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John Doherty SPORTS EDITOR ucas Hodgson was officially appointed the position of head coach of the Lancers Women’s Volleyball Monday, director of athletics Gord Grace announced. Hodgson, who served as interim head coach of the program for the past year, is considered to be one of the top coaches and recruiters in the OUA. “I am really excited to work with the department to build an OUA and CIS contender here with the Lancers,” Hodgson said in a press release. “The support for my family and I has been tremendous and I look forward to keep building relationships in the...
Alanna Kelly SPORTS WRITER ancers Men’s Volleyball team fifth-year setter Will Alexander is looking forward to the playoffs and more years ahead at the University of Windsor. At the start of his university career, playing a varsity sport in university was a sure bet for the Windsor native. “The assistant coach at the time recruited me,” Alexander said. “Although I didn’t know any of the guys on the team, I knew it was right for me. Volleyball was always an interest to me and I really couldn’t imagine being in school and not playing a sport. It was a natural...
John Doherty SPORTS EDITOR ancers Breast Cancer Awareness Day had a special meaning for women’s volleyball assistant coach Linda Leckie. Saturday, Lancers teams traded in their tradition blue and gold for pink to raise awareness and funds for cancer research. Leckie, who is herself cancer survivor, was thrilled with the Lancers initiative. “This is huge,” Leckie said. “They chose a weekend where a lot of the teams are playing at home. Everybody is wearing pink. It’s advertised, it’s recognized, it’s being spoken about and that’s what we (cancer) survivors ask for.” Leckie discovered a lump in her breast through self-diagnosis...
Interim coach Lucas Hodgson envisions a competitive women’s volleyball team John Doherty SPORTS EDITOR nterim head coach Lucas Hodgson wants to see the Lancers women’s volleyball team hit a win percentage of .500 next season. He would also like the adjective ‘interim’ removed from his title. These goals aren’t unreasonable, considering the work he’s already put into a team that has strayed far from the path that resulted in a provincial title in 2005-06. If he’s hired— the Lancers head coach position was just posted last week— Hodgson brings with him coaching and recruiting experience that he’s built up with...
Alanna Kelly SPORTS WRITER he University of Windsor Lancers Men’s volleyball team faced York Lions and McMaster Marauders at home last weekend. The Lancers were able to advance over York on Saturday 3-1 (25-20, 25-22, 21-25, 25-19). Lead scorers for the Lancers were Harrison Oake (13), Kyle Williamson (10) and Andrew Foster (9). Coming into the last game of season, the Lancers knew the game against second place McMaster would be a difficult one. “We have a few key injuries so we aren’t 100 per cent, but they are the No. 2 team in the league for a reason,” setter...
John Doherty SPORTS EDITOR Toronto 3 Windsor 0 he Lancers Women’s Volleyball team fell to a 2-9 record Friday following a 3-0 loss to Toronto at the St. Denis Centre. Toronto jump out to a 12-2 lead in the first set. Windsor battled back to bring themselves within four points before Toronto pulled away for a 25-13 win. In the second set, Windsor held a brief two-point lead before giving way to a 25-17 Toronto victory. Toronto held the lead throughout the third set en route to a 25-19 win. Kaila Seguin and Ana Vcclj had seven kills each. Jessica...
Lancers take on Guleph and Waterloo during weekend games at home LANCERS 2 GRYPHONS 3 LANCERS 3 WARRIORS 1 Alanna Kelly LANCE WRITER he Windsor Lancers Men’s Volleyball team closed out the first half of the season during home games against the Guelph Gryphons and the Waterloo Warriors over the weekend. Windsor and Guelph played for an official third place possession going into the OUA, but the Gryphons where able to take the game 3-2 (31-33, 25-17, 25-20, 29-31, 8-15) on Friday night. The classic rivals met in the first round of playoffs in the last two years, setting an...
Alanna Kelly LANCE WRITER LANCERS 2 MUSTANGS 3 he University of Windsor Lancers Men’s volleyball team lost a hard fought five set match, 3-2 to the first place Western Mustangs Friday night. The Lancers were coming off to solid wins against the Toronto Varsity Blues 3-1 and the Ryerson Rams 3-0 last weekend, but could not overcome a talented Western team in what was a highly anticipated match. The loss leaves the Lancers at 5-2 and third place in the OUA. “Although we came away with a loss, this match was a true test of character against a top tier...
Goran Dabic SPORTS EDITOR The University of Windsor Men’s Volleyball team finished in second place in the 15th Annual Ryerson Invitational Men’s Volleyball Tournament last week after falling to the Western Mustangs (25-17, 25-17, 29-27) in the championship game. The annual pre-season tournament is a great way for many of the top OUA programs to gauge how they stack up against the rest of the competition. Other teams that took part in the tournament included the Ryerson Rams, Western Mustangs, York Lions and Guelph Gryphons. “It was a great tournament,” said head coach Shawn Lippert in a recent press release....