# 2006 CIS Women's Volleyball Championship

The 2006 CIS Women's Volleyball Championship was held March 2, 2006 to March 4, 2006, in Calgary, Alberta, to determine a national champion for the 2005–06 CIS women's volleyball season. The tournament was played at the Jack Simpson Gymnasium and was hosted by the University of Calgary. This was the third time that the University of Calgary had hosted the tournament and the first since 1991.
The QSSF Champion Laval Rouge et Or defeated the Canada West champion UBC Thunderbirds to win the first national championship in program history and the first women's championship in school history. The Rouge et Or finished the season with a perfect 37–0 record. Laval had also appeared in the national tournament every year since 1979, except for 1991, and won the championship in their third appearance in the gold medal game.

## Participating teams

| Seed | Team | Qualified | Record | Last | Total |
| 1 | UBC Thunderbirds | Canada West Champion | 19–1 | 1978 | 4 |
| 2 | Laval Rouge et Or | QSSF Champion | 21–0 | None | 0 |
| 3 | Alberta Pandas | Canada West Finalist | 15–5 | 2000 | 6 |
| 4 | Trinity Western Spartans | Canada West Bronze | 15–5 | None | 0 |
| 5 | Calgary Dinos | Canada West Semi-Finalist (Host) | 14–6 | 2004 | 3 |
| 6 | Montreal Carabins | QSSF Finalist | 16–5 | None | 0 |
| 7 | Windsor Lancers | OUA Champion | 12–7 | None | 0 |
| 8 | Saint Mary's Huskies | AUS Champion | 15–6 | None | 0 |

## Championship bracket

| First Round: March 2 | First Round: March 2 | First Round: March 2 | Semi-Finals: March 3 | Semi-Finals: March 3 | Semi-Finals: March 3 | Gold Medal Game: March 4 | Gold Medal Game: March 4 | Gold Medal Game: March 4 |
| 1 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 1 | 1 | UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Calgary Dinos | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Trinity Western Spartans | 0 | 5 | Calgary Dinos | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Calgary Dinos | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Calgary Dinos | 3 | | | | 1 | UBC Thunderbirds | 1 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Laval Rouge et Or | 3 |
| 2 | Laval Rouge et Or | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | Laval Rouge et Or | 3 |
| 7 | Windsor Lancers | 0 | | | |
| 7 | Windsor Lancers | 0 | 2 | Laval Rouge et Or | 3 | Bronze Medal Game: March 4 | Bronze Medal Game: March 4 | Bronze Medal Game: March 4 |
| | | | 6 | Montreal Carabins | 0 |
| 3 | Alberta Pandas | 2 | 6 | Montreal Carabins | 0 | 5 | Calgary Dinos | 3 |
| 6 | Montreal Carabins | 3 | | | | 6 | Montreal Carabins | 2 |

## Consolation bracket

| Semi-Finals: March 3 | Semi-Finals: March 3 | Semi-Finals: March 3 | Fifth Place Game: March 4 | Fifth Place Game: March 4 | Fifth Place Game: March 4 |
| 3 | Alberta Pandas | 3 | | | |
| 7 | Windsor Lancers | 0 | | | |
| 7 | Windsor Lancers | 0 | 3 | Alberta Pandas | 2 |
| | | | 4 | Trinity Western Spartans | 3 |
| 4 | Trinity Western Spartans | 3 | 4 | Trinity Western Spartans | 3 |
| 8 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 0 | | | |

## Awards
### Championship awards

* CIS Tournament MVP – Marylène Laplante, Laval
* R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award – Myriam Aboumerhi, Montréal

### All-Star Team

* Marylène Laplante, Laval
* Amélie Rivet, Laval
* Caroline Fiset, Laval
* Emily Cordonier, UBC
* Shelley Chalmers, UBC
* Julie Young, Calgary
* Laetitia Tchoualak, Montréal
* Neda Boroumand, Calgary