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OTTAWA (CIS) – For the first time in school history, the
Trinity Western University Spartans are the number one ranked team
in Canadian Interuniversity Sport women’s volleyball.
The Spartans, who went winless in their first CIS season back in
1999-2000, had been ranked second in the last four national
coaches’ polls leading up to this week. They overtake the
three-time defending CIS champion UBC Thunderbirds, who drop one
spot in the new rankings and are now tied with Laval at No. 2.
In other CIS sports, Saskatchewan (women’s basketball),
Carleton (men’s basketball), McGill (women’s hockey),
UNB (men’s hockey), Laval (men’s volleyball) and
Calgary (women’s & men’s swimming) all hold on to
their No. 1 rankings, while Guelph and Windsor are new national
leaders in women’s and men’s track and field,
respectively.
Women’s volleyball
The top-ranked Spartans (9-1) enjoyed a bye in the Canada West
schedule last weekend and will be back on the court on Friday night
for the first of two home games versus the No. 7 Calgary Dinos
(6-4). Trinity Western is currently tied atop the conference
standings with No. 2 UBC (9-3) but has two games in hand.
The reigning CIS champion Thunderbirds, who had topped the last
three weekly polls, drop one position after splitting a
doubleheader at home against the Dinos. UBC won the series opener
in five sets on Friday but lost the rematch on Saturday, also in
five games.
Men’s volleyball
In their first regular season match since the December break, the
No. 1 Laval Rouge et Or easily improved to 11-0 in Quebec
conference action last Friday with a straight-set win at Montreal
(3-9).
Women’s basketball
Saskatchewan (12-2) was dominant in its first weekend as the
top-ranked team in the country. The Huskies travelled to Winnipeg
and returned with a pair of victories over Manitoba (3-11), 82-67
and 82-68.
Men’s basketball
No. 1 Carleton (14-0) remained the only undefeated team in the
country last weekend with a pair of wins in Kingston. The Ravens
defeated Queen’s (2-11) 86-73 before downing RMC (0-13) by
121-40.
Women’s hockey
No. 1 McGill (12-0) had a bye in the RSEQ schedule last weekend.
The Martlets return to the ice Sunday for a home tilt against
cross-town rival Montreal (6-6-2).
Men’s hockey
In their first weekend as the No. 1 team in CIS men’s hockey,
the UNB Varsity Reds (15-4-0) outscored Moncton (6-11-2) 7-4 on the
road last Friday and then returned home on Saturday to win a Top-10
battle against No. 7 UPEI (10-6-3), 2-1 in overtime.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous
rankings)
1. Saskatchewan (12-2) / 468 pts (39) / (1)
2. Windsor / (9-2) / 429 / (2)
3. Western Ontario (11-1) / 390 / (3)
4. Regina (12-2) / 350 / (4)
5. UNB (8-1) / 313 / (5)
6. Carleton (10-2) / 273 / (6)
7. Toronto (9-4) / 219 / (9)
8. Alberta (13-3) / 197 / (7)
9. Cape Breton (8-3) / 148 / (10)
10. Winnipeg (12-2) / 101 / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: Victoria (70), Wilfrid Laurier (37),
McGill (14), UBC (14), UQAM (7), Ottawa (3).
MEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous
rankings)
1. Carleton (12-0) / 504 pts (42) / (1)
2. UBC (14-2) / 462 / (2)
3. Saskatchewan (11-3) / 415 / (3)
4. StFX (7-2) / 380 / (4)
5. Trinity Western (14-2) / 332 / (5)
6. Laval (7-1) / 276 / (8)
7. Windsor (10-2) / 248 / (6)
8. Cape Breton (10-1) / 226 / (10)
9. Concordia (6-3) / 156 / (7)
T10. Toronto (8-4) / 101 / (9)
T10. Dalhousie (6-2) / 101 / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: Lakehead (31), Wilfrid Laurier
(21).
