The 2019 U Sports Women's Volleyball Championship was held March 15–17, 2019, in

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, to determine a national champion for the 2018–19

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season. The tournament was played at

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at the

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. It was the sixth time that Alberta had hosted the tournament with the most recent occurring in 2010. The eighth-seeded

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overcame a two-set deficit in the championship match to defeat the defending champion

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three sets to two to win the 12th championship in program history. It was the first time in U Sports women's volleyball history that a team seeded eighth had won the national championship.

Participating teams

Championship bracket

Consolation bracket

Awards

Championship awards

* CIS Championship MVP –

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, UBC * R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award – Brie O’Reilly, Trinity Western

All-Star Team

*Olivia Furlan, UBC *

, UBC *Tessa Davis, UBC *Theanna Vernon, Ryerson *Lauren Veltman, Ryerson *Kory White, Alberta *Courtney Baker, Dalhousie

References

External links

Tournament Web Site
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