2018 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship

2018 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship
Season	2017–18
Teams	Eight
Finals site	PEPS gymnase; Quebec City, Quebec
Champions	Ryerson Rams (1st title)
Runner-up	Alberta Pandas
Winning coach	Dustin Reid (1st title)
Championship MVP	Theanna Vernon (Ryerson Rams)
	← 2017; Volleyball Championship; 2019 →;

The 2018 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship was held March 16–18, 2018, in Quebec City, Quebec, to determine a national champion for the 2017–18 U Sports women's volleyball season.^[1] The tournament was played at PEPS gymnase at Université Laval. It was the seventh time that Laval had hosted the tournament with the most recent occurring in 2011.^[1]

The OUA Champion Ryerson Rams completed a perfect season, finishing with a 19–0 regular season record, 3–0 OUA playoff record, and 3–0 U Sports championship record to claim the first national championship in program history and in school history.^[2]

Participating teams

Seed	Team	Qualified	Record	Last	Total
1	Calgary Dinos	Canada West Champion	21–3	2004	4
2	Montreal Carabins	RSEQ Champion	18–2	None	0
3	UBC Thunderbirds	Canada West Finalist	20–4	2017	11
4	Ryerson Rams	OUA Champion	19–0	None	0
5	UBC Okanagan Heat	Canada West Semifinalist	19–5	None	0
6	Dalhousie Tigers	AUS Champion	19–1	1982	1
7	Alberta Pandas	Canada West Semifinalist	15–9	2007	7
8	Laval Rouge et Or	RSEQ Finalist (Host)	14–6	2006	1

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Championship bracket

First Round: March 16			Semi-Finals: March 17			Gold Medal Game: March 18

1	Calgary Dinos	3

8	Laval Rouge et Or	0
			1	Calgary Dinos	1

			4	Ryerson Rams	3
4	Ryerson Rams	3

5	UBC Okanagan Heat	2
						4	Ryerson Rams	3

						7	Alberta Pandas	1
2	Montreal Carabins	2

7	Alberta Pandas	3
			7	Alberta Pandas	3	Bronze Medal Game: March 18

			3	UBC Thunderbirds	1
3	UBC Thunderbirds	3				1	Calgary Dinos	1

6	Dalhousie Tigers	2				3	UBC Thunderbirds	3

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Consolation bracket

Semi-Finals: March 17			Fifth Place Game: March 18

2	Montreal Carabins	3

6	Dalhousie Tigers	0
			2	Montreal Carabins	3

			8	Laval Rouge et Or	0
5	UBC Okanagan Heat	1

8	Laval Rouge et Or	3

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References

^ ^a ^b "McMaster to host 2018 CIS men's volleyball championship as hosts announced". Ontario University Athletics. July 21, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
^ "Final: Ryerson completes perfect season with historic first win". usports.ca. U Sports. March 18, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
^ "U Sports Playing Regulations: Women's Volleyball" (PDF). U Sports. September 2017.
^ "Women's Volleyball Championship presented by Hôtel Universel Québec Preview: Calgary earns No.1 seed ahead of national tournament". U Sports. March 11, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Women's volleyball 2018 championship schedule". U Sports. Retrieved September 18, 2020.

External links

Tournament Web Site

[Laval_hosts-1] "McMaster to host 2018 CIS men's volleyball championship as hosts announced". Ontario University Athletics. July 21, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2020.

[Champs-2] "Final: Ryerson completes perfect season with historic first win". usports.ca. U Sports. March 18, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2020.

[3] "U Sports Playing Regulations: Women's Volleyball" (PDF). U Sports. September 2017.

[4] "Women's Volleyball Championship presented by Hôtel Universel Québec Preview: Calgary earns No.1 seed ahead of national tournament". U Sports. March 11, 2018.

[Schedule-5] "Women's volleyball 2018 championship schedule". U Sports. Retrieved September 18, 2020.

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