BRANDON, Man. - The Bobcats enter the 2019 U SPORTS men's volleyball national championship as the No. 1 seed and know their first round opponent.

The Bobcats will take on the Montréal Carabins in the first match of the tournament on Friday, March 15 at 1 p.m. (12 p.m. CST).

It's the Bobcats first trip to nationals since 2013, which was also at Universite Laval. That trip saw the Bobcats enter the tournament as the No. 1 seed and leave as bronze medal winners. The Bobcats faced Montréal in the first match of that tournament that year as well, winning that match 3-1 (23-25, 25-18,  25-19, 25-20).

The Bobcats last played the Carabins in the 2017-18 home pre-season tournament, which the Bobcats lost 3-1 (25-21, 25-19, 21-25, 27-25).

Here's Friday's schedule of games:

No. 1 Brandon vs. No. 8 Montreal, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT
No. 4 Mount Royal vs. No. 5 Alberta, 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT
No. 2 Trinity Western vs. No. 7 McMaster, 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT
No. 3 Laval vs. No. 6 Queen's, 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT

All matches will be held at Université Laval through-out the three day tournament, with the semi-finals coming on March 16 and the finals on March 17 and can be seen live at www.usports.live.