
![]() | THREE SPARTANS MAKE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL NATIONAL B TEAM Men's Volleyball - date: May 16th, 2012 OTTAWA, Ontario – Volleyball Canada announced its 21-athlete national B team for the 2012 season Wednesday and three members of the Trinity Western men’s team made the cut as Steven Marshall of Abbotsford, B.C., Dan Jansen Van Doorn of Langley, B.C. and Lucas Van Berkel of Edmonton, Alta. will all represent the red and white this summer. |
![]() | Q&A WITH FORMER SPARTAN, NOW TEAM CANADA, SETTER JOSH HOWATSON Men's Volleyball - date: May 16th, 2012 LANGLEY, British Columbia – This past weekend, former Trinity Western men’s volleyball setter Josh Howatson helped Canada’s national team to a second place finish at the NORCECA Men’s Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament in Long Beach, Calif. Despite an impressive tournament for the red and white side, a three-set loss to the United States in the final ended Canada’s only chance to qualify for this summer’s Olympic Games in London. We caught up with Howatson to talk about the qualifying tournament and the upcoming FIVB World League 2012, which starts this weekend. |
![]() | HOWATSON, CANADA FALL ONE WIN SHY OF OLYMPIC BERTH Men's Volleyball - date: May 14th, 2012 LONG BEACH, California – Canada’s men’s volleyball team, with former Spartan setter Josh Howatson, lost the gold medal match at the NORCECA Olympic qualifier to the U.S., 28-26, 25-18, 25-20 on Saturday night. Only the tournament winner could land a berth for the 2012 London Games. |
![]() | BEN BALL INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS Men's Volleyball - date: Apr. 30th, 2012 CALGARY - On Monday evening at the BLG Awards Trinity Western University's Ben Ball, who was the Canada West Male Athlete of the Year, was interviewed by TSN's Brian Williams at the annual awards ceremony in Calgary. |
![]() | BEN BALL HAS BUSY DAY ONE IN CALGARY FOR BLG AWARDS Men's Volleyball - date: Apr. 30th, 2012 CALGARY - Trinity Western University men's volleyball setter Ben Ball had a very busy 24 hours at the BLG Athlete of the Year awards this weekend in Calgary. Ball, who is the Canada West Athlete of the Year, is one of four males looking to secure the BLG award for CIS Male Athlete of the Year. |
![]() | BALL NOMINATED FOR CIS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD Men's Volleyball - date: Apr. 18th, 2012 at 12:00pm CALGARY, Alberta – Trinity Western men’s volleyball setter Ben Ball of Abbotsford, B.C. was named a nominee for the 2012 BLG Awards Wednesday and will be one of four male athletes vying for this year’s CIS Athlete of the Year honour at the 20th Annual BLG Awards sponsored by the national law firm Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. |
![]() | SEASON REWIND AND LOOK AHEAD: PART 9 - MEN’S VOLLEYBALL Men's Volleyball - date: Apr. 11th, 2012 LANGLEY, British Columbia – Simply put, the Trinity Western men’s volleyball team’s 2011-12 season was the most successful, the most dominant and the most decorated campaign any Spartans team, across all sports, has ever had. |
![]() | VIDEO: RELIVE THE CHAMPIONSHIP MOMENTS Men's Volleyball - date: Mar. 9th, 2012 LANGLEY, British Columbia – Relive the moments from the Trinity Western University men’s volleyball CIS championship at Queen’s University March 2-4 in Kingston, Ontario. |
![]() | BALL NAMED CIS MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Men's Volleyball - date: Mar. 7th, 2012 LANGLEY, British Columbia – After a remarkable weekend for Trinity Western men’s volleyball setter Ben Ball, in which he was named MVP of the CIS national championship en route to helping the Spartans capture their second national title in as many years, the fifth-year Abbotsford, B.C. product was not surprisingly named the CIS Male Athlete of the Week. |
