2026 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship
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| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Teams | Eight |
| Finals site | Langley Events Centre Langley, British Columbia |
| Champions | Alberta Pandas (8th title) |
| Runner-up | Sherbrooke Vert et Or |
| Winning coach | Carolyn O'Dwyer (1st title) |
| Tournament MVP | Abby Guezen (Alberta) |
| Television | CBC Gem |
The 2026 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship was held March 13–15, 2026, in Langley, British Columbia, to determine a national champion for the 2025–26 U Sports women's volleyball season.[1][2] The first-seeded Canada West champion Alberta Pandas defeated the second-seeded RSEQ champion Sherbrooke Vert et Or 3–0 to win the eighth championship in program history.[3]
Host
[edit]The tournament was hosted by the Trinity Western University at the Langley Events Centre.[2] This was the first time that Trinity Western has hosted the tournament.[4]
Scheduled teams
[edit]| Seed | Team | Qualified | Record | Last | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberta Pandas | Canada West Champion | 18–2 | 2007 | 7 |
| 2 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | RSEQ Champion | 20–1 | 2005 | 2 |
| 3 | Brock Badgers | OUA Champion | 17–3 | None | 0 |
| 4 | Trinity Western Spartans | Canada West Finalist (Host) | 15–5 | 2014 | 7 |
| 5 | UBC Thunderbirds | Canada West Bronze | 17–3 | 2024 | 14 |
| 6 | Saint Mary's Huskies | AUS Champion | 10–10 | None | 0 |
| 7 | Thompson Rivers WolfPack | Canada West Semifinalist | 14–6 | None | 0 |
| 8 | Montreal Carabins | RSEQ Finalist | 13–8 | None | 0 |
Championship bracket
[edit]| First Round: March 13 | Semi-Finals: March 14 | Gold Medal Game: March 15 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Alberta Pandas | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Montreal Carabins | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Alberta Pandas | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Trinity Western Spartans | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Trinity Western Spartans | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | UBC Thunderbirds | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Alberta Pandas | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Thompson Rivers WolfPack | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | 3 | Bronze Medal Game: March 15 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Brock Badgers | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Brock Badgers | 3 | 3 | Brock Badgers | 3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 0 | 4 | Trinity Western Spartans | 2 | |||||||||
Bronze medal match
[edit]| March 15, 2026 2:00 p.m. PT |
(3) Brock Badgers | 3–2 | (4) Trinity Western Spartans | Langley Events Centre Langley, British Columbia Attendance: 700 Referees: Nik Fuess, Ryan Bunyan |
| (25–17, 24–26, 24–26, 25–18, 15–11) Boxscore | ||||
Gold medal match
[edit]| March 15, 2026 6:00 p.m. PT |
(1) Alberta Pandas | 3–0 | (2) Sherbrooke Vert et Or | Langley Events Centre Langley, British Columbia Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Samara Sevor, Steve Hewitson |
| (25–13, 25–23, 25–12) Boxscore | ||||
Consolation bracket
[edit]| Semi-Finals: March 14 | Fifth Place Game: March 15 | ||||||||
| 5 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | |||||||
| 8 | Montreal Carabins | 1 | |||||||
| 5 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | |||||||
| 6 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 2 | |||||||
| 6 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | Thompson Rivers WolfPack | 2 | |||||||
Awards
[edit]Championship awards
[edit]- Championship MVP – Abby Guezen, Alberta
Mikasa Players of the Game
[edit]- Laila Johnston, Alberta
- Danaé Vaillancourt, Sherbrooke
All-Star Team
[edit]- Abby Guezen, Alberta
- Mackenna Knox, Brock
- Justine Kolody, Alberta
- Laila Johnston, Alberta
- Brittanie Maranda, Sherbrooke
- Kaylee Plouffe, Trinity Western
- Danaé Vaillancourt, Sherbrooke
R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award
[edit]- Isabella Samadzadeh, Brock
References
[edit]- ↑ "Championship Calendar". usports.ca. U Sports. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
- 1 2 "U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship heading to Langley for the first time". U Sports. October 7, 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Alberta sweeps Sherbrooke for first national title since 2007". usports.ca. U Sports. March 15, 2026.
- ↑ "U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship coming to Langley for first time". usports.ca. U Sports. October 7, 2024.
- ↑ "U Sports Playing Regulations: Women's Volleyball" (PDF). U Sports. January 2024.
- ↑ "Policies and Procedures 20 – Programs" (PDF). U Sports. August 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-05-19. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ↑ "Pandas favoured once again in women's volleyball". U Sports. March 8, 2026.