Marisa Field

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| nationality = Canadian

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| college = University of British Columbia

| position = Middle Blocker

| currentclub = Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors

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| years1 = 2009

| team1 = CV Las Palmas

| years2 = 2010

| team2 = SV Sinsheim

| years3 = 2012

| team3 = Istres Ouest Provence

| years4 = 2013

| team4 = VolleyStars Thüringen

| years5 = 2014

| team5 = Sagres NUC

| years6 = 2015

| team6 = Panathinaikos

| years7 = 2016

| team7 = Engelholms VS

| years8 = 2016

| team8 = Panathinaikos

| years9 = 2017

| team9 = Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors

| nationalyears = 2007–

| nationalteam = Canada

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Marisa Field is a Canadian volleyball player who twice represented her home country in the FIVB World Championship, in 2010 and 2014.

She is a member of the Canada national team. She won the 2009 & 2011 NORCECA Championship Best Blocker award and played the FIVB World Grand Prix in 2014, 2015, and 2016.

Career

Field studied in the University of British Columbia Okanagan and played with the Okanagan Lakers from 2004–2006, winning the British Columbia Colleges' Athletic Association All-Star the two seasons she played there. She later moved to the University of British Columbia campus of Vancouver to play for the Thunderbirds where she won the Canadian Interuniversity Sport national championship in 2008 and 2009{{cite web|url=https://theprovince.com/sports/twice-as-nice-as-ubc-volleyball-birds-top-dinos-to-capture-second-straight-cis-title|title=Twice as nice as UBC volleyball 'Birds top Dinos to capture second straight CIS title|last=Tsumura|first=Howard|publisher=The Vancouver Province|date=2009-03-01|accessdate=2017-09-27}} individually being awarded Conference First Team All-Star{{cite web|url=http://www.oua.ca/sports/wvball/2008-09/releases/4077.html|title=2009 CIS Women's volleyball championship preview|location=Fredericton, New Brunswick|publisher=OUA|date=2009-02-25|accessdate=2017-09-27}} and CIS All-Canadian second team.{{cite web|url=http://www.oua.ca/sports/wvball/2008-09/releases/4077.html|title=2009 CIS Women's volleyball championship preview|last=Bélanger|first=Michel

|location=Fredericton, New Brunswick|publisher=McGill University|date=2009-02-25|accessdate=2017-09-27}} and majored in Chemistry.{{cite web|url=http://www.kylarichey.com/blog/2014/7/25/meet-the-team|title=Meat your team – Marisa Field|publisher=Kyla Richey|date=2014-07-27|accessdate=2017-09-27}} In her last year of eligibility, she was part of the Team Canada that ranked 13th in the 2009 Summer Universiade held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{cite web|url=http://www.westernmustangs.ca/news/2009/7/2/WVB_0702094457.aspx|title=ANDREA RUSTE IN SERBIA WITH CANADIAN WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL SQUAD|location=London, Ontario|publisher=Western Mustangs Athletics|date=2009-02-07|accessdate=2017-09-27}}{{cite web|url=https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2009/06/25/former-ubc-okanagan-student-athlete-selected-to-womens-national-volleyball-team/|title=Former UBC Okanagan student athlete selected to women's national volleyball team|last=Mortenson|first=Bud|publisher=UBC Okanagan News|date=2009-06-25|accessdate=2017-09-27}} She was selected for the Canada national team in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.cisblog.ca/2008/05/volleyball-cis-stars-make-national-team.html|title=Volleyball: CIS stars make national team cut|last=Bucholtz |first=Andrew|publisher=The CIS Blog|date=2008-05-15|accessdate=2017-09-27}}

Field teamed up with fellow Canadian Brittney Page among other international players in the Spanish club Ciudad Las Palmas G.C. Cantur.{{cite web|url=https://media.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/lemos/2009/10/16/jornada-inaugural-depara-primer-derbi-regional/0003_8039482.htm|title=La jornada inaugural depara el primer derbi regional|publisher=La Voz de Galicia|language=Spanish|date=2009-10-16|accessdate=2017-09-27}} She would later recall that professional experience as the worst she ever had because of the many difficulties while in Spain.{{cite web|url=https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/sports/news/Sports/16/03/04/Kelowna_s_Marisa_Field_Has_Earned_Her_Stripes_As_Pro_And_National_Team_Volleyball_Player/|title=Kelowna's Marisa Field Has Earned Her Stripes As Pro And National-Team Volleyball Player|last=Cunning|first=Dave|publisher=Canada West|date=2016-03-04|accessdate=2017-09-27}}

She was part of the Canadian national team at the 2010 FIVB World Championship.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/2010/Women/Players.asp?Tourn=WWCH2010&Team=CAN&No=124308|title=Canada|publisher=FIVB|access-date=2017-08-08}} She then departed for Germany to play with the professional club SV Sinsheim along with Tonya Mokelki.{{cite web|url=http://www.stimme.de/sport/region/mix/sonstige-Die-Ladykracher;art16469,1993159|title=Die Ladykracher |last=Schmidt|first=Eric|publisher=Stimme|language=German|date=2010-11-23|accessdate=2017-09-27}}

