TORONTO – The Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) announced today its 2023-24 regular season volleyball schedules, set to begin on Friday, Oct. 20.
OCAA MEN’S VOLLEYBALL REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE | OCAA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
KEY DATES
Regular Season First Semester Start Date: Friday, Oct. 20
Regular Season First Semester End Date: Sunday, Dec. 3
Regular Season Second Semester Start Date: Tuesday, Jan. 9
Regular Season Second Semester End Date: Sunday, Feb. 4
Qualifying Games (Crossover): Saturday Feb. 10 – Sunday, Feb. 11
Quarter-Finals: Saturday Feb. 17 – Sunday, Feb. 18
Championship Dates: Friday, Feb. 23 – Sunday, Feb. 25
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL DIVISIONS
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL DIVISIONS
The regular season schedule will remain a two-division format. Teams will play a double round robin within their division totalling 18 matches each. The schedule features doubleheaders between schools alternating between men’s and women’s competition.
The regular season begins on Oct. 20 with four doubleheaders, including an Ottawa showdown between Coyotes de La Cité and Algonquin Wolves. In addition, Vipères de Boréal (Sudbury) visit the Redeemer Royals (Ancaster), the Cambrian Golden Shield (Sudbury) travel to the Mohawk Mountaineers (Hamilton) and the St. Clair Saints (Windsor) take on the Conestoga Condors (Kitchener).
The Humber Hawks (Etobicoke), who won both OCAA men’s and women’s volleyball championships last season, open their respective regular seasons at home against the Fanshawe Falcons (London) on Oct. 21. It will be a rematch of the men’s OCAA gold medal match last February.
A total of 360 volleyball matches will be played between October and February, with a mid-season break in December for exams.
There will be a change in the OCAA playoff format for 2024. The top eight teams in each division now qualify for the post-season. The first round will consist of interdivisional play between teams from opposite divisions based according to seeding (1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, etc.). The winners will then advance to the quarter-finals, hosted by the higher seeds. The OCAA championships will consist of back-to-back days of semi-finals and medal matches at the home of the highest remaining seeds.
All OCAA schedules for the 2023-24 season, including dates, times and locations, are subject to change.
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