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / (previous rankings)
1. McGill (12-0-0) / (1)
2. Wilfrid Laurier (18-1-1) / (2)
3. StFX (14-0-0) / (3)
4. Alberta (12-3-3) / (5)
5. Manitoba (10-4-1) / (4)
6. Brock (17-3-0) / (6)
7. Calgary (12-4-0) / (7)
8. Guelph (13-5-2) / (8)
9. Windsor (10-9-0) / (9)
10. Moncton (9-4-2) / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: Saskatchewan.
MEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous
rankings)
1. UNB (15-4-0) / 157 pts (13) / (1)
2. McGill (19-0-2) / 138 (3) / (3)
3. Alberta (13-3-2) / 126 / (2)
4. Western Ontario (16-1-3) / 110 / (5)
5. Saint Mary’s (13-5-1) / 107 / (4)
6. Saskatchewan (11-7-0) / 71 / (7)
7. UPEI (10-6-3) / 42 / (6)
8. Manitoba (8-4-4) / 40 / (9)
9. StFX (11-7-1) / 22 / (NR)
10. Lakehead (13-6-1) / 21 / (8)
Other teams receiving votes: UQTR (19), Nipissing (14), Calgary
(6), Acadia (3), Wilfrid Laurier (3), Waterloo (1).
WOMEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous rankings)
1. Calgary / 636 pts / (1)
2. UBC / 322 / (2)
3. Toronto / 294 / (3)
4. Montreal / 264 / (4)
5. Laval / 182 / (5)
6. Western / 125 / (6)
T7. Alberta / 109 / (7)
T7. Dalhousie / 109 / (8)
9. Guelph / 106 / (9)
10. McMaster / 80 / (NR)
MEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous rankings)
1. Calgary / 459 pts / (1)
2. Toronto / 365 / (2)
3. Laval / 350 / (3)
4. Alberta / 298 / (4)
5. Dalhousie / 191 / (5)
6. UBC / 162 / (6)
7. Ottawa / 150 / (7)
8. Victoria / 134 / (8)
9. McGill / 113 / (9)
10. Montreal / 107 / (NR)
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD
(points) / (previous rankings)
1. Guelph / 122 pts / (2)
2. Calgary / 81.5 / (1)
3. Windsor / 81.25 / (6)
4. Ottawa / 58 / (7)
5. Western Ontario / 55.17 / (4)
6. Regina / 39.5 / (3)
7. Alberta / 36.08 / (5)
8. Toronto / 32.5 / (NR)
9. Saskatchewan / 31.5 / (8)
10. Sherbrooke / 28.5 / (NR)
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD
(points) / (previous rankings)
1. Windsor / 105 pts / (3)
2. Guelph / 96 / (2)
3. Ottawa / 62 / (1)
4. Dalhousie / 61.5 / (9)
5. Western Ontario / 56 / (T4)
6. York / 42.5 / (NR)
T7. Calgary / 35 / (T4)
T7. Regina / 35 / (6)
9. Laval / 30 / (7)
T10. Saskatchewan / 25 / (10)
T10. Waterloo / 25 / (NR)
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / (votes) / (previous
rankings)
1. Trinity Western (9-1) / 60 pts / (2)
T2. UBC (9-3) / 54 / (1)
T2. Laval (14-2) / 54 / (3)
4. Manitoba (8-4) / 48 / (4)
5. Montreal (13-3) / 42 / (5)
6. Brandon (7-3) / 40 / (6)
7. Calgary (6-4) / 37 / (8)
8. Alberta (6-4) / 33 / (7)
9. Saint Mary’s (9-4) / 27 / (9)
10. McGill (9-7) / 19 / (NR)
Next highest vote getters: Regina (18), McMaster (11.5), Winnipeg
(10), York (8), Queen’s (7.5).
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / (votes) / (previous
rankings)
1. Laval (11-0) / 251 pts / (1)
2. Alberta (9-1) / 237 / (2)
3. Trinity Western (8-2) / 214 / (3)
4. Calgary (10-0) / 181 / (4)
5. Manitoba (11-1) / 151 / (6)
6. Western Ontario (13-1) / 135 / (5)
7. Brandon (4-6) / 115 / (7)
8. Thompson Rivers (3-7) / 48 / (9)
9. Queen’s (10-3) / 41 / (8)
10. McMaster (11-3) / 37 / (NR)
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