2025 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship
 | |
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Teams | Eight |
| Finals site | Investors Group Athletic Centre Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Champions | Manitoba Bisons (8th title) |
| Runner-up | Montréal Carabins |
| Winning coach | Ken Bentley (7th title) |
| Championship MVP | Raya Surinx (Manitoba) |
| Television | CBC[1] |
The 2025 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship was held March 14–16, 2025, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to determine a national champion for the 2024–25 U Sports women's volleyball season.[2][3] The third-seeded host Manitoba Bisons defeated the fifth-seeded Montréal Carabins 3–1 to win the program's eighth national championship, which broke the tie for second-most in U Sports women's volleyball.[4][5] The Bisons won as the hosts for the second time in program history, after having also accomplished the feat in 2001.[6] The Carabins matched their best finish with a silver medal, having also finished second in 2008.[6]
Host
The tournament was hosted by the University of Manitoba at the Investors Group Athletic Centre on the school's campus.[2] This was the third time that Manitoba had hosted the tournament with the most recent occurring in 2001.[6]
Scheduled teams
| Seed | Team | Qualified | Record | Last | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberta Pandas | Canada West Champion | 17–3 | 2007 | 7 |
| 2 | UBC Thunderbirds | Canada West Finalist | 15–5 | 2024 | 14 |
| 3 | Manitoba Bisons | Canada West Bronze (Host) | 16–4 | 2014 | 7 |
| 4 | McMaster Marauders | OUA Champion | 14–6 | None | 0 |
| 5 | Montréal Carabins | RSEQ Champion | 19–2 | None | 0 |
| 6 | Saint Mary's Huskies | AUS Champion | 14–6 | None | 0 |
| 7 | Saskatchewan Huskies | Canada West Semi-Finalist | 10–10 | 1981 | 3 |
| 8 | Memorial Sea-Hawks | AUS Finalist | 10–10 | None | 0 |
Championship bracket
| First Round: March 14 | Semi-Finals: March 15 | Gold Medal Game: March 16 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Alberta Pandas | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Memorial Sea-Hawks | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Alberta Pandas | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Montréal Carabins | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | McMaster Marauders | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Montréal Carabins | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Manitoba Bisons | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Montréal Carabins | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UBC Thunderbirds | 1 | Bronze Medal Game: March 16 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Manitoba Bisons | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Manitoba Bisons | 3 | 1 | Alberta Pandas | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 0 | 2 | UBC Thunderbirds | 1 | |||||||||
Bronze medal match
| March 16, 2025 3:00 p.m. CDT |
(1) Alberta Pandas | 3–1 | (2) UBC Thunderbirds | Investors Group Athletic Centre Winnipeg, Manitoba Attendance: 250 |
| (25–21, 28–30, 25–22, 25–18) Boxscore | ||||
Gold medal match
| March 16, 2025 7:00 p.m. CDT |
(3) Manitoba Bisons | 3–1 | (5) Montréal Carabins | Investors Group Athletic Centre Winnipeg, Manitoba Attendance: 3,500 |
| (25–20, 25–19, 24–26, 25–16) Boxscore | ||||
Consolation bracket
| Semi-Finals: March 15 | Fifth Place Game: March 16 | ||||||||
| 4 | McMaster Marauders | 3 | |||||||
| 8 | Memorial Sea-Hawks | 0 | |||||||
| 4 | McMaster Marauders | 3 | |||||||
| 6 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 2 | |||||||
| 6 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 1 | |||||||
Awards
Championship awards
- Championship MVP – Raya Surinx, Manitoba
Mikasa Players of the Game
- Raya Surinx, Manitoba
- Sarah McGlashan, Montréal
All-Star Team
- Julia Arnold, Manitoba
- Katreena Bentley, Manitoba
- Florence Cloutier, Montreal
- Milica Djordjevic, Montreal
- Raya Surinx, Manitoba
- Allie Moore, Alberta
- Eve Catojo, Manitoba
R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award
McMaster Marauders [5]
References
- ^ "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 March 4, 2023.
- ^ "U Sports prepares for 2021-22 National Championship Season; awards four new Volleyball Championship hosts". U Sports. June 28, 2021.
- ^ "Montreal at Manitoba". usports.ca. U Sports. March 16, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "Bisons charge on home court to eighth national title, first championship since 2014". usports.ca. U Sports. March 16, 2025.
- ^ a b c "U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship History" (PDF). usports.ca. U Sports. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ "U Sports Playing Regulations: Women's Volleyball" (PDF). U Sports. August 2024.
- ^ "Policies and Procedures 20 – Programs" (PDF). U Sports. August 2019.
- ^ "Pandas grab top spot in women's volleyball". U Sports. March 9, 2025.
