CIS Top Ten: OUA men's hockey occupies four top ten spots

OTTAWA (CIS) – There are no changes at the top this week in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport national rankings.

In cross-country running, the Guelph Gryphons easily repeated as double national champions on Saturday in Quebec City. Geneviève Lalonde and Andrew Nixon claimed the individual titles as the Guelph women captured their seventh straight CIS team banner, while the men were crowned for the sixth consecutive year.

In basketball, the Regina Cougars still lead the women’s rankings after improving to 3-0 in conference play thanks to road wins against Victoria, 74-65, and No. 3 UBC, 77-66. On the men’s side, the reigning W.P. McGee trophy champion Carleton Ravens (2-0) kicked off the regular season with road victories over McMaster, 77-61, and Brock, 98-56.

In hockey, the McGill women and UNB men, both defending CIS champs, remain at No. 1. The Martlets (6-1) beat Carleton 4-1 in their only outing of the past weekend, while the Varsity Reds (8-1-1) dominated Dalhousie 9-2 before dropping a 6-5 shootout decision at No. 7 Acadia.

In volleyball, the reigning national champs also maintained their No. 1 status. The UBC Thunderbirds (4-0), who lead the women’s rankings, enjoyed a break in their Canada West schedule last week, while in men’s competition, the Trinity Western Spartans improved to 4-0 in league action with a weekend sweep over Brandon, in three and four sets.

Finally in swimming, Toronto leads Calgary on the women’s side, while the Dinos edge the Varsity Blues for first place in the men’s rankings. 

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)

1. Regina (3-0) / 419 pts (34) / (1)
2. Windsor (2-0) / 386 (1) / (2)
3. UBC (1-1) / 327 / (5)
4. Carleton (1-1) / 310 / (3)
5. Alberta (4-0) / 296 / (8)
6. Saskatchewan (0-3) / 206 / (4)
7. Cape Breton (0-1) / 188 / (6)
8. Toronto (2-0) / 183 / (10)
9. Brock (2-0) / 136 / (NR)
10. Acadia (0-1) / 113 / (7)
 
Other teams receiving votes: Fraser Valley (74), Dalhousie (25), StFX (18), Ottawa (16).

MEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)

1. Carleton (2-0) / 515 pts (43) / (1)
2. StFX (2-0) / 464 (1) / (2)
3. Lakehead (2-0) / 426 / (4)
4. UBC (2-0) / 388 / (5)
5. Alberta (3-1) / 322 / (7)
6. Windsor (2-0) / 288 / (6)
7. Saskatchewan (1-2) / 246 / (3)
8. Victoria (4-0) / 185 / (9)
9. Fraser Valley (3-1) / 183 / (8)
10. Wilfrid Laurier (2-0) / 122 / (10)

Other teams receiving votes: Concordia (65), Trinity Western (18).

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY (standings at CIS championship)
(points at CIS championship) / (previous rankings)

1. Guelph 31 points / (1)
2. Victoria 87 / (T2)
3. McMaster 134 / (T2)
4. Saskatchewan 138 / (4)
5. McGill 161 / (6) *
6. Western Ontario 161 / (5)
7. StFX 228 / (NR)
8. Laval 236 / (NR)
9. Calgary 249 / (7)
10. Queen’s 300 / (8)

* McGill finishes ahead of Western thanks to a higher placing from its fifth scorer at the CIS championship.

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY (standings at CIS championship)
(points at CIS championship) / (previous rankings)

1. Guelph 20 points / (1)
2. Windsor 49 / (2)
3. Victoria 82 / (3)
4. Queen’s 97 / (4)
5. Laval 176 / (5)
6. McMaster 204 / (6)
7. Toronto 206 / (8)
8. Calgary 219 / (7)
9. StFX 224 / (NR)
10. Regina 255 / (9)

WOMEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / (votes) / (previous rankings)

1. McGill (6-1-0) / (1)
2. Laurier (9-0-1) / (3)
3. Calgary (7-1-0) / (4)
4. StFX (6-2-0) / (2)
5. Moncton (8-0-0) / (7)
6. Guelph (9-2-1) / (5)
7. Queen’s (7-3-1) / (6)
8. Alberta (4-1-5) / (9)
9. Lethbridge (7-3-0) / (10)
10. Montreal (6-1-1) / (NR)

MEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)

1. UNB (8-1-1) / 168 pts (16) / (1)
2. McGill (9-1-2) / 131 (1) / (2)
3. Saskatchewan (7-1-1) / 121 / (3) *
4. Western Ontario (8-0-2) / 121 / (4)
5. Moncton (8-2-0) / 108 / (5)
6. Alberta (8-2-2) / 98 / (6)
7. Acadia (6-3-1) / 50 / (10)
8. Manitoba (6-2-2) / 46 / (7)
9. Lakehead (9-3-0) / 43 / (8)
10. Nipissing (8-2-3) / 18 / (NR)

* Saskatchewan edged Western for third place based on number of higher-placed votes.

Other teams receiving votes: Carleton (14), Calgary (8), Saint Mary’s (6), Windsor (2).

WOMEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous rankings)

1. Toronto 373 points / (-)
2. Calgary 360 / (-)
3. Alberta 244 / (-)
4. Dalhousie 216 / (-)
5. UBC 204 / (-)
6. Guelph 187 / (-)
7. Laval 183 / (-)
8. McMaster 179 / (-)
9. Ottawa 178 / (-)
10. McGill 171 / (-)

MEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous rankings)

1. Calgary 498 points / (-)
2. Toronto 416 / (-)
3. UBC 309 / (-)
4. Western 164 / (-)
5. Alberta 162 / (-)
6. Ottawa 158 / (-)
7. Laval 141 / (-)
8. McMaster 125 / (-)
9. Montreal 99 / (-)
10. Guelph 89 / (-)

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / (votes) / (previous rankings)

1. UBC (4-0) / 60 points / (1)
2. Alberta (4-0) / 56 / (2)
3. Saint Mary’s (5-0) / 50.5 / (4)
4. Montreal (4-1) / 48.5 / (3)
5. Winnipeg (5-1) / 44 / (9)
6. Manitoba (4-2) / 41 / (5)
7. Laval (2-2) / 34 / (7)
8. Dalhousie (5-0) / 26.5 / (T10)
9. McGill (2-3) / 25 / (8)
10. York (6-0) / 23.5 / (NR)

Next highest vote getters: Trinity Western (21), Calgary (13), UBC O (12.5), Brandon (10), Toronto (8).

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)

1. Trinity Western (4-0) / 260 points (26) / (1)
2. Alberta (4-0) / 224 / (2)
3. Manitoba (6-0) / 220 (1) / (3)
4. Calgary (3-3) / 166 / (4)
5. Laval (5-0) / 149 / (6)
6. UBC (3-1) / 137 / (5)
7. Western Ontario (6-0) / 131 / (7)
8. Brandon (1-5) / 57 / (9)
9. UBC Okanagan (3-3) / 38 / (10)
10. Saskatchewan (1-5) / 20 / (NR)