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Four Dinos named to rosters for FISU Summer Universiade

CALGARY - U SPORTS announced Thursday the rosters for men's and women's soccer, men's basketball and men's volleyball teams set to represent Canada at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei. 

Four Dinos were listed on the announcement including Jordan Smith, the 2016 Canada West Player of the Year and U SPORTS First Team All-Canadian and Dinos goalkeeper coach Sarah Dilling, both of which will represent Team Canada in women's soccer. In men's basketball, Dinos David Kapinga and Mambi Diawara will don the red and white and head to Taipei with head coach Dan Vanhooren

A total of 76 athletes will represent Team Canada 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 women's volleyball team managed by U SPORTS, as well as the rest of the Canadian delegation, including all teams managed by Canadian NSOs, will be announced later this summer.
 
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