X-Women Hockey Ranked No. 3 for the Fifth Consecutive Week

X-Women Hockey Ranked No. 3 for the Fifth Consecutive Week
December 1, 2010

Courtesy Canadian Interuniversity Sport

BLACKBERRY - CIS TOP TEN TUESDAY (#14)
No changes at the top

Nov. 30, 2010

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

In women’s basketball, No. 1 Windsor easily improved to 7-1 in OUA action over the past weekend with road wins over Queen’s (1-7), 77-58, and Royal Military College (1-7), 95-41. The 2009-10 CIS finalist Lancers have completed the fall portion of the regular season and will resume conference play in January.

In men’s hoops, the top-ranked Carleton Ravens head into the December break with an unblemished 8-0 OUA record thanks to home wins over McMaster (3-5), 84-70, and Lakehead (6-2), 75-49.

In women’s hockey, the No. 1 McGill Martlets (9-0) also end the fall semester with a perfect conference record, but not without surviving a scare for the second week in a row. Following a 4-0 shutout of Montreal (5-4-2) on Friday, last year’s national finalists needed a pair of shootout goals by all-Canadian forward Ann-Sophie Bettez on Saturday to edge Carleton (2-5-2) by a 2-1 score.

In men’s hockey, top-ranked Alberta heads into the break with an 11-2-1 Canada West mark following a weekend split with No. 8 Manitoba (7-3-4). The 2009-10 CIS silver medalist Golden Bears lost the series opener 4-2 last Friday but rebounded with a 3-2 victory on Saturday.

In women’s volleyball, three-time reigning CIS champion UBC is 8-2 in Canada West action at the break thanks to a pair of home wins over Saskatchewan (1-7). The No. 1 Thunderbirds easily took the opener in straight sets on Friday but had to come back from a 2-1 deficit on Saturday to prevail in five.

In men’s volleyball, the No. 1 Laval Rouge et Or (10-0) had already wrapped up the fall portion of their RSEQ schedule a week ago.

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

1. Windsor (7-1) / 492 pts (41) / (1)
2. Regina (9-1) / 449 / (3)
3. Saskatchewan (8-2) / 399 / (4)
4. Victoria (9-3) / 347 / (2)
5. Western Ontario (7-1) / 345 / (5)
6. UNB (5-1) / 293 / (6)
7. Carleton (6-2) / 231 / (7)
T8. Toronto (7-2) / 196 / (8)
T8. Alberta (9-1) / 196 / (9)
10. Cape Breton (5-2) / 126 / (10)

Other teams receiving votes: Laval (39), Wilfrid Laurier (28), McGill (25), StFX (9), UBC (4).

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

1. Carleton (8-0) / 504 pts (42) / (1)
2. UBC (10-2) / 462 / (2)
3. Laval (3-0) / 401 / (3)
4. Saskatchewan (7-3) / 353 / (5)
5. StFX (3-2) / 314 / (4)
6. Concordia (3-1) / 298 / (6)
7. Trinity Western (10-2) / 273 / (7)
8. Windsor (7-1) / 221 / (8)
9. Toronto (6-2) / 117 / (9)
10. Cape Breton (7-0) / 98 / (NR)

Other teams receiving votes: Dalhousie (69), Western Ontario (53), Wilfrid Laurier (27).

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

1. McGill (9-0-0) / (1)
2. Wilfrid Laurier (14-1-0) / (2)
3. StFX (10-0-0) / (3)
4. Manitoba (9-3-1) / (5)
5. Alberta (8-3-3) / (4)
6. Brock (12-2-0) / (8)
7. Calgary (9-4-0) / (9)
8. Guelph (9-3-2) / (7)
9. Windsor (8-6-0) / (8)
10. Moncton (9-2-1) / (NR)

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

1. Alberta (11-2-1) / 169 pts (8) / (1)
2. McGill (14-0-1) / 155 (10) / (3)
3. UNB (10-4-0) / 139 / (2)
4. Western Ontario (12-0-3) / 124 / (4)
5. Saint Mary’s (8-4-1) / 88 / (7)
6. Saskatchewan (8-6-0) / 68 / (6)
7. UPEI (8-4-2) / 67 / (5)
8. Manitoba (7-3-4) / 63 / (8)
9. Lakehead (11-4-1) / 62 / (9)
10. Waterloo (11-5-0) / 21 / (NR)
 
Other teams receiving votes: Calgary (20), Acadia (11), Dalhousie (2), Carleton (1).

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

1. UBC (8-2) / 60 pts / (1)
2. Trinity Western (9-1) / 55 / (2)
3. Laval (12-2) / 53 / (3)
4. Manitoba (5-4) / 46 / (4)
T5. Montreal (12-2) / 41 / (5)
T5. Brandon (5-3) / 41 / (7)
7. Alberta (4-4) / 40 / (6)
8. Calgary (5-3) / 32 / (9)
9. Regina (3-5) / 24.5 / (8)
10. Saint Mary’s (6-4) / 24 / (10)

Next highest vote getters: York (21.5), Winnipeg (14.5), McGill (11), McMaster (7.5), Guelph (3).

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

1. Laval (10-0) / 201 pts / (1)
2. Alberta (7-1) / 188 / (2)
3. Calgary (8-0) / 174 / (4)
4. Trinity Western (8-2) / 159 / (3)
5. Western Ontario (10-0) / 121 / (5)
6. Manitoba (8-1) / 116 / (7)
7. Brandon (2-6) / 81 / (6)
8. Dalhousie (5-3) / 47 / (8)
9. Thompson Rivers (3-5) / 39 / (9)
10. McMaster (8-2) / 41 / (10)

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