title: 2018 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship
text: # 2018 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship
  
  The 2018 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship was held March 16–18, 2018, in Quebec City, Quebec, to determine a national champion for the 2017–18 U Sports women's volleyball season. The tournament was played at PEPS gymnase at Université Laval. It was the seventh time that Laval had hosted the tournament with the most recent occurring in 2011.
  
  The OUA Champion Ryerson Rams completed a perfect season, finishing with a 19–0 regular season record, 3–0 OUA playoff record, and 3–0 U Sports championship record to claim the first national championship in program history and in school history.
  
  ## Participating teams
  
  | Seed | Team | Qualified | Record | Last | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Calgary Dinos | Canada West Champion | 21–3 | 2004 | 4 |
  | 2 | Montreal Carabins | RSEQ Champion | 18–2 | None | 0 |
  | 3 | UBC Thunderbirds | Canada West Finalist | 20–4 | 2017 | 11 |
  | 4 | Ryerson Rams | OUA Champion | 19–0 | None | 0 |
  | 5 | UBC Okanagan Heat | Canada West Semifinalist | 19–5 | None | 0 |
  | 6 | Dalhousie Tigers | AUS Champion | 19–1 | 1982 | 1 |
  | 7 | Alberta Pandas | Canada West Semifinalist | 15–9 | 2007 | 7 |
  | 8 | Laval Rouge et Or | RSEQ Finalist (Host) | 14–6 | 2006 | 1 |
  
  ## Championship bracket
  
  | First Round: March 16 | First Round: March 16 | First Round: March 16 | Semi-Finals: March 17 | Semi-Finals: March 17 | Semi-Finals: March 17 | Gold Medal Game: March 18 | Gold Medal Game: March 18 | Gold Medal Game: March 18 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Calgary Dinos | 3 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Laval Rouge et Or | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Laval Rouge et Or | 0 | 1 | Calgary Dinos | 1 | | | |
  | | | | 4 | Ryerson Rams | 3 | | | |
  | 4 | Ryerson Rams | 3 | 4 | Ryerson Rams | 3 | | | |
  | 5 | UBC Okanagan Heat | 2 | | | | | | |
  | 5 | UBC Okanagan Heat | 2 | | | | 4 | Ryerson Rams | 3 |
  | | | | | | | 7 | Alberta Pandas | 1 |
  | 2 | Montreal Carabins | 2 | | | | | | | 7 | Alberta Pandas | 1 |
  | 7 | Alberta Pandas | 3 | | | |
  | 7 | Alberta Pandas | 3 | 7 | Alberta Pandas | 3 | Bronze Medal Game: March 18 | Bronze Medal Game: March 18 | Bronze Medal Game: March 18 |
  | | | | 3 | UBC Thunderbirds | 1 |
  | 3 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | 3 | UBC Thunderbirds | 1 | 1 | Calgary Dinos | 1 |
  | 6 | Dalhousie Tigers | 2 | | | | 3 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 |
  
  ## Consolation bracket
  
  | Semi-Finals: March 17 | Semi-Finals: March 17 | Semi-Finals: March 17 | Fifth Place Game: March 18 | Fifth Place Game: March 18 | Fifth Place Game: March 18 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | Montreal Carabins | 3 | | | |
  | 6 | Dalhousie Tigers | 0 | | | |
  | 6 | Dalhousie Tigers | 0 | 2 | Montreal Carabins | 3 |
  | | | | 8 | Laval Rouge et Or | 0 |
  | 5 | UBC Okanagan Heat | 1 | 8 | Laval Rouge et Or | 0 |
  | 8 | Laval Rouge et Or | 3 | | | |
  