CIS TOP TEN TUESDAY (#19) Spartans alone at the top in women’s volleyball
CIS – OTTAWA (CIS) – The Trinity Western University Spartans are the new team to beat in CIS women’s volleyball. A week after tying the UBC Okanagan Heat for No. 1, the Spartans edged their provincial rivals by a single point in the new national coaches’ poll.
In other CIS sports, Saskatchewan (women’s basketball / men’s hockey), Ryerson (men’s basketball), Guelph (women’s hockey), Toronto (women’s & men’s swimming / women’s track and field), Windsor (men’s track and field), McMaster (men’s volleyball) and Brock (women’s & men’s wrestling) all hold on to their pole position.
In women’s volleyball, Trinity Western and UBC Okanagan are tied atop the Canada West standings with sparkling 17-1 records with six games remaining in conference play. The Heat drop to second place in this week’s national rankings with 57.5 points despite a two-game sweep of No. 6 UBC this past weekend. The Spartans, who enjoyed a break in their league schedule, earned 58.5 points in the new poll.
The two teams get to settle it on the court this weekend as UBCO visits TWU for a doubleheader on Friday (6 p.m. PST) and Saturday (5 p.m. PST). Both contests are live on CanadaWest.tv.
Other top matchups to keep an eye on this weekend include:
Men’s basketball: No. 4 Brock at No. 1 Ryerson, Wednesday at 8 p.m. (OUA.tv)
Men’s basketball: No. 3 Carleton at No. 2 Ottawa, Friday at 8 p.m. (OUA.tv)
Women’s hockey: No. 3 McGill at No. 2 Montreal, Friday at 7 p.m. (CarabinsTV)
Men’s hockey: No. 1 Saskatchewan at No. 7 Alberta, Friday at 7 p.m. MST (CanadaWest.tv)
Men’s hockey: No. 1 Saskatchewan at No. 7 Alberta, Saturday at 6 p.m. MST (CanadaWest.tv)
Men’s hockey: No. 4 Acadia at No. 2 UNB, Saturday at 7 p.m. AST (AUStv.ca)
Men’s volleyball: No. 4 Manitoba at No. 5 Winnipeg, Thursday at 7:30 p.m. CST (CanadaWest.tv)
Men’s volleyball: No. 5 Winnipeg at No. 4 Manitoba, Saturday at 3 p.m. CST (CanadaWest.tv)
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Saskatchewan (14-0) / 564 points (47) / (1)
2. McGill (9-1) / 513 / (2)
3. Regina (13-1) / 472 / (3)
4. Saint Mary’s (11-1) / 422 / (4)
5. Ryerson (9-3) / 373 / (5)
6. Alberta (14-1) / 331 / (6)
7. McMaster (10-3) / 261 / (8)
8. Ottawa (11-1) / 236 / (9)
9. Laval (8-4) / 201 / (7)
10. Acadia (14-0) / 103 / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: Windsor (65), Queen’s (44).
MEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Ryerson (10-1) / 459 points (45) / (1)
2. Ottawa (11-1) / 415 (1) / (2)
3. Carleton (10-2) / 364 / (3)
4. Brock (9-2) / 316 / (5)
5. Calgary (12-3) / 274 / (6)
6. McGill (7-3) / 207 / (7)
7. McMaster (9-4) / 158 / (4)
8. UBC (12-4) / 128 / (9)
9. Thompson Rivers (12-2) / 126 / (8)
10. Dalhousie (10-4) / 73 / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: UPEI (4), Manitoba (3).
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / (previous ranking)
