Lancers Volleyball Live Online

(Craig Smith in the Sirius Satellite Radio Studio at The Score)

Loyalist Lancers Women's and Men's Volleyball tonight - Craig Smith does play-by-play on Sportslive.ca

It's the last home game of the regular season for the Lancers Volleyball teams.  They host the Seneca Sting.  The Seneca men's team is in first place in the OCAA eastern confrence.  The Lancers are in second place - tied with four other teams.

On the women's side - the Lancers are in fifth place with a 14 - 5 record. Seneca is in sixth with at 12 - 7.

From Making Plays to Play-by-Play

Name: Andrew James Murray
Born: Belleville, Ontario
Age: 25
Program: Sports Journalism
Previous Academic Credentials:
Bachelor of Science Degree (sports management), Bluefield College, Virginia.
Associate Arts Degree (physical education), Hagerstown Community College, Hagerstown, Maryland

(Summer 2009 - Matt Cooke and Andrew Murray with the Stanley Cup)

By age 10, Andrew Murray already had dabbled in hockey, baseball and golf. He eventually focused on baseball and by the time he was in 12th grade, had earned a spot on the Kingston Ponies baseball team.
After finishing high school, Andrew’s sporting prowess helped him net an athletic scholarship to play ball in the U.S. at colleges in Virginia and Maryland.
Along the way, Andrew caught the eye of some major league baseball scouts. Although he never cracked the big leagues, Andrew did find an audience doing play-by-play for ESPN radio in Bluefield, Va. That sparked an interest in sports journalism and his decision to enroll in Loyalist’s Sports Journalism program in September 2009.
We’ll let Andrew fill in the details in his own words:

SPJN student Adrienne South added to the Mix

Sports Journalism student Adrienne South is the new voice of sports on Mix97 radio’s morning show in Belleville.

South started her gig on Feb. 5. Once a week, she’s doing a live Q&A with morning show hosts Sean Kelly and Orlena Cain.

“I’ve been harassing them since September for the opportunity to do this,” said South, a graduate of Conestoga College’s journalism program who spent eight months as a part-time news anchor at 570News in Kitchener, Ont.

“The topic of our 90-second segment is college sports at Loyalist, so it’s keeping me on my toes,” said South, who’s also the game-night host for Belleville Bulls’ home games at the Yardmen Arena.



South says her dream job in sports journalism “is definitely not play-by-play. I’d rather steal Jennifer Hedger’s job (as co-host on SportsCentre) at TSN.”

SPJN students free-lancing for The Canadian Press

Sports Journalism students Chris Farrell, Shawn Pittman and Adrienne South got some great hands-on experience freelancing for the Canada Press. They combined to provide coverage of the Ontario Hockey League’s 2010 All-Star Game and Skills Contest in Kingston.

Second Season of 110% Sports Debuts January 21st

A new season of feature stories about sports is ready to air on 91X (CJLX 91.3 FM). The debut show for the sports journalism class of 2010 includes features on the new look Belleville Bulls, the Batawa Ski Hill and the Quinte Regional Dart League.

Fascinating features and timely commentaries are provided by the students in the post grad Sports Journalism program at Loyalist College. Correspondents this week are Matt Westcott, Chris Farrell and Sean Green. The show airs at 11am. You can listen online at 91x.fm or live at 91.3 FM in the Quinte region.

http://www.91x.fm/

Dalladay Set to Rock TSN

Sports Journalism instructor Pete Dalliday will be substituting on TSN2 as the play-by-play host for three National Lacrosse League games in February.

I was groggy and I then I heard ‘This is Rejean Oooilllll’

Name: Shawn Jerome Pittman                            



Born: Gander, Newfoundland Labrador
Age: 25 (on Valentine’s Day)
Program: Sports Journalism

Shawn Pittman is a 2009 graduate of Loyalist’s Broadcast Journalism program. He interned at KIX.106 FM radio in Peace River, Alberta, in the spring of 2009, and is now enrolled in Loyalist’s one-year, post-grad Sports Journalism program.

Born and raised in Newfoundland Labrador, Shawn decided to do one of his reporting assignments on the Montreal Canadiens and admits he was a bit nervous interviewing a couple of former Habs’ greats.


We’ll let Shawn tell the story in his own words:

“For my profile assignment, I set up some pretty solid interviews. First, I e-mailed Rejean Houle. He’s a former Montreal Canadiens who’s now the team ambassador and head of its Alumni Association. He called me back during fall study week. So I was sleeping in and his phone call woke me up. I was groggy and then I heard ‘This is Rejean Oooilllll’. I set up an interview with him for later on and he helped me set up a phone interview with Jean Béliveau for about a week later.