CISCIS quarterfinal 1 No 2 Laval off to first semifinal in 7 years 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 quarterfinal 1 No 2 Laval off to first semifinal in 7 yearsCourtesy of U of Alberta sports informationEDMONTON (CIS) The No 2seeded Laval Rouge et Or are heading to the semifinal round of the CIS mens volleyball championship for the first time since 2002 thanks to a tight straightset victory (2523 2522 2520) over the No 7 Winnipeg Wesmen in the opening match of the 2009 national tournament Friday afternoon at the University of AlbertaChampionship websitewwwcisportcaechampionshipsmvolleyball2009Quebec champion Laval which went 180 in QSSF conference play advances to Saturdays first semifinal at 630 pm Mountain Time where they will face the winners of the quarterfinal duel between No 3 McMaster and No 6 Thompson RiversThe Rouge et Or had dropped six consecutive quarterfinal matches to Canada West opponents since a 30 win over Calgary in 2002 also at the U of A gymLaval making their 12th straight appearance at the national championship is the last team from outside of Canada West to have won the Tantramar trophy taking the hardware to Quebec in 1994 Head coach Pascal Clement has arguably one of the strongest teams in Edmonton and now that they have exorcised their opening match demons stand a good chance to play for goldWeve been waiting since 2002 to win this opening match in what is always a tough tournament exclaimed...