2019 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship
Appearance
Season | 2018–19 |
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Teams | Eight |
Finals site | PEPS Quebec City, Quebec |
Champions | Trinity Western Spartans (6th title) |
Runner-up | Brandon Bobcats |
Winning coach | Ben Josephson (5th title) |
Championship MVP | Eric Loeppky (Trinity Western Spartans) |
The 2019 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship was held from March 15 to March 17, 2019, in Quebec City, Quebec, to determine a national champion for the 2018–19 U Sports men's volleyball season.[1] The tournament was played at PEPS at Université Laval. It was the 12th time that Laval had hosted the tournament, which is the most out of any program.[1] This was also the first tournament to no longer feature an Atlantic University Sport champion as that conference had withdrawn from men's volleyball competition in 2018.[2]
The second-seeded Trinity Western Spartans defeated the top-seeded Brandon Bobcats in a re-match of the Canada West Championship game as the Spartans won the sixth national championship in program history.[3]
Participating teams
[edit]Seed | Team | Qualified | Record | Last | Total |
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1 | Brandon Bobcats | Canada West Champion | 20–2 | None | 0 |
2 | Trinity Western Spartans | Canada West Finalist | 18–4 | 2017 | 5 |
3 | Laval Rouge et Or | RSEQ Champion (Host) | 16–0 | 2013 | 4 |
4 | Mount Royal Cougars | Canada West Semifinalist (At-large berth) | 15–7 | None | 0 |
5 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Quarterfinalist (At-large berth) | 17–5 | 2015 | 8 |
6 | Queen's Gaels | OUA Champion | 15–3 | None | 0 |
7 | McMaster Marauders | OUA Finalist | 15–2 | None | 0 |
8 | Montreal Carabins | RSEQ Finalist | 12–4 | 1970 | 1 |
Championship bracket
[edit]First Round: March 15 | Semi-Finals: March 16 | Gold Medal Game: March 17 | ||||||||||||
1 | Brandon Bobcats | 3 | ||||||||||||
8 | Montreal Carabins | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Brandon Bobcats | 3 | ||||||||||||
5 | Alberta Golden Bears | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | Mount Royal Cougars | 0 | ||||||||||||
5 | Alberta Golden Bears | 3 | ||||||||||||
1 | Brandon Bobcats | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Trinity Western Spartans | 3 | ||||||||||||
2 | Trinity Western Spartans | 3 | ||||||||||||
7 | McMaster Marauders | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Trinity Western Spartans | 3 | Bronze Medal Game: March 17 | |||||||||||
3 | Laval Rouge et Or | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Laval Rouge et Or | 3 | 3 | Laval Rouge et Or | 3 | |||||||||
6 | Queen's Gaels | 2 | 5 | Alberta Golden Bears | 1 |
Consolation bracket
[edit]Semi-Finals: March 16 | Fifth Place Game: March 17 | ||||||||
4 | Mount Royal Cougars | 3 | |||||||
8 | Montreal Carabins | 2 | |||||||
4 | Mount Royal Cougars | 0 | |||||||
6 | Queen's Gaels | 3 | |||||||
6 | Queen's Gaels | 3 | |||||||
7 | McMaster Marauders | 0 |
Awards
[edit]Championship awards
[edit]- U Sports Championship MVP – Eric Loeppky, Trinity Western
- R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award – Vicente Ignacio Parraguirre Villalobos, Laval
All-Star Team
[edit]- Alexandre Obomsawin, Laval
- Vicente Ignacio Parraguirre Vallalobos, Laval
- Seth Friesen, Brandon
- Robin Baghdady, Brandon
- Jackson Howe, Trinity Western
- George Hobern, Alberta
- Eric Loeppky, Trinity Western
References
[edit]- ^ a b "UBC, Ottawa, Laval and Alberta to host U Sports soccer and volleyball championships in 2018-19". usports.ca. U Sports. May 11, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ "Men's volleyball Tigers set for RSEQ housewarming party". The Chronicle Herald. November 1, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Spartans clinch yet another national title". usports.ca. U Sports. March 17, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ "U Sports Playing Regulations: Men's Volleyball" (PDF). U Sports. September 2018.
- ^ "Preview: Brandon earns No.1 seed ahead of national tournament". U Sports. March 10, 2019.
- ^ a b "Men's volleyball 2019 championship schedule". U Sports. Retrieved May 1, 2021.