Participating Teams

No. 1 Calgary Dinos
Media Guide (PDF 5.32 MB)
Head Coach: Rod Durrant (5th season)
Regular season record: 16-2
Regular season standing: 2nd Canada West
Playoff record: 4-0
Playoff finish: Canada West champions
Final Top 10 ranking (Feb. 15): No. 3
Best Top 10 ranking (13 weeks): No. 3 (5 weeks: polls 7, 10, 11, 12, 13)
Number of weeks in Top 10 (13 weeks): 13
Conference award winners: Graham Vigrass (MVP), Rod Durrant (coach)
Conference 1st team all-stars: Graham Vigrass (M), Jay Blankenau (S)
Conference 2nd team all-stars: None
CIS championship best result: 4-time champions (2010, 1993, 1989, 1982)
CIS championship last appearance: 2010 (champions)
CIS championship sequence: 2nd consecutive appearance (16th in 25 years)

No. 2 Laval Rouge et Or
Media Guide (PDF 2.59 MB)
Head Coach: Pascal Clément (19th season)
Regular season record: 17-0
Regular season standing: 1st RSEQ
Playoff record: 2-0
Playoff finish: RSEQ champions
Final Top 10 ranking (Feb. 15): No. 1
Best Top 10 ranking (13 weeks): No. 1 (8 weeks: last 8 polls / No. 2 in first 5 polls)
Number of weeks in Top 10 (13 weeks): 13
Conference award winners: Karl De Granpré (MVP), Pierre-Alexis Lapointe (libero), Olivier Bibeault-Pinard (rookie), Pascal Clément (coach)
Conference 1st team all-stars: Karl De Granpré (OH), Frédéric Desbiens (OH), Justin Boudreault (S)
Conference 2nd team all-stars: No second team in RSEQ
CIS championship best result: 3-time champions (1994, 1992, 1990)
CIS championship last appearance: 2010 (4th place)
CIS championship sequence: 14th consecutive appearance (28th in 30 years – Missed 1997, 1993)

No. 3 Brandon Bobcats
Media Guide (PDF 8.77 MB)
Head Coach: Russ Paddock (6th season)
Regular season record: 10-8
Regular season standing: 5th Canada West
Playoff record: 3-2
Playoff finish: Canada West finalists
Final Top 10 ranking (Feb. 15): No. 7
Best Top 10 ranking (13 weeks): No. 3 (2 weeks: polls 4-5)
Number of weeks in Top 10 (13 weeks): 13
Conference award winners: None
Conference 1st team all-stars: Paul Sanderson (LS)
Conference 2nd team all-stars: Jonathan Sloane (M)
CIS championship best result: Bronze medallists (2009)
CIS championship last appearance: 2009 (bronze)
CIS championship sequence: 2nd appearance in 3 years (2nd in history)

No. 4 Trinity Western Spartans
Media Guide (PDF 6.32 MB)
Head Coach: Ben Josephson (4th season)
Regular season record: 13-5
Regular season standing: 3rd Canada West
Playoff record: 3-1
Playoff finish: Canada West bronze medallists
Final Top 10 ranking (Feb. 15): No. 4
Best Top 10 ranking (13 weeks): No. 3 (6 weeks: polls 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9)
Number of weeks in Top 10 (13 weeks): 13
Conference award winners: Rudy Verhoeff (student-athlete – community service)
Conference 1st team all-stars: Rudy Verhoeff (OH)
Conference 2nd team all-stars: Ben Ball (S)
CIS championship best result: 1-time champions (2006)
CIS championship last appearance: 2010 (finalists)
CIS championship sequence: 2nd consecutive appearance (6th in 8 years)

No. 5 Alberta Golden Bears
Media Guide (PDF 476 KB)
Head Coach: Terry Danyluk (18th season)
Regular season record: 17-1
Regular season standing: 1st Canada West
Playoff record: 0-2
Playoff finish: 4th Canada West
Final Top 10 ranking (Feb. 15): No. 2
Best Top 10 ranking (13 weeks): No. 1 (5 weeks: first 5 polls / No. 2 in last 8 polls)
Number of weeks in Top 10 (13 weeks): 13
Conference award winners: None
Conference 1st team all-stars: Tanner Nault (S)
Conference 2nd team all-stars: Spencer Leiske (OH), Justin Olmstead (OH)
CIS championship best result: 6-time champions (2009, 2008, 2005, 2002, 1997, 1981)
CIS championship last appearance: 2010 (bronze)
CIS championship sequence: 11th consecutive appearance (18th in 19 years – Missed 2000)

