KINGSTON, Ont. – University of Regina first-year right side Andrew Nelson was named the CIS Men’s Volleyball Rookie of the Year on Thursday morning as Canadian Interuniversity Sport announced its major award winners for the 2011-12 season.   Nelson, a product of Campbell Collegiate, becomes the first University of Regina men’s volleyball player to win a major CIS award. He was also named to... 

EDMONTON, Alta. – Canada West announced its men’s volleyball postseason awards on Friday, naming the University of Regina’s Andrew Nelson the Canada West Rookie of the Year after a spectacular first season with the Cougars.   After starring at Regina’s Campbell Collegiate, Nelson came to the U of R and had an immediate impact for the Cougars in his first season of CIS eligibility. He came... 

Regina volleyball teams took part in the 14U Women Sask Cup in Saskatoon on the weekend. In the 14U tier 1 gold medal game, the Regina QCVC Royals beat the Prince Albert Toppers En Fuego 25-20, 25-22. The Regina QCVC Thunder lost to the Saskatoon JCVC REd 21-25, 25-23, 15-9 in the Tier II gold medal game. The Regina RVC Thunder lost to the Battleford Xplosion 25-18, 25-22 in the tier II bronze medal... 

REGINA, Sask. – The University of Calgary’s women’s volleyball team salvaged a weekend split with a three-set victory over the Regina Cougars on Saturday night at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport.   Calgary opened up with a convincing 25-12 first-set victory, then outlasted the Cougars by a 25-23 margin in the second and put the match away with a 25-19 win in the third.   No one... 

REGINA, Sask. – The University of Calgary’s men’s volleyball team cruised to its second straight-sets win in as many nights over the Regina Cougars on Saturday at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport. Calgary opened the match with a 25-20 win in the first set before scoring a convincing 25-16 victory in the second set over the host Cougars. The Dinos didn’t trail throughout the entire... 

REGINA, Sask. – Graham Vigrass had 22 kills for the University of Calgary’s men’s volleyball team on Friday night as the Dinos defeated the Regina Cougars in straight sets in Gym 1 at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport.   Vigrass ended up with just three errors on 35 attacks, giving the fifth-year middle a blistering .543 hitting percentage – and that didn’t even lead the Dinos,... 

REGINA, Sask. – Back in the old gymnasium for the first time in nearly eight years, the University of Regina’s women’s volleyball team turned back the clock with a four-set victory over the No. 9-ranked Calgary Dinos on Friday at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport’s Gym 1.   The Cougars jumped out to an early lead in the first set after registering six consecutive points with Michelle... 

The University of Alberta scored a straight-sets victory over the Regina Cougars on Friday night in a Canada West men’s volleyball match in Edmonton. Alberta trailed 22-21 late in the first set, but collected four of the set’s final five points to edge the Cougars 25-23. The Golden Bears then won 25-18 in the second set and followed that up with a 25-16 victory in the third to improve their... 

The University of Regina’s women’s volleyball team opened Friday’s match against No. 4 Alberta with victories in the first and second sets, but the Pandas came roaring back to record a 3-2 comeback win in a Canada West match in Edmonton. The Cougars broke an 18-18 deadlock with a 7-1 run to take the first set by a 25-19 margin, then scored a 25-21 win in the second to take a 2-0 lead... 

The University of Regina Cougars used 20.5 team blocks to stymie the UBC Okanagan Heat’s bid for a fourth win with a five set victory (21-25, 25-18, 15-25, 25-22, 15-11). The Heat, coming out of an outstanding win last weekend against the nationally third ranked team, unfortunately couldn’t pull together to notch another win tonight as they were out-blocked 2:1, resulting in a tough ending to a...