By Reegan MacAulay
It’s championship week for Holland Hurricanes volleyball, and time to end the regular season in hockey!
The women’s and men’s Hurricanes volleyball squads are headed to the 2026 ACAA Volleyball Championships this upcoming weekend, hosted by St. Thomas University in Fredericton, N.B.
The women’s hockey Hurricanes are set to close their regular-season campaign on the road in Sydney, N.S., with one last test before their hunt for a historic regional four-peat. Notably, it comes in the place where they’ll return the following weekend to battle for just that.
Here’s what you need to know ahead of an important weekend in Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) playoff action and in Atlantic Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) regular-season competition from Feb. 27 to March 1, 2026.
Women’s Volleyball
The women’s volleyball Hurricanes enter the postseason as the fourth seed, following a regular season in which they posted a 13-7 record for 26 points – the most wins in a season since 2022-23 – and finished with five wins in their last six games.
The 2020 and 2023 ACAA champions are looking for their first regional title in three years and aim to rebound from a quarterfinal loss to St. Thomas last season, with their sights set on making a deeper playoff push.
They are scheduled to begin the championships with a fourth-vs-fifth quarterfinal match against the MSVU Mystics on Friday, Feb. 27, the team they defeated for their last championship.
The Mystics finished the regular season with an 11-9 record, 22 points, 37 set wins, and 39 set losses, while barely edging out Dalhousie for fifth. Holland swept MSVU in the three-game regular-season series, with back-to-back home victories in January and a 3-0 straight-set sweep earlier this month in Halifax, N.S.
If the Hurricanes win and advance to the semifinals, here is who they could face next:
During the regular season, the Hurricanes scored the following records against teams that they could meet after the quarters:
Heading into the championships, three players sit amongst the top five of several individual statistical categories across the conference.
Senior Jenna O’Neill, a multi-time Hurricanes Female Athlete of the Week this season, has the fifth-most kills per set (3.30) and the fifth-most kills (231), and lately has been on a scoring hot streak, doing everything she can to put the icing on the cake to a legendary Hurricanes career.
Abby Macdonald leads in hitting percentage (.364) and blocks per set (0.94), anchoring the team’s defense and turning key moments into momentum swings.
Marissa O’Donnell is second in assists per set (7.71) and has primarily been the engine behind the offense, ensuring an intense, unpredictable team attack that is frustrating to compete against.
O’Neill, Macdonald, and senior Mason Babey are the three remaining players from the 2023 championship-winning squad and will be heavily relied on for their prior experience, extensive knowledge, and critical leadership.
Other notable names, including Jamie Spencer, Morgan Hoskins, and Maria Moores, look to add to their invaluable contributions from the regular season and bring home the program’s second regional title in four years, and third within six sanctioned seasons (no championship in 2021 due to COVID-19).
Holland’s quarterfinal game is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. The semifinal games are at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28, and the championship final is at 12 p.m. on Sunday, March 1. Watch the action live at .
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Men’s Volleyball
The men’s volleyball Hurricanes head into the playoffs as the third seed after a regular season that saw them go 11-9 for 22 points, win their last three games and five of their last six.
The 2017 and 2019 ACAA champions are seeking their first regional title in seven years. In the past three years, the Hurricanes have met the St. Thomas Tommies in the semifinals, losing the last two years. This time around, however, Holland awaits a new opponent for this year’s semifinals on Saturday, Feb. 28 – the second-seed Université de Saint-Anne Dragons.
The Dragons, who finished at 14-6 with 28 points, had an interesting regular season, to say the least. They began their campaign with two losses, then won eight games across November, went 2-3 in January, and ended their efforts with four wins in their last five matches.
The Hurricanes, like the Dragons, have built momentum over the past month at a crucial time. They went 1-3 against USTA in their four-game regular-season series, losing 3-0 twice in November in Church Point, N.S., and falling 3-0 and winning 3-2 at home earlier this month.
If Holland comes out with the victory and advances to their first championship final since 2023, whether they’d end up facing St. Thomas (1st) or UNBSJ (4th), here is how the Hurricanes fared against them during the regular season:
As the championships approach, captain Carson Gray stands out in top league statistics, sitting third in kills per set (3.38) and second in kills (267). Gray will embark on his fourth attempt at leading the program to a championship during his tenure.
With fellow veteran Tyler McBride by his side again, along with other standout names from the season who look to make a difference, like the versatile Brett Macausland, attack backbone Liam Galway, offensive prodigies Zachary Warren and Keiran Hamlin, and recent Hurricanes Male Athlete of the Week Joseph Horne, the squad is ready to break the drought.
Holland’s quarterfinal match will occur at 7 p.m. The championship final is on Sunday, March 1, at 2:30 p.m.
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Women’s Hockey
The women’s hockey Hurricanes will wrap up their regular season with a trip to Sydney, N.S., for a pair of games against the Cape Breton Capers on Saturday and Sunday.
Across four consecutive weekends in action, this will be Holland’s third, and their first of two in Sydney, with the second coming the following weekend for the 2026 ACHA Championship, which Cape Breton will host for the second year in a row.
The final regular-season chapter of the “Battle of the Islands” is sure to be an exciting one as a dramatic standings race comes to a close. While the postseason will ultimately define the season, the regular season has done an excellent job showcasing the league’s competitive parity, proving that it’s anybody’s championship to win.
Here is where the standings currently lie heading into the final weekend of regular-season action:
1st - Acadia - 7-5-0, 14 points
2nd - Cape Breton - 5-4-1, 11 points
3rd - Holland - 4-6-0, 8 points
The final standings won’t have an impact on the playoffs, but remember: Cape Breton has an opportunity to steal the regular-season championship, which would be huge for them after years of struggles, and Holland could have massive momentum going into the postseason if they can continue their recent surge and steal second.
For the Capers to leapfrog Acadia outright, they must win both games and score four points. For the Hurricanes to claim second, they have to win both games in regulation; four points for Holland, zero for Cape Breton. Multiple tiebreaker scenarios are possible.
Notably, Acadia was unsuccessful in clinching the regular-season title last weekend with two losses (zero points; needed two) to Holland, meaning it’s now out of their control whether they capture back-to-back regular-season crowns.
The Hurricanes are 1-3 against Cape Breton this season, heading into the weekend, with 4-1 and 6-2 losses on the road in October, and a 4-3 loss and 6-4 victory at home earlier this month.
With this weekend’s doubleheader located at the place where Holland claimed the historic three-peat last year and has a chance to go four in a row next weekend, this two-game set will be important not only for the regular-season standings but also for the challenge of playing in Cape Breton’s barn twice.
Captain Kristyn Taylor has taken the lead in the team points race following a two-goal, three-point weekend in her final home-ice doubleheader. She’s recorded six goals and 12 points in eight games and is now one point away from tying for the league points lead.
Cassie Gordon is next in line with six goals and 11 points in 10 games, and Josee Allain’s breakout campaign continues at three goals and eight points in nine games.
Abbey Gordon, the latest Hurricanes Female Athlete of the Week, recently had her strongest weekend of the season, scoring the game-winning goal last Sunday against Acadia and playing both offense and defense as the team was shorthanded.
Goaltenders Emma Arsenault and Olivia Lowe are both fresh off stellar 20+ save performances, each allowing just one goal against. Arsenault sits second in the league with a 0.932 save percentage.
Saturday’s game is at 6:00 p.m., and Sunday’s game is at 10:00 a.m. Watch live on the Capers Women’s Hockey Facebook page at .
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