Women's Championship Volleyball

The PACWEST women’s championship tournament is set and will open with a pair of quarterfinals on Thursday on the campus of Columbia Bible College, the home of the CBC Bearcats in Abbotsford. The last time the tournament was held at CBC was in 2016. Purchase your championship tournament pass in advance HERE.

#1 VIU Mariners

The Mariners are the three-time defending national champions and are poised to make another run here in 2022. They come into the tournament with 11 straight wins, losing just three-sets during this streak. They will receive a bye and will play in the semi-final on Friday at 5:30pm facing either the COTR Avalanche or Capilano Blues. The last time the Mariners lost at this tournament was the 2018 gold medal match to Douglas, however they still earned a berth to the nationals and rallied as a Wild Card to win the CCAA gold medal.

Record: 13-2 (1-0 at CBC, the host site of the championship)
Sets Won: 43
Sets Lost: 11

Kill Leader: Jane Lytvynenko – 192 kills*

Block Leader: Linnea Brickwood – 33 blocks*

Dig Leader: Keira Christensen – 110 digs

#2 Douglas Royals

The second seed comes into the championship tournament on a three-match winning streak and has lost just once since early November. Their only recent setback came in a five-set thriller to the top seeded Mariners on February 4th. The Royals last tasted PACWEST gold in 2018 and ultimately finished with a national silver medal.

Record: 13-2 (1-0 at CBC, the host site of the championship)
Sets Won: 42
Sets Lost: 10

Kill Leader: Lauren Attieh – 130 kills

Block Leader: Abbie Smith – 29 blocks

Dig Leader: Lauren Attieh – 104 digs

#3 Camosun Chargers

The Chargers have only played one match in the last three weeks, and it really didn’t mean much. This past weekend they were swept by the Mariners, but their playoff position had already been set. They will need to shake off some of the rust in a hurray as they face the host and sixth seed CBC Bearcats on Thursday in a quarterfinal. During the regular season they were 2-1 against the Bearcats winning with a pair of sweeps and dropping a four-set decision. The Chargers have never won a PACWEST gold but are the defending silver medalists.

Record: 8-7 (1-0 at CBC, the host site of the championship)
Sets Won: 28
Sets Lost: 27

Kill Leader: Rachel Leduc – 118 kills

Block Leader: Chantelle Dobie – 16 blocks

Dig Leader: Correina McNeice– 144 digs*

#4 COTR Avalanche

The Avalanche women’s volleyball program has fond memories of the PACWEST volleyball championship being held at Columbia Bible College (CBC). In 2016, the last time it was held at CBC the Avalanche shocked the Conference and won their only gold medal as the sixth seed and punched their ticket the CCAA national championship, which oddly enough was hosted at Holland College in PEI, the same location as this year’s tournament.

Coming into this year’s PACWEST championship the Avalanche won their final two matches and leapfrogged the Capilano Blues to earn the fourth seed. They will face the Blues in a quarterfinal on Thursday as the opening match of the championship. In their lone meeting of the season the Avalanche swept the Blues three weeks ago; 25-19. 25-20 and 33-31.

Record: 5-10 (0-1 at CBC, the host site of the championship)
Sets Won: 20
Sets Lost: 31

Kill Leader: Rose Howard – 77 kills

Block Leader: Brooklyn Brodner – 30 blocks

Dig Leader: Dani Bryant– 92 digs

#5 Capilano Blues

The Blues limp into the PACWEST championship losing six straight matches and have only won once in 2022. They have been bit by the injury bug and will hope to have their main weapons ready to go for Thursday afternoon and their quarterfinal match with the COTR Avalanche. The Blues have never won this tournament, but their last medal was a bronze in 2019.

Record: 4-11 (2-0 at CBC, the host site of the championship)
Sets Won: 14
Sets Lost: 36

Kill Leader: Maya Griffith – 119 kills

Block Leader: Sibby Bos – 10 blocks

Dig Leader: Vanessa Gatto - 118 digs

#6 CBC Bearcats

The Bearcats are not only the hosts of the PACWEST championship tournament this year, but they are also making their first appearance since 2018. They have lost three straight coming into the tournament and will face the third seeded Camosun Chargers in Thursday’s quarterfinal. One of their two wins this season came against the Chargers; a four-set victory in Victoria on January 29th. Their last PACWEST medal was a silver in 2013 which also earned them a berth at the CCAA national championship as a Wild Card.

Record: 2-13 (1-6 at home, the host site of the championship)
Sets Won: 9
Sets Lost: 41

Kill Leader: Janae Bruinsma – 106 kills

Block Leader: Georgia Maclean – 24 blocks

Dig Leader: Janae Bruinsma – 131 kills

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