1. Guelph (16-2-1) / (1)
2. Montreal (12-3-1) / (2)
3. McGill (9-4-2) / (3)
4. Saint Mary’s (15-5-0) / (4)
5. Toronto (11-4-3) / (6)
6. Western (12-7-0) / (5)
7. St. Thomas (12-6-1) / (7)
8. Ottawa (9-5-1) / (8)
9. UBC (15-7-2) / (9)
10. Regina (15-8-1) / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: Alberta, Moncton.
MEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Saskatchewan (21-3-0) / 158 points (14) / (1)
2. UNB (19-3-2) / 142 (1) / (2)
3. UQTR (20-3-1) / 127 / (4)
4. Acadia (17-5-2) / 110 (1) / (3)
5. McGill (20-5-1) / 82 / (6)
6. Mount Royal (15-6-3) / 63 / (10)
7. Alberta (15-7-2) / 59 / (5)
8. Carleton (18-6-0) / 46 / (8)
9. StFX (15-6-3) / 34 / (7)
10. Saint Mary’s (15-7-2) / 31 / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: York (19), Queen’s (4), Western (4), Calgary (1).
WOMEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. Toronto 614 points / (1)
2. UBC 596 / (2)
3. Laval 267 / (3)
4. Calgary 251 / (4)
5. Dalhousie 207 / (5)
6. Montreal 186 / (6)
7. Western 153 / (7)
8. McGill 127 / (8)
9. UQAM 80 / (10)
10. Victoria 77 / (9)
MEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. Toronto 521 points / (1)
2. UBC 419 / (2)
3. Calgary 349 / (3)
4. Alberta 312 / (4)
5. Dalhousie 166 / (5)
6. Ottawa 158 / (6)
7. Guelph 121 / (7)
T8. Laval 114 / (8)
T8. Western 114 / (9)
10. Victoria 107 / (10)
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. Toronto 89.5 points / (1)
2. Guelph 73 / (4)
3. Western 68 / (T2)
4. Alberta 63.5 / (T2)
5. York 55.5 / (6)
6. Windsor 55 / (5)
7. Dalhousie 49.5 / (7)
8. Saskatchewan 37.5 / (9)
9. Sherbrooke 32 / (10)
10. Calgary 27 / (8)
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. Windsor 84 points / (1)
2. Guelph 76 / (2)
3. Toronto 68.5 / (3)
4. Laval 65.5 / (T4)
5. Dalhousie 51 / (7)
6. York 45 / (6)
7. Saskatchewan 39.5 / (T4)
8. Western 33 / (8)
9. Sherbrooke 28 / (NR)
10. Alberta 24 / (9)
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes / (previous ranking)
1. Trinity Western (17-1) / 58.5 points / (T1)
2. UBC Okanagan (17-1) / 57.5 / (T1)
3. Toronto (14-0) / 51 / (3)
4. Alberta (16-4) / 49 / (4)
5. Montreal (17-3) / 44 / (5)
6. UBC (12-6) / 38 / (7)
7. McMaster (12-2) / 32 / (6)
8. Dalhousie (9-3) / 31 / (8)
9. McGill (13-6) / 30 / (10)
10. Ryerson (11-2) / 20.5 / (NR)
Next highest votes: Western (19.5), Sherbrooke (19), Brandon (12), Memorial (8), Thompson Rivers (7).
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. McMaster (16-0) / 244 points (18) / (1)
2. Alberta (20-0) / 232 (8) / (2)
3. Calgary (17-3) / 197 / (3)
4. Manitoba (14-4) / 156 / (4)
5. Winnipeg (13-5) / 153 / (5)
6. UBC (12-6) / 118 / (T6)
7. Laval (13-1) / 117 / (T6)
8. Queen’s (11-4) / 56 / (8)
9. Trinity Western (9-9) / 44 / (9)
10. Ryerson (12-4) / 40 / (NR)
WOMEN’S WRESTLING
(previous ranking)
1. Brock (1)
2. Saskatchewan (2)
3. Regina (3)
4. Calgary (4)
5. Guelph (5)
6. Alberta (6)
7. Winnipeg (7)
8. Concordia (8)
9. Western (9)
10. Lakehead (10)
MEN’S WRESTLING
(previous ranking)
1. Brock (1)
2. McMaster (2)
3. Alberta (3)
4. Calgary (4)
5. Saskatchewan (5)
6. Guelph (7)
7. Winnipeg (6)
8. Regina (8)
9. Concordia (9)
10. Western (10)
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