No. 6 McMaster Marauders
Media Guide (PDF 1.24 MB)
Head Coach: Dave Preston (9th season)
Regular season record: 16-4
Regular season standing: 2nd OUA
Playoff record: 3-0
Playoff finish: OUA champions
Final Top 10 ranking (Feb. 15): No. 9
Best Top 10 ranking (13 weeks): No. 9 (2 weeks: first and last polls)
Number of weeks in Top 10 (13 weeks): 7
Conference award winners: None
Conference 1st team all-stars: Tyler Santoni (M)
Conference 2nd team all-stars: Josh Lichty (L)
CIS championship best result: 4th place (2009)
CIS championship last appearance: 2009 (4th place)
CIS championship sequence: 5th appearance in 6 years (missed 2010)

No. 7 UNB Varsity Reds
Media Guide (PDF 1.43 MB)
Head Coach: Dan McMorran (7th season)
Regular season record: 11-6
Regular season standing: 1st AUS
Playoff record: 2-0
Playoff finish: AUS champions
Final Top 10 ranking (Feb. 15): Unranked
Best Top 10 ranking (13 weeks): No. 10 (2 weeks: polls 2-3)
Number of weeks in Top 10 (13 weeks): 2
Conference award winners: Jacob Kilpatrick (MVP & student-athlete), Kyle Blanchard (libero), Dan McMorran (coach)
Conference 1st team all-stars: Jacob Kilpatrick (M), Matt Sweet (OH), Tyler Veenhuis (OH)
Conference 2nd team all-stars: No second team in AUS
CIS championship best result: N/A
CIS championship last appearance: 2009 (tied 7th place)
CIS championship sequence: 2nd appearance since 1979 (2009)

No. 8 Sherbrooke Vert & Or
Media Guide (PDF 793 KB)
Head Coach: Marc Lussier (4th season)
Regular season record: 9-8
Regular season standing: 2nd RSEQ
Playoff record: 2-2
Playoff finish: RSEQ finalists
Final Top 10 ranking (Feb. 15): Unranked
Best Top 10 ranking (13 weeks): Unranked all season
Number of weeks in Top 10 (13 weeks): 0
Conference award winners: None
Conference 1st team all-stars: Pierre-Marc Lussier (M), Maxime Claessens-Rivet (OH)
Conference 2nd team all-stars: No second team in RSEQ
CIS championship best result: 1-time champions (1974)
CIS championship last appearance: 2004 (5th place)
CIS championship sequence: 1st appearance since 2004 (2nd since 1998)

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The Road to the CIS Championships
How Teams Qualify for the 2011 Men's Volleyball Championship

The Men's Volleyball Championship will be hosted by Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia. The championship is an eight-team single game elimination format, played over three days, March 4-6, 2011. The participating teams include a representative from each Regional Association: AUS, RSEQ, OUA and Canada West. The Trinity Western Spartans receive a berth as the host team. The sixth and seventh teams are assigned berths from Canada West. The eighth team is an assigned berth from RSEQ.

OUA
The top seven teams will make playoffs. The first place team receives a bye and will host the Final Four Championship. The quarterfinals are a single best of 5 match held February 19, 2011 and will consist of the following games:

# 7 @ # 2 # 6 @ # 3 # 5 @ # 4

The semi-finals will be a single best of 5 match played at the site of the Final Four host on February 25, 2011. The winner of the semi-final matches will meet for the OUA Championship on February 26, 2011. The winner of the OUA Championship advances to the CIS Championship.

AUS
The top 2 teams make playoffs (best of three) held from February 18-26, 2011. The winner advances to the CIS Championship.

RSEQ
The top three teams make playoffs, with the first place team receiving a bye to the finals. The semi-final (best of three) will be held from February 11-13, 2011. The winner will advance to the final (best of three) against the first place team from February 18-25, 2011. The two finalists will advance to the CIS Championship.

Canada West
The top 7 teams are ranked based on league play and advance to the playoffs. The first place team receives a bye and hosts the Final Four. The matches consist of a best of three series between the following teams:

# 7 @ # 2 # 6 @ # 3 # 5 @ # 4

The winner of each match will advance to the Final Four where a gold and bronze medal game will be played. The two finalists and the bronze medal match winner will advance to the CIS Championship. In the event that TWU finishes in the top three of the Canada West Championship, the top four finalists will advance to the CIS Championship.