Women's Volleyball

The women’s volleyball team won their first-ever Ontario championship after beating the Ottawa Gee-Gees in the OUA final.
  • 11 years 1 week ago

Women's volleyball leads power rankings

1. Women’s volleyball

The women’s volleyball team defied all expectations to win its first-ever Ontario championship this season.

After the Ottawa Gee-Gees ended...Continue...

Outside hitter Becky Billings was the Gaels’ MVP against the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds in Hamilton on March 2.
  • 11 years 3 weeks ago

Gaels exceed expectations

Back in October, nobody thought the women’s volleyball team would become Ontario champions. After losing 10 players in the off-season, a 12-rookie team went 2-8 in preseason play. Before the opening game of the OUA regular season, head coach Joely Christian-Macfarlane said her team’s goal was simple: get better every game.Continue...

  • 11 years 1 month ago

Women's volleyball makes early exit at nationals

In their first-ever national championship appearance, Gaels lose to University of Alberta Pandas in first roundContinue...

Outside hitter Becky Billings jumps to spike a ball during the Gaels’ win over the Ottawa Gee-Gees in Sunday’s OUA final.
  • 11 years 1 month ago

Tough opening game

Women’s volleyball coach Joely Christian-Macfarlane said her team won’t be intimidated when they play the four-time defending national champions this afternoon.Continue...

The women's volleyball team celebrates after beating the Ottawa Gee-Gees 3-1 in the OUA final on Sunday.
  • 11 years 1 month ago

Ontario champs

With her team only one point away from victory during the fifth set of an OUA semifinal last Saturday, women’s volleyball captain Becky Billings called her teammates in for
a huddle.
Billings had just watched them blow a two-set lead to the University of Toronto Varsity Blues. She said she brought the players together to make sure they wouldn’t lose focus again.Continue...

The women’s volleyball team practices at the ARC on Wednesday afternoon.
  • 11 years 1 month ago

Women ready for playoff run

Women’s volleyball coach Joely Christian-Macfarlane got what she wanted — Queen’s will play the Brock Badgers in the first round of the OUA playoffs.Continue...

Outside hitter Katie Neville jumps to spike the ball against the Windsor Lancers on Sunday.
  • 11 years 1 month ago

Gaels clinch third with two wins

When Joely Christian-Macfarlane became the women’s volleyball head coach in 2007, she made outside hitters Becky Billings and Natalie Gray her first two
official recruits.Continue...

  • 11 years 2 months ago

Sports in brief

The women’s volleyball team had a triumphant road trip to Thunder Bay, winning back-to-back straight-set games over the Lakehead Thunderwolves this weekend.Continue...

Katie Hagarty and the women’s volleyball team couldn’t beat the McMaster Marauders in Hamilton on Friday night.
  • 11 years 2 months ago

No wins for women

The women’s volleyball had its worst weekend of the season, dropping two four-set matches to the McMaster Marauders and the York Lions. The road losses dropped the 8-5 Gaels into a
third-place OUA tie.Continue...

Outside hitter Becky Billings celebrates after a kill on Saturday.
  • 11 years 2 months ago

Women win twice at home

The women’s volleyball team bent, but didn’t break in its victories last weekend. The Gaels were pushed to five sets against the Guelph Gryphons and four sets against the Waterloo Warriors, but prevailed both times to improve to an 8-3 record and move into a
second-place tie in the OUA.Continue...

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