2024 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship

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]

2024 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship

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)
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Host

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

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

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Championship bracket

	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

17 March 2023 (2023-03-17) 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

17 March 2023 (2023-03-17) 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

	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

Championship awards

• Championship MVP – Lucy Borowski, UBC

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Mikasa Players of the Game

• UBC: Emma Doyon
• Alberta Pandas: Lauryn Tremblay

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All-Star Team

• Katreena Bentley (Manitoba)
• Lucy Borowski (UBC)
• Akash Grewal (UBC)
• Laila Johnston (Alberta)
• Alexia Lemay-Evans (Acadia)
• Lauryn Tremblay (Alberta)
• Erika Vermette (UBC)

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References

1. "CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2021.
2. "U Sports Calendar". usports.ca. U Sports. September 13, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
3. "Marauders selected to Host U Sports Men's & Women's volleyball national championships". McMaster Marauders. April 13, 2021.
4. "UBC captures fourteenth national title, crowned U Sports Champions for second-straight year". usports.ca. U Sports. March 17, 2024.
5. "U Sports Volleyball Championship History". usports.ca. U Sports. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
6. "U Sports Playing Regulations: Women's Volleyball" (PDF). U Sports. January 2024.
7. "Policies and Procedures 20 – Programs" (PDF). U Sports. August 2019.

External links

• Tournament Web Site