Pandas seeded 4th, to play Carabins on Friday

The Canada West bronze medal winning Pandas are seeded fourth for the 2024 U SPORTS Championship this week in Hamilton, and will meet the Montreal Carabins in the quarter-final on Friday. 

The Pandas will be aiming for an eighth U SPORTS title. 

The Manitoba Bisons, who won the Canada West championship with a 3-1 win over UBC on Saturday night, are the top seed heading into the 2024 U SPORTS Women’s Volleyball Championship. U SPORTS announced the seeding on Sunday for the 2024 championship, which runs from Friday to Sunday at the Burridge Gymnasium on the campus of McMaster University in Hamilton.
 
Championship website: https://usports.ca/en/championships/volleyball/w

2024 U SPORTS Championship Seeding: 

1. Manitoba Bisons (CW champions, 20-4 regular season, 5-0 playoffs)
2. UBC Thunderbirds (CW finalists, 22-2, 4-1)
3. Brock Badgers (OUA champions, 18-2, 3-0)
4. Alberta Pandas (CW finalists, 18-6, 3-2)
5. Montréal Carabins (RSEQ champions, 17-4, 4-1)
6. Acadia Axewomen (AUS champions: 15-5, 4-2)
7. McMaster Marauders (hosts, 15-5, 2-1)
8. Saint Mary’s Huskies (AUS finalists, 14-6, 3-3)

Friday, March 15th (All times are local): 

12:00pm – QF1/Game 1: #1 Manitoba vs. #8 SMU
2:00pm – QF2/Game 2: #4 Alberta vs. #5 Montreal
6:00pm – QF3/Game 3:  #2 UBC vs. #7 McMaster
8:00pm – QF4/Game 4:  #3 Brock vs. #6 Acadia

Semifinal games will take place on Saturday at 6:00 and 8:00 p.m., with the consolation semifinals scheduled for 12:00 and 2:00 p.m. On Sunday, the fifth-place game is set for 12:00 p.m., with the bronze medal game following at 2:00 p.m. and the championship game at 6:00 p.m.

All 11 games from the eight-team competition will be webcast live on CBC Sports digital platforms (English) and USPORTS.ca (French), up to and including Sunday’s gold medal game. The full webcast schedule will be available throughout the tournament at usports.ca/en/broadcast.