The host Mariners, buoyed by a raucous home crowd, returned to resembling the team that topped the CCAA rankings throughout the season in a 3-0 (25-20, 26-24, 25-19) win over an athletic Vikings team with a solid cheering section of its own.

Early in the first set, Mariners libero Mika Yamada set the tone with a number of exceptional digs—including five touches before the first point was even counted. The Vikings' Shae Boyes continued her exceptional tournament with two consecutive aces to help the Vikings take an early lead, but three aces on four serves from VIU's Linnea Brickwood helped VIU retake a mid-set advantage.  A devastating kill by Jane Lytvynenko off a desperation bump set by Yamada sealed the first set for the Mariners.

With UAA's DJ Molle and VIU's Megan Duffy locking down the middle, setters Brickwood and Sarah Dedrick kept pumping the ball outside for massive kills from VIU's Lytvynenko and Cassidy Kitchen and UAA's Boyes and Sarah Singular. Up 25-24, the Mariners got a combo block from Linnea Brickwood and Kayla Passmore to finish off set two.

The third set featured plenty of extended rallies and never-say-die plays. It remained close until, at 14-14, a serving run by Sophie Krupp gave VIU a 20-14 advantage and a lead it wouldn't relinquish.

The Mariners advance to a bronze medal matchup with the Humber Hawks on Saturday at 3 pm—the second time these teams will have faced each other in the tournament. The Vikings finish their first-ever trip to a CCAA national championship with a 1-2 record and their win over Édouard-Montpetit standing as arguably the most entertaining game of the tournament.

UAA libero Rebecca Olenick and VIU outside hitter Jane Lytvynenko were named the 4Imprint Players of the Game.