Island volleyball tradition continues with all four Camosun and VIU teams in college nationals

It seems if there’s a net stretched across a gym, beach or park, someone from here will be spiking a ball over it

The Island’s vibrancy in volleyball has been evident from Tom Graham and Greg Russell at the 1976 Montreal Olympics to more recent Olympians such as Martin Reader at London 2012 and Fred Winters and Jamie Broder at Rio 2016.

But in the way of the Mariner women’s five-peat — you just know it — are the Chargers, who upset VIU in the PacWest Conference championship game in Cranbrook. The Chargers, PacWest champions for the first time, open the national tournament today at 1 p.m. against the Atlantic champion Holland College Hurricanes of Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Head coach Shane Hyde has led host VIU to seven national titles and 16 top-three finishes at nationals in 22 seasons. The Mariners have placed in the top three nine times in the past 11 years, including on the top rung the last four seasons. Rilyn Boorman of Camosun College, out of Red Deer, Alta., was selected PacWest Conference tournament MVP with Chargers teammates Erica Bolink and graduating veteran and former Belmont Secondary star Hannah May named to the all-star squad. Also on the Chargers team is sister Gracie May, a second-year player out of Belmont.

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