2008 CIS Women's Volleyball Championship explained

Custom Title:2008 CIS Women's Volleyball Championship
Year:2007–08
Sport:Women's volleyball
Season:2007–08
Teams:Eight
Finals Site:Aitken University Centre
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Champions:UBC Thunderbirds
Title Count:5th
Runner Up:Montreal Carabins
Coach:Doug Reimer
Coach Count:2nd
Mvp Label:Championship MVP
Mvp:Carla Bradstock
Prev:2007
Tournament Link:Volleyball Championship
Next:2009

The 2008 CIS Women's Volleyball Championship was held February 28, 2008 to March 1, 2008, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, to determine a national champion for the 2007–08 CIS women's volleyball season.[1] The tournament was played at the Aitken University Centre and was hosted by the University of New Brunswick. It was the first time that the University of New Brunswick had hosted the tournament.[2]

The fourth-seeded UBC Thunderbirds won a five-set gold medal match over the Montreal Carabins to win their first national championship since 1978.[1] UBC had won medals in seven of the previous 13 tournaments, but had fallen short of a gold medal win, including in 2005 and 2006 when they lost to Sherbrooke and Laval, respectively.[1] Notably, from this year's championship team, Carla Bradstock's and Kyla Richey's mothers were members of the 1978 Thunderbirds team that had last won a national championship for UBC.[1]

Participating teams

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1 Canada West Champion 14–6 2007 7
2 QSSF Champion 18–3 None 0
3 Canada West Finalist 16–4 2004 3
4 Canada West Bronze 17–3 1978 4
5 QSSF Finalist 16–5 2005 2
6 OUA Champion 15–4 None 0
7 AUS Champion (Host) 15–5 None 0
8 AUS Finalist 13–7 None 0
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Championship bracket

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Consolation bracket

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Awards

Championship awards

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All-Star Team

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WVB: T-Birds Claim National Championship . . April 17, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080314044435/http://www.gothunderbirds.ca/sports_team_story.asp?id=22&storyid=2436 . March 14, 2008.
  2. Web site: U Sports Volleyball Championship History . . April 17, 2021.
  3. Web site: 2007-08 Canada West Women’s Volleyball . . April 17, 2021.
  4. Web site: OUA Women's Volleyball . . April 17, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080327054123/http://oua.ca/sports/wvolleyball/ . March 27, 2008.
  5. Web site: 2007-08 AUS Women's Volleyball Standings . . April 17, 2021.
  6. Web site: Classements depuis la saison 1988-1989 . . April 17, 2021.
  7. Web site: WVB Championship Results . . April 16, 2021.
  8. Web site: Sport Awards – U Sports . . April 17, 2021.