PERRIN OFFICIALLY NAMED TO CANADA’S FISU VOLLEYBALL TEAM

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2011
FISU GAMES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PERRIN OFFICIALLY NAMED TO CANADA’S FISU VOLLEYBALL TEAM

OTTAWA (CIS) - Canadian Interuniversity Sport, in conjunction with Volleyball Canada, officially announced Tuesday the 12 student-athletes, one of which is Trinity Western’s Alicia Perrin (Creston, B.C.) who will represent Canada in women’s volleyball at the 26th Summer Universiade in August in Shenzhen, China.

2011 Summer Universiade website: http://www.sz2011.org/Universiade
Team Canada website: http://english.cis-sic.ca/universiade/summer  

Perrin, who was named to the CIS All-Rookie Team last year, had standout 2010-11 campaign in which she averaged 1.26 blocks per set, which was second in Canada West, and had a team-leading attacking percentage of 25.0 per cent.

The Canadian roster is comprised of 10 CIS and two NCAA standouts. The Canada West conference dominates the selection with eight representatives including the reigning CIS player of the year, University of British Columbia’s Shanice Marcelle.

Rounding out a talented group of hitters for the Shenzhen Games are UBC teammate Lisa Barclay of Brandon, Man., Manitoba’s Kristi Hunter of Roblin, Man., Montreal’s Marie-Sophie Nadeau of Saint-Aimé, Que., and Alberta’s Krista Zubick of St. Albert, Alta.

Setter duties will be shared by University of Alberta’s Jaclyn Ellis of Mississauga, Ont., and U of Montreal’s Alexandra Lojen of Montreal.

Middle blockers include University of Regina’s Beth Clark of Saskatoon, Manitoba’s Tricia Mayba of Winnipeg, Montana’s Jaimie Thibeault of Sylvan Lake, Alta., and Trinity Western’s Alicia Perrin.

Syracuse’s Noémie Lefebvre of Terrebonne, Que., was the choice at libero.

Ellis, Lojen and Nadeau joined Marcelle as CIS all-Canadians in 2010-11. Nadeau also earned CIS rookie-of-the-year honours and was named to the CIS all-rookie team.

Barclay previously wore the Maple Leaf at the 2010 junior NORCECA championship in Mexico. Marcelle attended the same event in 2008.

Lojen is the lone returnee from the Canadian squad that placed 13th at the last Universiade in 2009 in Belgrade, Serbia. Canada has struggled in recent years at the world university games posting only one top-10 finish in six tournaments (8th in 2001) since taking fourth place in 1997, a performance that equalled its best result in history.

In Shenzhen, the Canadians will compete in the preliminary round in Pool C against reigning bronze medallist Poland, Taiwan and France. Italy is the defending Universiade champion thanks to a gold-medal win over Serbia in 2009.

The women’s volleyball tournament will run from August 14 to 21.

Canada’s coaching staff for the Universiade was announced back on April 12.

The head coach is Alain Pelletier from Laval University. In his fourth season at the helm of the Rouge et Or in 2010-11, Pelletier guided his troops to the Quebec conference title and a silver medal at the CIS championship.

Assistant coaches Lee Carter from Brandon and Joely Christian-Macfarlane from Queen’s – who will also act as team leader - round out the support staff, along with athletic therapist Christine Johnston.

TEAM CANADA ROSTER   
            
Position           Name                          Height (cm)     University       Hometown      

Setter               Jaclyn Ellis                  183                  Alberta             Mississauga, Ont.
Setter               Alexandra Lojen          180                  Montreal          Montreal, Que.
Middle             Beth Clark                   184                  Regina             Saskatoon, Sask.
Middle             Tricia Mayba               185                  Manitoba         Winnipeg, Man.
Middle             Jaimie Thibeault          188                  Montana          Sylvan Lake, Alta.
Middle                  Alicia Perrin                     192                        TWU                    Creston, B.C.
Left Side          Lisa Barclay                 188                  UBC                Brandon, Man.
Left Side          Kristi Hunter                175                  Manitoba         Roblin, Man.
Left Side          Shanice Marcelle         180                  UBC                Victoria, B.C.
Left Side          Marie-Sophie Nadeau  183                  Montreal          Saint-Aimé, Que.
Left Side          Krista Zubick               183                  Alberta             St. Albert, Alta.
Libero              Noémie Lefebvre         175                  Syracuse          Terrebonne, Que.

COACHING STAFF                                                                                      

Position                       Name                                      University       Hometown

Head coach                   Alain Pelletier                          Laval               Quebec City, Que.
Coach                          Lee Carter                                Brandon           Brandon, Man.
Coach & Team Leader    Joely Christian-Macfarlane          Queen’s           Kingston, Ont.
Athletic Therapist          Christine Johnston                      -                    Winnipeg, Man                                    

UNIVERSIADE POOLS & SCHEDULE:
 
Pool A: China, Japan, Sweden, Belarus
Pool B: Italy, Brazil, Slovenia, Ukraine
Pool C: Poland, Taiwan, CANADA, France
Pool D: Russia, Thailand, Norway, Hong Kong

Aug. 14: Poland vs. Canada     
Aug. 15: Taiwan vs. Canada
Aug. 16: France vs. Canada
Aug. 18: Quarter-finals
Aug. 19: Semi-finals
Aug. 21: Bronze & Final

CANADA’S BEST RESULT AT THE UNIVERSIADE:
 
1997 (Sicily, Italy): 4th  
1983 (Edmonton, Canada): 4th

CANADA’S RESULTS AT THE LAST 5 UNIVERSIADES:
 
2009 (Belgrade, Serbia): 13th
2007 (Bangkok, Thailand): 11th
2005 (Izmir, Turkey): 12th  
2003 (Daegu, South Korea): 11th  
2001 (Beijing, China): 8th

About the Summer Universiade

The Summer Universiade is an international multi-sport event that takes place every two years and is second only to the Olympic Games in the number of participating athletes and countries. The Universiade is open to competitors who are at least 17 and less than 28 years of age as of January 1 in the year of the Games. Participants must be full-time students at a post-secondary institution (university, college, CEGEP) or have graduated from a post-secondary institution in the year preceding the event.

About Canadian Interuniversity Sport

Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada. Fifty-two universities, 10,000 student-athletes and 550 coaches vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. CIS also provides high performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as numerous world university championships. For further information, visit www.cis-sic.ca.

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For more information:

Michel Bélanger        
Manager, Communications & Media Relations
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Off: (613) 562-5670 ext. 25
Cell: (613) 447-6334
belanger@universitysport.ca
www.cis-sic.ca

Nichole Mailey
Women’s national team coordinator
Volleyball Canada
Off: (204) 474-7331
nmailey@volleyball.ca
www.volleyball.ca

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Last Updated: 2011-08-16
Author: Mark Janzen
Email: Mark.Janzen@twu.ca