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CIS women’s volleyball
Seedings and draw announced for 2006 national championship

February 26, 2006

OTTAWA (CIS) – The University of British Columbia Thunderbirds have been established tournament favourites for the 2006 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women’s volleyball championship set to get under way on Thursday at the University of Calgary.

Championship web site: www.cisport.ca/e/championships/w_volleyball/2006

UBC, which lost the national final by 3-0 to Sherbrooke a year ago in Saskatoon, posted a 19-1 record in the regular season before adding four more wins in the playoffs to capture the Canada West title. The ‘Birds will face the AUS champion Saint Mary’s Huskies on Thursday night at 6 p.m. MT (local) in the opening round of the CIS tournament.

The QSSF champion Laval Rouge et Or, showing an unblemished 34-0 overall record in 2005-06, all against CIS competition, will enter the university nationals as the second-seed. The Rouge et Or will battle the No. 7 Windsor Lancers on opening day.

Both UBC and Laval are looking for their first ever CIS title.

The other quarter-final match-ups will see No. 3 Alberta face-off against No. Montreal, and No. 4 Trinity Western square off against No. 5 Calgary.

Note: a complete championship preview will follow on Tuesday.

SEEDINGS

1. UBC Thunderbirds (Canada West champions / 19-1 regular season, 4-0 playoffs)
2. Laval Rouge et Or (QSSF champions / 21-0 regular season, 4-0 playoffs)
3. Alberta Pandas (CW finalists / 15-5 regular season, 3-1 playoffs)
4. Trinity Western Spartans (CW bronze medalists / 15-5 regular season, 3-2 playoffs)
5. Calgary Dinos (CW semi-finalists / 14-6 regular season, 0-4 playoffs)
6. Montreal Carabins (QSSF finalists / 16-5 regular season, 2-2 playoffs)
7. Windsor Lancers (OUA champions / 12-7 regular season, 3-0 playoffs)
8. Saint Mary’s Huskies (AUS champions / 15-6 regular season, 2-0 playoffs)

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (all times LOCAL / MT)

Thursday, March 2

13:00 Quarter-final #1: No. 7 Windsor vs. No. 2 Laval
15:00 Quarter-final #2: No. 6 Montreal vs. No. 3 Alberta
18:00 Quarter-final #3: No. 1 UBC vs. No. 8 Saint Mary’s
20:00 Quarter-final #4: No. 5 Calgary vs. No. 4 Trinity Western

Friday, March 3

13:00 Consolation #1
15:00 Consolation #2
18:00 Semi-final #1
20:00 Semi-final #2

Saturday, March 4

10:00 5th place
10:00 Bronze medal
13:30 Championship final (live on TSN)

Last Updated: 2009-02-16
Author: Scott Stewart
Email: ssstew@twu.ca