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CISCIS semifinal 2 Defending champ Bears off to eighth straight title match Canada West OUA QSSF AUS Canada West OUA QSSF AUS CIS 5 Year Championship Schedule Womens Basketball Final 8 Round 1 East Regional Round 1 Central Regional Round 1 West Regional Mens Basketball Final 8 Cross Country Curling Womens Field Hockey Football Desjardins Vanier Cup Womens Ice Hockey Mens Ice Hockey University Cup Womens Rugby Womens Soccer Mens Soccer Swimming Track & Field Womens Volleyball Mens Volleyball Wrestling Basketball Cross Country Curling Field Hockey Ice Hockey Rugby Soccer Swimming Track & Field Volleyball Wrestling Basketball Curling Cross Country Football Ice Hockey Soccer Swimming Track & Field Volleyball Wrestling SSN Canada Website SSN Canada Webcast Schedule Le 5 Partant QSSF Basketball Show CIS Womens Hockey Weekly CIS Touchdown Football Show SSN Webcast Schedule Football Canada West OUA QSSF AUS Home Universiades FISU World University Championships StudentAthlete Info Members Info International Programs Committee About International Program Services International History Past Medalists Official BLG Website Past BLG Winners BLG Awards History History Past Winners Home Standings ScheduleResults Playoffs Stats Leaders Team Stats Ind Stats News CIS semifinal 2 Defending champ Bears off to eighth straight title matchCourtesy of U of Alberta sports informationEDMONTON (CIS) The No 1seeded and defending national champion Alberta Golden Bears are heading to their eighth straight CIS mens volleyball final following a straightset semifinal victory (2520 2514 2522) over the No 4 Brandon Bobcats Saturday night at the U of As main gymChampionship websitewwwcisportcaechampionshipsmvolleyball2009The Bears will face the No 2 Laval Rouge et Or in Sundays goldmedal affair at 6 pm Mountain Time in a battle of the only teams in the country who went undefeated in conference play this year both at 180 and are still unbeaten in the postseason Alberta and Laval have never met for CIS gold in the pastLaval the last team from outside Canada West to play in the CIS final (2001) and to win the Tantramar Trophy (1994) also advanced in straight sets Saturday sweeping No 3 McMaster in the early semiThe Bears have claimed CIS gold five times (2008 2005 2002 1997 1981) and the Rouge et Or three (1994 1992 1990)The goldmedal match will be televised live on Shaw TV locally and on Star Choice satellite providers Fans can also catch the action online by going to wwwssncanadaca as SSN Canada (Sports Streaming Network) is webcasting the tournament and picking up the TV feed from Edmo...