2022 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship

2022 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship
Season2021–22
TeamsEight
Finals siteJack Simpson Gymnasium
Calgary, Alberta
ChampionsTrinity Western Spartans (2nd title)
Runner-upMount Royal Cougars
Winning coachRyan Hofer (2nd title)
Championship MVPAvery Heppell (Trinity Western)
TelevisionCBC[1]

The 2022 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship was held March 25–27, 2022, in Calgary, Alberta, to determine a national champion for the 2021–22 U Sports women's volleyball season.[2] The top-seeded Trinity Western Spartans defeated the seventh-seeded Mount Royal Cougars to win the second championship in program history.[3]

Host

The tournament was played at Jack Simpson Gymnasium at the University of Calgary.[2] This was the fifth time that Calgary has hosted the tournament with the most recent occurring in 2007.[4] Calgary had previously been awarded the hosting duties for the 2020 championship, but that event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[5][6]

Participating teams

Seed Team Qualified Record Last Total
1 Trinity Western Spartans Canada West Champion 15–1 2015 1
2 Brock Badgers OUA Champion 13–0 None 0
3 Alberta Pandas Canada West Finalist 16–2 2007 7
4 Toronto Varsity Blues OUA Finalist 12–0 2016 1
5 McGill Martlets RSEQ Champion 9–3 None 0
6 Dalhousie Tigers AUS Champion 9–5 1982 1
7 Mount Royal Cougars Canada West Bronze 14–4 None 0
8 Calgary Dinos Canada West Round-of-Six (Host) 5–13 2004 3

[7][8]

Championship bracket

First Round: March 25 Semi-Finals: March 26 Gold Medal Game: March 27
         
1 Trinity Western Spartans 3
8 Calgary Dinos 1
1 Trinity Western Spartans 3
5 McGill Martlets 0
4 Toronto Varsity Blues 1
5 McGill Martlets 3
1 Trinity Western Spartans 3
7 Mount Royal Cougars 1
2 Brock Badgers 0
7 Mount Royal Cougars 3
3 Alberta Pandas 0 Bronze Medal Game: March 27
7 Mount Royal Cougars 3
3 Alberta Pandas 3 3 Alberta Pandas 3
6 Dalhousie Tigers 1 5 McGill Martlets 0

Bronze medal match

27 March 2022 (2022-03-27)
3:00 p.m. MDT 		(3) Alberta Pandas 3–0 (5) McGill Martlets Jack Simpson Gymnasium, Calgary
Attendance: 223
Referees: Jason Dodd, Nik Fuess
(25–8, 25–22, 25–17)
Boxscore

Gold medal match

27 March 2022 (2022-03-27)
6:00 p.m. MDT 		(1) Trinity Western Spartans 3–1 (7) Mount Royal Cougars Jack Simpson Gymnasium, Calgary
Attendance: 1,486
Referees: Semara Sevor, Andrew Cameron
(25–14, 14–25, 25–19, 25–20)
Boxscore

Consolation bracket

Semi-Finals: March 26 Fifth Place Game: March 27
      
4 Toronto Varsity Blues 3
8 Calgary Dinos 2
2 Brock Badgers 1
4 Toronto Varsity Blues 3
2 Brock Badgers 3
6 Dalhousie Tigers 1

Awards

Championship awards

  • Championship MVP – Avery Heppell, Trinity Western
  • R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award – Kenzie Vaandering, Calgary

[3]

Mikasa Top Performers Presented by Nike Team

  • Trinity Western: Avery Heppell
  • Mount Royal: Haley Roe

[3]

All-Star Team

  • Victoria Iannotti, McGill
  • Kory White, Alberta
  • Haley Roe, Mount Royal
  • Quinn Pelland, Mount Royal
  • Savannah Purdy, Trinity Western
  • Ansah Odoom, Trinity Western

[3]

References

  1. ^ "CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "U Sports Calendar". usports.ca. U Sports. April 20, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "2022 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship: Veteran trio leads Trinity Western to national glory". usports.ca. U Sports. March 27, 2022.
  4. ^ "U Sports announces 10 national championship hosts in rugby, soccer and volleyball over next two seasons". usports.ca. U Sports. December 11, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  5. ^ "UCalgary to host 2020 U SPORTS Women's Volleyball Championship". Calgary Dinos. December 11, 2018.
  6. ^ "Women's volleyball nationals cancelled at U of C". Calgary Sun. March 13, 2020.
  7. ^ "U Sports Playing Regulations: Women's Volleyball" (PDF). U Sports. September 2021.
  8. ^ "Women's Volleyball Championship presented by Mikasa: Spartans claim third consecutive No. 1 seed". U Sports. March 23, 2022.

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