TORONTO (U SPORTS) – U SPORTS announced Thursday the roster for the men's volleyball team set to represent Canada at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei.
 
The Lancers are pleased to have three members from the men's volleyball team join head coach James Gravelle with the Red & White this coming August. John Moate and Pierce Johnson will lead the team on the court, while Lancer assistant coach Will Alexander will assist Gravelle on the bench.
 
A total of 76 athletes will don the red and white this August on one of five teams being exclusively managed in-house by U SPORTS. All remaining Canadian teams heading to the 29th FISU Summer Games are being run by their respective National Sport Organizations (NSOs), including artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, athletics, badminton, women's basketball, diving, fencing, golf, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, men's and women's water polo, weightlifting and wushu.
 
The 2017 Summer Universiade is set for Aug. 19-30 in Taipei City. The full roster for men's volleyball is available below.
 
* Denotes key players to watch
 
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
U SPORTS schools represented: 6 
Highest-represented school: Nipissing (3)
 
Team Roster
*Gabriel Chancy, Montreal
Jeremy Davies, Brandon
*Irvan Brar, UBC
Lucas Coleman, Ryerson
Pierce Johnson, Windsor
Steve Wood, Nipissing
Warren Taylor, Nipissing
*John Moate, Windsor
Mason Metcalf, Brandon
Cameron Branch, Nipissing
Godefroy Veyron-Trudel, Montreal
Sebastian Lethbridge, Fanshawe College
 
Athletes to watch
Montreal setter Gabriel Chancy earned second team all-Canadian honours after registering 9.02 assists per set this season, good for 13th in the nation. Meanwhile, UBC outside hitter Irvan Brar was eighth in the country with 317 kills in 23 matches, with a kills/set rate of 3.27. Windsor middle blocker John Moate ranked fourth in U SPORTS men's volleyball with a hitting percentage of .412, and seventh across the country with 22 solo blocks. Both Chancy and Brar are returning players from the 2017 Summer Universiade.
 
Gabriel Chancy, Montreal (Second Team All-Canadian, 2015 Summer Universiade)
Irvan Brar, UBC (317 kills, 3.27 kills/set, 2015 Summer Universiade)
John Moate, Windsor (22 solo blocks, 0.82 blocks per set)
 
Head Coach: James Gravelle, Windsor
Assistant Coach: Eric Yung, Nipissing
Assistant Coach: William Alexander, Windsor
 
2015 Universiade Team Canada Result: 19th