October 25, 2017
U SPORTS TOP 10 TUESDAY (#9): Trinity Western, Alberta open at No.1 in volleyball
U SPORTS – TORONTO (U SPORTS) – The Alberta Pandas (women) and two-time defending U SPORTS champion Trinity Western Spartans (men) begin the season as the top-ranked volleyball teams in the nation.
Trinity Western (2-0) won back-to-back U SPORTS championships last March after a 3-1 gold-medal victory over Alberta, who begin the new campaign at No.8. The Spartans picked up a pair of 3-0 sweeps at Saskatchewan over the weekend and will host UBC Okanagan for a weekend set beginning Friday.
On the women’s side, the reigning U SPORTS silver medalist Alberta (0-0) starts the year in top spot. The Pandas, who fell to No. 8 UBC in four sets in last year’s national final, kick off their season with a home-and-home against MacEwan this weekend.
In men’s hockey, Alberta (6-0-0) takes over the pole position from defending champion UNB (5-0-1). The Varsity Reds lost 3-2 in overtime to then-No.7 Acadia Saturday before rebounding to beat then-No.4 StFX 4-2 Saturday, while the Golden Bears beat Calgary twice during the weekend.
In other U SPORTS rankings, Laval (men’s cross country and women’s soccer), Queen’s (women’s cross country), Montreal (men’s soccer), StFX (women’s rugby) and Alberta (women’s hockey) all remain national leaders for another week.
Note: Top 10 rankings have concluded in women’s rugby. Next Tuesday (Oct. 31) rankings begin for men’s and women’s basketball.
U SPORTS TOP 10 Tuesday Rankings – Oct. 24, 2017
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
1. Laval 96 pts / (1)
2. Guelph 95 pts / (2)
3. Trinity Western 74 pts / (3)
4. Calgary 59 pts / (7)
5. McMaster 54 pts / (4)
6. Western 51 pts / (5)
7. Queen’s 50 pts / (6)
8. Victoria 33 pts / (8)
9. Windsor 21 pts / (9)
10. Dalhousie 8 pts / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: Toronto (6), Regina (3), Alberta (3), McGill (1), Waterloo (1)
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Points / (Previous Ranking)
1. Queen’s 94 pts / (1)
2. Toronto 88 pts / (2)
3. Guelph 81 pts / (3)
4. Laval 64 pts / (4)
5. Trinity Western 59 pts / (5)
6. Western 37 pts / (6)
7. McGill 33 pts / (T8)
T8. Calgary 26 pts / (7)
T8. Victoria 26 pts / (T8)
10. McMaster 16 pts / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: Alberta (15), Saskatchewan (4), Dalhousie (4), Manitoba (1), Laurentian (1), StFX (1), Waterloo (1)
MEN’S HOCKEY
(Regular season record) / Points / (Previous Ranking)
1. Alberta (6-0-0) / 143 pts (9) / (2)
2. UNB (5-0-1) / 130 pts (4) / (1)
3. StFX (6-0-0) / 122 pts (1) / (4)
4. Saskatchewan (5-0-1) / 108 pts (1) / (3)
5. McGill (5-1-0) / 82 pts / (5)
6. Acadia (4-1-1) / 79 pts / (8)
7. York (4-0-0) / 48 pts / (NR)
8. Calgary (3-1-2) / 42 pts / (6)
9. UQTR (4-1-0) / 25 pts / (NR)
10. Ryerson (3-1-0) / 17 pts / (7)
Other teams receiving votes: Saint Mary’s (13), Queen’s (11), Waterloo (5)
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
(Regular season record) / Points / (Previous Ranking)
