The Saskatchewan Huskies women's volleyball team represents the University of Saskatchewan in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association conference of U Sports women's volleyball. Founded in 1949, the Huskies have won 3 national and 13 regional conference titles. The team plays its home games at the Physical Activity Complex (PAC).
The Huskies won the inaugural championship in the Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (WCIAU), and went on to win three times in succession in the 1949âÂÂ50, 1950âÂÂ51, and 1951âÂÂ52 seasons. Having won the title six times during the WCIAU era, the Huskies won their first regional conference title in the Canada West era in the 1974âÂÂ75 season and most recently in the 1991âÂÂ92 season. The Huskies won their first three national titles in succession during the 1978âÂÂ79, 1980âÂÂ81, and 1981âÂÂ82 seasons. The Huskies were the first team across all sports in Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union to win three successive championships.
Sylvia Fedoruk played for the team in the early 1950s and was later inducted into the Huskies and Canada West Halls of Fame.
Mark Tennant, head coach of the huskies from 1972 to 1989 and 1990âÂÂ97, won the national Coach of the Year award on four occasions and has been honoured by having the U Sports national Rookie of the Year award named after him.
In 2015, Mark Dodds, a former Canadian Interuniversity Sport MVP, Huskies men's volleyball alumnus, and Canadian national team player, was appointed as head coach, saying âÂÂI love challenges, and coming in here not really having a lot of experience with the womenâÂÂs game, I took the challenge on and itâÂÂs been exciting. ItâÂÂs been fun".
After an extended failure to qualify for the Canada West playoffs following the 2001âÂÂ02 season, the Huskies again qualified in the 2019âÂÂ20 season.
Going into the 2024âÂÂ25 season, the Huskies were ranked 11th in the Canada West pre-season coaches poll, with head coach Mark Dodds saying of the team and their prospects âÂÂWeâÂÂre a young team and trying to figure out what our identity is going to be, and how weâÂÂre going to play this year. Some ups and downs in the pre-season, but a lot of learning.â In the Canada West bronze medal match in 2025, the Huskies lost by 1 set to 3. After a 24-year absence, the Saskatchewan Huskies qualified for the national championship playoffs in the 2024-25 season, in which they lost in the first stage by 1 sets to 3 against the UBC Thunderbirds on March 14, 2025. This was followed up by a 1âÂÂ3 loss against the Saint Mary's Huskies in the consolation semifinal. They had entered the tournament as the 7th seed.
At the beginning of the 2025âÂÂ26 season, the Huskies were ranked 16th out of the 43 teams competing in U Sports women's basketball overall, and were rated as 16th out of 24 in media voting. The Huskies qualified for the Canada West playoff quarterfinal round that season on February 12, 2026, following a 3âÂÂ1 win over the Regina Cougars. The Huskies lost the series 2âÂÂ0 against the Trinity Western Spartans.