[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/volleyball2012.jpg” caption=”The Marauders women’s volleyball team and the men’s basketball team will both be on the hunt for championships this weekend. The volleyball team will host the national championships at the David Braley Athletic Centre, while the basketball team will travel to Waterloo for the provincial final. File photo.”]Two Marauders teams will look to lock up championships this weekend, both
on campus and off.

McMaster's women's volleyball team will have home court advantage when it hosts the
Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship tournament starting Friday.
The eighth-seed Marauders will open the weekend with a match against the country's
top team, the University of Alberta Pandas.

Game time is 8 p.m.

At the same time, the men's basketball team will travel to Waterloo for the Ontario
University Athletics Final Four tournament. The basketball Marauders will also take on
the nation's best team, the Carleton Ravens.

A win Friday night would earn the team a berth in the provincial final Wilson Cup as well as the
national finals.

A fan bus is available to take Marauders faithful from campus to Waterloo and back. The
cost is $20, which includes a game ticket, and seats can be reserved at the Maroonshop,
located at the west end of the David Braley Athletic Centre.