The 2025 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship was held March 21–23, 2025, in Brandon, Manitoba, to determine a national champion for the 2024–25 U Sports men's volleyball season.[2][3] The eighth-seeded host Brandon Bobcats defeated the third-seeded defending champion Alberta Golden Bears to win the first national championship in program history.[4]
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| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Teams | Eight |
| Finals site | University Healthy Living Centre Brandon, Manitoba |
| Champions | Brandon Bobcats |
| Runner-up | Alberta Golden Bears |
| Winning coach | Grant Wilson (1st title) |
| Championship MVP | Philipp Lauter (Brandon) |
| Television | CBC[1] |
Host
editThe tournament was hosted by Brandon University at the University Healthy Living Centre on the school's campus.[3] This was the first time that Brandon had hosted the tournament.[5]
Scheduled teams
edit| Seed | Team | Qualified | Record | Last | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winnipeg Wesmen | Canada West Champion | 17–3 | 2007 | 10 |
| 2 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | RSEQ Champion | 14–2 | 1975 | 1 |
| 3 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Finalist | 16–4 | 2024 | 10 |
| 4 | Queen's Gaels | OUA Champion | 15–5 | None | 0 |
| 5 | Saskatchewan Huskies | Canada West Bronze | 14–6 | 2004 | 4 |
| 6 | Windsor Lancers | OUA Finalist | 18–2 | None | 0 |
| 7 | Western Mustangs | OUA Bronze | 10–10 | None | 0 |
| 8 | Brandon Bobcats | Canada West Quarter-Finalist (Host) | 10–10 | None | 0 |
Championship bracket
edit| First Round: March 21 | Semi-Finals: March 22 | Gold Medal Game: March 23 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Winnipeg Wesmen | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Brandon Bobcats | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Brandon Bobcats | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Queen's Gaels | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Alberta Golden Bears | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Brandon Bobcats | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Western Mustangs | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | 2 | Bronze Medal Game: March 23 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Alberta Golden Bears | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Alberta Golden Bears | 3 | 2 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Windsor Lancers | 0 | 5 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 3 | |||||||||
Bronze medal match
edit| March 23, 2025 3:00 p.m. CDT |
(2) Sherbrooke Vert et Or | 1–3 | (5) Saskatchewan Huskies | University Healthy Living Centre Brandon, Manitoba |
| (25–19, 21–25, 17–25, 16–25) Boxscore | ||||
Gold medal match
edit| March 23, 2025 6:00 p.m. CDT |
(3) Alberta Golden Bears | 1–3 | (8) Brandon Bobcats | University Healthy Living Centre Brandon, Manitoba |
| (20–25, 25–22, 26–28, 17–25) Boxscore | ||||
Consolation bracket
edit| Semi-Finals: March 22 | Fifth Place Game: March 23 | ||||||||
| 1 | Winnipeg Wesmen | 3 | |||||||
| 4 | Queen's Gaels | 2 | |||||||
| 1 | Winnipeg Wesmen | 3 | |||||||
| 6 | Windsor Lancers | 0 | |||||||
| 6 | Windsor Lancers | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | Western Mustangs | 0 | |||||||
Awards
editChampionship awards
edit- Championship MVP – Philipp Lauter, Brandon
Nike Players of the Game
edit- Alberta: Isaac Heslinga
- Brandon: J.J. Love
All-Star Team
edit- Jonathan Portelance, Sherbrooke
- Emmett Graham, Saskatchewan
- Isaac Heslinga, Alberta
- Trent Cherewaty, Alberta
- Philipp Lauter, Brandon
- Liam Pauls, Brandon
- Riley Grusing, Brandon
References
edit- ↑ "CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2021.
- ↑ "U Sports Calendar". usports.ca. U Sports. September 13, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- 1 2 "BU to host nationals in 2025". Brandon Bobcats. June 28, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 "Alberta at Brandon". usports.ca. U Sports. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ↑ "U Sports Volleyball Championship History". usports.ca. U Sports. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ↑ "U Sports Playing Regulations: Men's Volleyball" (PDF). U Sports. August 2024.
- ↑ "Policies and Procedures 20 – Programs" (PDF). U Sports. August 2019.
- ↑ "Wesmen head to Westman with the #1 seed". U Sports. March 12, 2025.