![]() | NATIONALS MVP BALL NAMED CANADA WEST ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Men's Volleyball - date: Mar. 6th, 2012 LANGLEY, British Columbia – Trinity Western men’s volleyball setter Ben Ball just continues to pile up the accolades as he was named the Canada West Male Athlete of the Week after capping off a spectacular season this week by winning the CIS national championship MVP and in doing so led Trinity Western to its second national title in as many years. |
| Date | Game | Time |
|---|
| Date | Game | R | S | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MV | 03-04 | Laval - CIS Gold Medal Match @ Queen's | W | 3-1 |
| MV | 03-03 | Queen's - CIS Championship @ Queen's | W | 3-0 |
| MV | 03-02 | Dalhousie at CIS @ Queen's | W | 3-0 |
| MV | 02-25 | MANITOBA -CWFinal Four | W | 3-2 |
| MV | 02-24 | CALGARY - CWFinal Four | W | 3-0 |
| MV | 02-11 | BRITISH COLUMBIA* | W | 3-0 |
| MV | 02-10 | BRITISH COLUMBIA* | W | 3-0 |
| MV | 02-04 | @Calgary* | W | 3-1 |
| MV | 02-03 | @Calgary* | W | 3-0 |
| MV | 01-28 | @Manitoba* | W | 3-0 |
| MV | 01-27 | @Manitoba* | L | 3-0 |
| MV | 01-21 | WINNIPEG* | W | 3-0 |
| MV | 01-20 | WINNIPEG* | W | 3-2 |
| MV | 01-14 | ALBERTA* (David E. Enarson Gym) | W | 3-0 |
| MV | 01-13 | ALBERTA* (David E. Enarson Gym) | W | 3-1 |
| MV | 01-03 | QUEEN'S | W | 3-1 |
| MV | 01-02 | QUEEN'S | W | 3-0 |
| MV | 12-03 | @Thompson Rivers* | W | 3-0 |
| MV | 12-02 | @Thompson Rivers* | W | 3-2 |
| MV | 11-26 | UBC OKANAGAN* | W | 3-0 |
| CIS Top Ten as of 02/28/2012 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trinity Western | (1) |
| 2 | Manitoba | (2) |
| 3 | Laval | (3) |
| 4 | Alberta | (4) |
| 5 | Western | (5) |
| 6 | Calgary | (7) |
| 7 | Brandon | (8) |
| 8 | UBC | (6) |
| 9 | McMaster | (9) |
| 10 | Queen's | (NR) |
| Kills | Match | Date | |
| Luke Bainard | 32 | Regina Cougars | 02/04/00 |
| Steve Rogalsky | 29 | Manitoba Bisons | 01/13/08 |
| Set Assists | Match | Date | |
| Josh Howatson | 66 | Winnipeg Wesmen | 11/13/04 |
| Josh Howatson | 60 | Alberta Golden Bears | 01/28/06 |
| Service Aces | Match | Date | |
| Steve Rogalsky | 13 | Winnipeg Wesmen | 01/24/04 |
| Josh Howatson | 9 | Winnipeg Wesmen | 02/18/05 |
| Digs | Match | Date | |
| Seth Schalk | 24 | Alberta Golden Bears | 03/06/05 |
| Jarrod Offereins | 24 | Brandon Bobcats | 11/14/09 |
| Total Blocks | Match | Date | |
| Chris Meehan | 16 | York Lions | 03/04/05 |
| Lucas Van Berkel | 15 | UBC Thunderbirds | 10/30/10 |
| Kills | Avg | Date | |
| Steve Rogalsky | 413 | .268 | 2004 |
| Luke Bainard | 352 | .277 | 1999 |
| Set Assists | Games | Date | |
| Josh Howatson | 1165 | 121 | 2004 |
| Ben Josephson | 966 | 113 | 2002 |
| Service Aces | Games | Date | |
| Josh Howatson | 60 | 121 | 2004 |
| Josh Howatson | 58 | 98 | 2005 |
| Digs | Games | Date | |
| Jaben Schalk | 295 | 129 | 2004 |
| Jeff Van Huizen | 227 | 116 | 2002 |
| Total Blocks | Games | Date | |
| Chris Meehan | 158 | 118 | 2003 |
| Mark Huberts | 124 | 119 | 2000 |
| Kills | Avg | Date | |
| Steve Rogalsky | 1574 | .259 | 2001-08 |
| Luke Bainard | 1133 | .256 | 1999-02 |
| Set Assists | Games | Date | |
| Josh Howatson | 3451 | 386 | 2003-06 |
| Chaim Schalk | 1259 | 190 | 2006-08 |
| Service Aces | Games | Date | |
| Josh Howatson | 205 | 436 | 2003-06 |
| Steve Rogalsky | 172 | 501 | 2003-07 |
| Digs | Games | Date | |
| Jeff Van Huizen | 706 | 362 | 1999-02 |
| Seth Schalk | 666 | 420 | 2003-06 |
| Total Blocks | Games | Date | |
| Chris Meehan | 501 | 430 | 2001-05 |
| Justin Pankratz | 359 | 430 | 2001-05 |