1. Alberta (4-1-1) / 40 pts / (1)
2. UBC (4-2-0) / 34 pts / (2)
3. Saint-Mary’s (4-0-0) / 33 pts / (4)
4. Concordia (1-1-0) / 27 pts (5)
5. Mcgill (0-1-0) / 26 pts / (3)
6. StFX (4-0-0) / 19 pts / (7)
7. Guelph (1-1-0) / 17 pts / (6)
8. Manitoba (3-3-0) /12 pts / (8)
9. Western (2-0-0) / 4 pts / (NR)
10. Nipissing (1-1-0) / 4 pts / (9)
Other teams receiving votes: Montreal (2), Carleton (1)
WOMEN’S RUGBY
(Regular season record / Playoff Record) / Points / (Previous Ranking)
1. StFX (6-0 / 0-0) / 157 pts (9) / (1)
2. Guelph (4-0 / 2-0) / 144 pts (3) / (2)
3. Ottawa (7-0 / 1-0) / 132 pts (4) / (3)
4. Calgary (4-0 / 2-0) / 117 pts / (4)
5. Laval (5-2 / 1-0) / 100 pts / (5)
6. Queens (2-2 / 2-1) / 73 pts / (7)
7. Victoria (3-1 / 1-1) / 68 pts / (6)
8. McMaster (3-1 / 1-1) / 37 pts / (8)
9. Acadia (4-2 / 1-0) / 30 pts / (10)
10. Concordia (4-3 / 0-1) / 23 pts / (9)
Other teams receiving votes: Lethbridge (14), UBC (1)
MEN’S SOCCER
(Regular season record) / Points / (Previous Ranking)
1. Montreal (10-0-1) / 60 pts / (1)
2. Cape Breton (9-0-1) / 51 pts / (3)
3. Alberta (9-1-4) / 48 pts / (2)
4. Carleton (13-1-2) / 44 pts / (4)
5. York (13-2-1) / 39 pts / (5)
6. UBC (10-4-1) / 22 pts / (6)
7. StFX (8-1-2) / 20 pts (7)
8. McMaster (12-3-1) / 18 pts / (9)
9. Guelph (11-3-2) / 14 pts / (8)
10. Toronto (10-2-4) / 10 pts / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: Trinity Western (4), Laval (4)
WOMEN’S SOCCER
(Regular season record) / Points / (Previous Ranking)
1. Laval (11-0-1) / 60 pts / (1)
2. UOIT 14-0-2) / 54 pts / (2)
3. Western (14-1-1) / 47 pts / (3)
4. Cape Breton (10-0-0) / 39 pts / (4)
5. Trinity Western (10-3-1) / 32 pts / (5)
6. Victoria (9-1-4) / 23 pts / (8)
7. Alberta (10-2-2) / 21 pts / (9)
8. UBC (9-2-3) / 20 pts / (6)
9. Montreal (9-0-3) / 16 pts / (10)
10. Ottawa (10-1-5) / 11 pts / (7)
Other teams receiving votes: Queen’s (7)
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(Regular season record) / Previous Ranking)
1. Trinity Western (2-0) / (-)
2. Ryerson (0-0) / (-)
3. Manitoba (1-1) / (-)
4. Windsor (0-0) / (-)
5. Winnipeg (2-0) / (-)
6. Montreal (1-0) / (-)
7. Brandon (1-1) / (-)
8. Alberta (0-0) / (-)
9. Calgary (2-0) / (-)
10. Laval (0-1) / (-)
Note: Men’s volleyball Top 10 is determined by the Volleyball Ranking System (VRS), a statistics and results-based calculation.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(Regular season record) / Points (1st-place) / (Previous Ranking)
1. Alberta (0-0) / 59 pts (3) / (-)
2. Calgary (2-0) / 52 pts / (-)
3. Montreal (2-0) / 51 pts (1) / (-)
4. McMaster (0-0) / 49 pts / (-)
5. Mount Royal (2-0) / 41 pts / (-)
6. Dalhousie (0-0) / 37 pts* / (-)
7. Laval (0-1) / 37 pts* / (-)
8. UBC (1-1) / 33 pts / (-)
9. UBC Okanagan (1-1) / 28 pts / (-)
10. McGill 1-0 / 19 pts / (-)
Other teams receiving votes: Saint Mary’s, Trinity Western, Thompson Rivers
*Dalhousie is ranked No.6 over Laval due to a higher number of higher-placed votesAbout U SPORTS
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