# 2023 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship

The 2023 U Sports Men's Volleyball Championship was the 56th edition of the U Sports men's volleyball championship, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of the 2023 U Sports men's volleyball season. The tournament started on March 17 and ended with the bronze-medal and championship games being played on March 19 in Hamilton, Ontario.
The third-seeded Trinity Western Spartans defeated the fourth-seeded Sherbrooke Vert et Or in straight sets to claim the seventh championship in program history.

## Host

The tournament was hosted by McMaster University at the Burridge Gymnasium on the school's campus. This was the sixth time that McMaster had hosted the tournament with the most recent occurring in 2018.

## Participating teams

| Seed | Team | Qualified | Record | Last | Total |
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Champion | 22–2 | 2022 | 9 |
| 2 | McMaster Marauders | OUA Champion (Host) | 18–2 | None | 0 |
| 3 | Trinity Western Spartans | Canada West Finalist | 18–6 | 2019 | 6 |
| 4 | Sherbrooke Vert et Or | RSEQ Champion | 15–1 | 1975 | 1 |
| 5 | Windsor Lancers | OUA Finalist | 15–5 | None | 0 |
| 6 | Montreal Carabins | RSEQ Finalist | 11–5 | 1970 | 1 |
| 7 | Saskatchewan Huskies | Canada West Bronze | 17–7 | 2004 | 4 |
| 8 | Toronto Varsity Blues | OUA Bronze | 13–7 | None | 0 |

## Championship bracket

| First round: March 17 | First round: March 17 | First round: March 17 | Semi-finals: March 18 | Semi-finals: March 18 | Semi-finals: March 18 | Gold medal game: March 19 | Gold medal game: March 19 | Gold medal game: March 19 |
| 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Toronto Varsity Blues | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Toronto Varsity Blues | 1 | 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 0 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Sherbrooke Vert & Or | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Sherbrooke Vert & Or | 3 | 4 | Sherbrooke Vert & Or | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Windsor Lancers | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Windsor Lancers | 0 | | | | 3 | Trinity Western Spartans | 3 |
| | | | | | | 4 | Sherbrooke Vert & Or | 0 |
| 2 | McMaster Marauders | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | Sherbrooke Vert & Or | 0 |
| 7 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 0 | | | |
| 7 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 0 | 2 | McMaster Marauders | 1 | Bronze medal game: March 19 | Bronze medal game: March 19 | Bronze medal game: March 19 |
| | | | 3 | Trinity Western Spartans | 3 |
| 3 | Trinity Western Spartans | 3 | 3 | Trinity Western Spartans | 3 | 1 | Alberta Golden Bears | 0 |
| 6 | Montreal Carabins | 0 | | | | 2 | McMaster Marauders | 3 |

### Gold medal match
## Consolation bracket

| Semi-Finals: March 18 | Semi-Finals: March 18 | Semi-Finals: March 18 | Fifth Place Game: March 19 | Fifth Place Game: March 19 | Fifth Place Game: March 19 |
| 5 | Windsor Lancers | 1 | | | |
| 8 | Toronto Varsity Blues | 3 | | | |
| 8 | Toronto Varsity Blues | 3 | 6 | Montreal Carabins | 3 |
| | | | 8 | Toronto Varsity Blues | 2 |
| 6 | Montreal Carabins | 3 | 8 | Toronto Varsity Blues | 2 |
| 7 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 2 | | | |

## Awards
### Championship awards

* Championship MVP – Mathias Elser, Trinity Western
* R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award – Montreal Carabins

### Mikasa Players of the Game

* Trinity Western: Mathias Elser
* Sherbrooke: Zachary Hollands

### All-Star Team

* Sam Cooper, McMaster
* Jordan Canham, Alberta
* Jonathan Portelance, Sherbrooke
* Yoan David, Sherbrooke
* Brodie Hofer, Trinity Western
* Jesse Elser, Trinity Western
* Mathias Elser, Trinity Western