Field won the Best Blocker award in the 2011 NORCECA Championship were her national team reached the sixth place.{{cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=32108&Language=en|title=USA women win NORCECA gold and ticket to World Cup|publisher=FIVB|date=2011-09-17|accessdate=2011-09-29}}

She returned for her German club, now named Envacom Volleys Sinsheim.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

For the 2012/13 she played with the French professional club Istres OPVB.{{cite web|url=http://www.canadawest.org/sports/wvball/2012-13/releases/WVB_1022121710.html|title=Women's volleyball: Marisa Field, Claire Hanna among former Canada West stars playing around the globe|location=Winnipeg|publisher=Canada West|date=2012-10-22|accessdate=2017-09-27}} There she had an eye accident and she was blind for two days, since that accident she uses glasses for playing, in order to prevent her eye being hit again. In June 2013, Field played with national team that ranked seventh in the 2013 Pan-American Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.canadawest.org/sports/wvball/2012-13/releases/WVB_0611134017.html|title=UBC's Shanice Marcelle paces Canada to 7th in Pan Am Cup women's volleyball|location=Lima, Peru|publisher=Canada West|date=2013-06-16|accessdate=2017-09-27}}

The next season, Field moved to Germany playing with VfB 91 Suhl as the VolleyStars Thüringen project,{{cite web|url=https://www.volleyball-bundesliga.de/cmsSupport/article/article.xhtml?articleId=304844|title=VFB 91 SUHL MACHT DEN BLOCK ZU|publisher=Volleyball Bundesliga|language=German|date=2013-07-31|accessdate=2017-09-27}} helping her financially troubled club{{cite web|url=http://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/startseite/detail/-/specific/Bundesliga-Aus-fuer-die-Suhler-Volley-Stars-1915802579|title=Bundesliga-Aus für die Suhler Volley-Stars|publisher=Thüringen|language=German|date=2015-04-02|accessdate=2017-09-27}} to the German Cup silver medal.{{cite web|url=https://www.vfbsuhl.de/2013-06-18-15-21-51/chronik-2|title=Chronik|publisher=VfB 91 Suhl|language=German|year=2015|accessdate=2017-09-27}}

After playing the 2014 FIVB World Championship in Italy,{{cite web|title=Team Roster – Canada|url=http://italy2014.fivb.org/en/competition/teams/CAN-Canada/team_roster|publisher=FIVB |year=2014 |accessdate=2014-10-01}} Field moved to the Swiss Sagres Neuchâtel for the 2014/15 season, playing the 2014–15 CEV Cup with this club.{{cite web|url=https://www.volleyball.it/challenge-cup-f-risultati-del-mercoledi-e-programma-2/|title=Challenge Cup F: Risultati del mercoledì e programma|publisher=Volleyball.it|language=Italian|date=2014-12-18|accessdate=2017-09-27}} Field joined her national team that ranked eight in the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada.{{cite web|url=http://cscm.ca/pressreleases/manitoban-athletes-selected-team-canada-2015-pan-games/|title=Manitoban Athletes Selected for Team Canada at 2015 Pan Am Games|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|publisher=Canadian Sport Centre Manitoba|date=2015-06-24|accessdate=2017-09-27}}

In January 2016, she joined the Swedish club Engelholms VS.{{cite web|url=https://www.svenskalag.se/evssupport/nyheter/762802/welcome-to-evs-marisa-field|title=Welcome to EVS Marisa Field|publisher=EVS Support|date=2016-01-27|accessdate=2017-09-27}} Field played with her national team the 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix.{{Cite web|url=http://worldgrandprix.2016.fivb.com/en/group2/competition/teams/can-canada/players/marisa-field?id=51107|title=Player – Marisa Field – FIVB World Grand Prix 2016|publisher=FIVB|access-date=2017-08-08}} She returned for Panathinaikos, as she signed the 2016/2017 season with the Greek club with compatriot Kyla Richey{{cite web|url=http://www.panathinaikos-press.com/2016/05/marisa-field-kyla-richey.html|title=Στον Παναθηναικό Marisa Field και Kyla Richey|publisher=The Panathinaikos Press|language=Greek|date=2016-05-31|accessdate=2017-09-27}} and later played the 2017 Pan-American Cup held in Peru, helping her national team to reach the sixth place.{{cite web|url=https://www.volleyball.ca/en/news/canada-women-s-team-finishes-sixth-at-the-pan-am-cup|title=Canada women’s team finishes sixth at the Pan Am Cup|location=Lima, Peru|publisher=Volleyball Canada|date=2017-06-25|accessdate=2017-09-27}} In September, she signed with the Philippine Super Liga club Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors.{{cite web|url=https://volleyverse.com/volleyball/super-liga/slr-builds-title-foundation/|title=SLR builds title foundation|last=Manicard|first=Julius|publisher=Volleyverse|date=2017-09-20|accessdate=2017-09-27}}