2024 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship
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| Season | 2023–24 |
|---|---|
| Teams | Eight |
| Finals site | Burridge Gymnasium Hamilton, Ontario |
| Champions | UBC Thunderbirds (14th title) |
| Runner-up | Alberta Pandas |
| Winning coach | Doug Reimer (11th title) |
| Championship MVP | Lucy Borowski (UBC) |
| Television | CBC[1] Stephen Clark (play-by-play) Lauren Breadner (colour analyst) Matthew Davison (play-by-play) Theresa Skubic (colour analyst) Francis Maheu (French play-by-play) |
The 2024 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship was held from March 15 to March 17, 2024, in Hamilton, Ontario, to determine a national champion for the 2023–24 U Sports women's volleyball season.[2][3] The second-seeded UBC Thunderbirds defeated the fourth-seeded Alberta Pandas 3–1 to win the program's 14th national championship, which extended their record for the most in U Sports women's volleyball.[4] The Thunderbirds became the first team to repeat as champions since UBC won their sixth consecutive championship in 2013.[4]
Host
[edit]The tournament was played at McMaster University at the Burridge Gymnasium on the school's campus.[2] This was the third time that McMaster had hosted the tournament with the most recent occurring in 2012.[5]
Scheduled teams
[edit]| Seed | Team | Qualified | Record | Last | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manitoba Bisons | Canada West Champion | 20–4 | 2014 | 7 |
| 2 | UBC Thunderbirds | Canada West Finalist | 22–2 | 2023 | 13 |
| 3 | Brock Badgers | OUA Champion | 18–2 | None | 0 |
| 4 | Alberta Pandas | Canada West Bronze | 18–6 | 2007 | 7 |
| 5 | Montréal Carabins | RSEQ Champion | 17–4 | None | 0 |
| 6 | Acadia Axewomen | AUS Champion | 15–5 | None | 0 |
| 7 | McMaster Marauders | OUA Finalist (Host) | 15–5 | None | 0 |
| 8 | Saint Mary's Huskies | AUS Finalist | 14–6 | None | 0 |
Championship bracket
[edit]| First Round: March 15 | Semi-Finals: March 16 | Gold Medal Game: March 17 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Manitoba Bisons | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Manitoba Bisons | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Alberta Pandas | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Alberta Pandas | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Montreal Carabins | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Alberta Pandas | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | McMaster Marauders | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | Bronze Medal Game: March 17 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Acadia Axewomen | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Brock Badgers | 2 | 1 | Manitoba Bisons | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Acadia Axewomen | 3 | 6 | Acadia Axewomen | 0 | |||||||||
Bronze medal match
[edit]| 17 March 2023 2:00 p.m. EDT |
(1) Manitoba Bisons | 3–0 | (6) Acadia Axewomen | Burridge Gymnasium Hamilton, Ontario Attendance: 272 |
| (25–18, 25–13, 25–17) Boxscore | ||||
Gold medal match
[edit]| 17 March 2023 6:00 p.m. EDT |
(2) UBC Thunderbirds | 3–1 | (4) Alberta Pandas | Burridge Gymnasium Hamilton, Ontario Attendance: 1,700 |
| (25–16, 23–25, 25–19, 25–23) Boxscore | ||||
Consolation bracket
[edit]| Semi-Finals: March 16 | Fifth Place Game: March 17 | ||||||||
| 5 | Montreal Carabins | 1 | |||||||
| 8 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | McMaster Marauders | 3 | |||||||
| 8 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Brock Badgers | 0 | |||||||
| 7 | McMaster Marauders | 3 | |||||||
Awards
[edit]Championship awards
[edit]- Championship MVP – Lucy Borowski, UBC
Mikasa Players of the Game
[edit]- UBC: Emma Doyon
- Alberta Pandas: Lauryn Tremblay
All-Star Team
[edit]- Katreena Bentley (Manitoba)
- Lucy Borowski (UBC)
- Akash Grewal (UBC)
- Laila Johnston (Alberta)
- Alexia Lemay-Evans (Acadia)
- Lauryn Tremblay (Alberta)
- Erika Vermette (UBC)
References
[edit]- ^ "CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2021.
- ^ a b "U Sports Calendar". usports.ca. U Sports. September 13, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ^ "Marauders selected to Host U Sports Men's & Women's volleyball national championships". McMaster Marauders. April 13, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "UBC captures fourteenth national title, crowned U Sports Champions for second-straight year". usports.ca. U Sports. March 17, 2024.
- ^ "U Sports Volleyball Championship History". usports.ca. U Sports. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ^ "U Sports Playing Regulations: Women's Volleyball" (PDF). U Sports. January 2024.
- ^ "Policies and Procedures 20 – Programs" (PDF). U Sports. August 2019.