For the first time in Durham College’s (DC) long and storied athletics history both the men’s and women’s volleyball teams won silver medals in the same year at the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) championships.

For the men’s team this was the first OCAA medal for the program since 2006 and the fourth silver medal for the program overall, with championships coming in 1988 and 1996.

At the OCAA championships the women’s team played for the gold medal game against the Humber Hawks, who have been the reigning champions of the OCAA for the past decade.

The women finished the year with 26 overall wins, breaking the previous record of 24 set by the 1999 team which went on to win bronze at the OCAA championship that year.