Season | 2012–13 |
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Teams | Eight |
Finals site | Univestrie Pavilion Sherbrooke, Quebec |
Champions | UBC Thunderbirds (10th title) |
Runner-up | Alberta Pandas |
Winning coach | Doug Reimer (7th title) |
Championship MVP | Lisa Barclay (UBC Thunderbirds) |
The 2013 CIS Women's Volleyball Championship was held February 28, 2013 to March 2, 2013, in Sherbrooke, Quebec, to determine a national champion for the 2012–13 CIS women's volleyball season. [1] The tournament was played at the Univestrie Pavilion at the Université de Sherbrooke. [2] It was the second time that Sherbrooke had hosted the tournament with the first time occurring in 1988. [2]
The gold medal match featured a rematch of the previous year's final, which had not occurred since the 1995 and 1996 games between the Pandas and the Rouge et Or. [3] In this match, the top-seeded UBC Thunderbirds won their sixth consecutive national championship in their 3–0 match victory over the Alberta Pandas. [1] This tied the record for consecutive national championships with the Winnipeg Wesmen (1983-1988) and Alberta Pandas (1995-2000). [1] The Thunderbirds finished the season on a 25-game winning streak and the gold medal win was the program's CIS-leading 10th national championship. [1]
Seed | Team | Qualified | Record | Last | Total |
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1 | UBC Thunderbirds | Canada West Champion | 21–1 | 2012 | 9 |
2 | Montreal Carabins | RSEQ Champion | 14–6 | None | 0 |
3 | Ottawa Gee-Gees | OUA Champion | 16–2 | None | 0 |
4 | Trinity Western Spartans | Canada West Finalist | 19–3 | None | 0 |
5 | Dalhousie Tigers | AUS Champion | 16–2 | 1982 | 1 |
6 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | RSEQ Finalist (Host) | 15–5 | 2005 | 2 |
7 | Alberta Pandas | Canada West Bronze | 15–7 | 2007 | 7 |
8 | Laval Rouge et Or | RSEQ Bronze | 15–5 | 2006 | 1 |
First Round: February 28 | Semi-Finals: March 1 | Gold Medal Game: March 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | ||||||||||||
8 | Laval Rouge et Or | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Trinity Western Spartans | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Trinity Western Spartans | 3 | ||||||||||||
5 | Dalhousie Tigers | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | ||||||||||||
7 | Alberta Pandas | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Montreal Carabins | 1 | ||||||||||||
7 | Alberta Pandas | 3 | ||||||||||||
7 | Alberta Pandas | 3 | Bronze Medal Game: March 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Ottawa Gee-Gees | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Ottawa Gee-Gees | 3 | 3 | Ottawa Gee-Gees | 0 | |||||||||
6 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | 0 | 4 | Trinity Western Spartans | 3 |
Semi-Finals: March 1 | Fifth Place Game: March 2 | ||||||||
2 | Montreal Carabins | 1 | |||||||
6 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | 3 | |||||||
6 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | 3 | |||||||
8 | Laval Rouge et Or | 0 | |||||||
5 | Dalhousie Tigers | 1 | |||||||
8 | Laval Rouge et Or | 3 |
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