the Sportplex in Châteauguay, Quebec.#1 Jessie Niles, Turner Valley, AB #2 Autumn Bailey, Burlington, ON #3 Kiera Van Ryk, Surrey, BC #4 Kyla Richey, Roberts...

Volleyball Canada announced the extended rosters for the men’s and women’s sitting volleyball programs for the 2019 season."After selection and training camps, we are pleased to announce this strong group of athletes who are working hard toward qualification for the Paralympic Games in 2020,...