CIS Top Ten Tuesday (#10): McGill moves up to No. 1 in women’s hockey

OTTAWA (CIS) – The McGill University Martlets are the new team to beat in CIS women’s hockey. McGill moves up one spot in the fifth national coaches’ poll of the season, while the reigning champion Calgary Dinos drop to No. 2 after holding the pole position for four weeks.
The only other change at the top in this week’s CIS rankings sees Calgary take over from Montreal in women’s swimming.

In other sports, Guelph (women’s & men’s cross country), Saskatchewan (men’s hockey), Toronto (men’s swimming), Windsor (women’s basketball), Carleton (men’s basketball), Trinity Western (women’s volleyball) and Alberta (men’s volleyball) all maintain their No. 1 status.

In women’s hockey, the Martlets improved to 6-0 in conference play over the weekend thanks to a 4-1 win over previously undefeated and fourth-ranked Montreal (5-1) and a 4-0 shutout against Ottawa.

Meanwhile out West, the Dinos (8-1-1) suffered their second loss of the campaign - their first in regulation – last Friday, a 4-2 setback against No. 3 Alberta (8-2-0). The defending CIS champs quickly got back on their feet however as they blanked their provincial rivals 1-0 in Saturday’s rematch.

In cross country, Guelph heads to Saturday’s CIS championships in London, Ont., as the overwhelming favourite to once again claim the women’s and men’s team banners. The Gryphons have captured the last seven national titles in women’s competition and have won six consecutive men’s championships, both CIS record streaks.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Windsor (0-0) / 480 points (40) / (1)
2. Fraser Valley (2-0) / 423 / (3)
3. Regina (1-1) / 396 / (2)
4. Carleton (0-0) / 369 / (4)
5. Saint Mary’s (2-0) / 313 / (5)
6. Saskatchewan (1-1) / 295 / (6)
7. Victoria (2-0) / 237 / (7)
8. Acadia (0-0) / 197 / (8)
9. Wilfrid Laurier (0-0) / 154 / (9)
10. UBC (2-0) / 128 / (10)

Also receiving votes: Ottawa (60), Alberta (42), Calgary (15).

MEN’S BASKETBALL

(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Carleton (0-0) / 480 points (41) / (1)
2. UBC (2-0) / 440 / (2)
3. Acadia (0-0) / 395 / (3)
4. Fraser Valley (1-0) / 358 / (4)
5. Lakehead (0-0) / 316 / (6)
6. McGill (0-0) / 273 / (7)
7. Saskatchewan (1-1) / 246 / (5)
8. Cape Breton (0-0) / 204 / (8)
9. Windsor (0-0) / 148 / (9)
10. Alberta (2-0) / 126 / (10)

Also receiving votes: Bishop’s (23), Victoria (18).

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

(points) / (previous rankings)
1. Guelph 98.2 points / (1)
2. McMaster 87.3 / (2)
3. Victoria 80.0 / (3)
4. Western 66.4 / (4)
5. McGill 63.6 / (5)
6. Calgary 43.6 / (6)
7. Toronto 38.2 / (7)
8. Windsor 26.4 / (8)
9. StFX 21.8 / (9)
10. Queen’s 8.2 / (10)

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

(points) / (previous rankings)
1. Guelph 100.0 points / (1)
2. Victoria 84.0 / (2)
3. Windsor 81.0 / (3)
4. Queen’s 65.0 / (4)
5. Regina 60.0 / (5)
6. Laval 49.0 / (6)
7. McMaster 37.0 / (7)
8. StFX 27.0 / (8)
9. Calgary 22.0 / (9)
10. Lakehead 10.0 / (10)

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

(regular season record) / (previous rankings)
1. McGill (6-0-0) / (2)
2. Calgary (8-1-1) / (1)
3. Alberta (8-2-0) / (4)
4. Montreal (5-1-0) / (3)
5. Wilfrid Laurier (8-1-1) / (7)
6. Queen’s (8-1-1) / (6)
7. StFX (5-1-0) / (5)
8. Western (7-1-1) / (10)
9. Guelph (6-2-2) / (8)
10. St. Thomas (6-1-0) / (NR)

MEN’S HOCKEY

(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Saskatchewan (7-1-0) / 164 points (15) / (1)
2. Alberta (7-3-0) / 144 (1) / (2)
3. Acadia (6-2-0) / 129 / (6)
4. UQTR (6-2-1) / 110 (1) / (5)
5. Moncton (5-2-1) / 100 / (3)
6. UNB (5-3-0) / 82 / (4)
7. Lakehead (6-3-1) / 48 / (8)
8. Saint Mary’s (5-3-0) / 40 / (NR)
9. Calgary (5-3-0) / 35 / (10)
10. Windsor (6-2-0) / 29 / (NR)

Also receiving votes: StFX (17), Toronto (16), McGill (6), Ottawa (5), Western (4), Carleton (3), Manitoba (2), UPEI (1).

WOMEN’S SWIMMING

(points) / (previous rankings)
1. Calgary 399 points / (3)
2. Montreal 368 / (1)
3. Toronto 365 / (4)
4. UBC 354 / (NR)
5. McGill 249 / (2)
6. Alberta 157 / (9)
7. UQTR 149 / (6)
8. McMaster 126 / (5)
9. Guelph 104 / (7)
10. Dalhousie 103 / (NR)

MEN’S SWIMMING

(points) / (previous rankings)
1. Toronto 610 points / (1)
2. Calgary 603 / (2)
3. UBC 263 / (NR)
4. Laval 260 / (3)
5. Alberta 218 / (8)
6. Montreal 170 / (4)
7. Lethbridge 160 / (NR)
8. McGill 148 / (5)
9. Ottawa 113 / (7)
10. McMaster 105 / (9)

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

(regular season record) / votes / (previous rankings)
1. Trinity Western (3-1) / 45 points / (1)
2. UBC (3-1) / 42 / (2)
3. Alberta (2-2) / 39 / (3)
4. Manitoba (3-0) / 36 / (5)
5. Ottawa (5-0) / 32 / (6)
6. Laval (5-1) / 31 / (4)
7. Montreal (4-2) / 27 / (7)
8. Dalhousie (3-2) / 23 / (8)
9. York (4-0) / 19 / (9)
10. Sherbrooke (5-1) / 18 / (NR)

Next highest: Brandon (15), Calgary (12), Mount Royal (6.5), Ryerson (6.5), Queen’s (3).

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Alberta (4-0) / 270 points (27) / (1)
2. Trinity Western (3-1) / 229 (1) / (2)
T3. McMaster (3-0) / 204 / (3)
T3. Manitoba (3-0) / 204 / (4)
5. Laval (5-0) / 174 / (5)
6. UBC (1-3) / 124 / (7)
7. Brandon (3-1) / 122 / (6)
8. Saskatchewan (2-2) / 85 / (8)
9. Thompson Rivers (3-1) / 62 / (10)
10. Waterloo (3-0) / 20 / (NR)

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