U SPORTS TOP 10 TUESDAY (#22): Toronto claims sole possession of No.1 in women's volleyball for first time in program history

TORONTO (U SPORTS) – The Toronto Varsity Blues are all alone on top in U SPORTS women's volleyball for the first time in school history.

The Varsity Blues completed a four-game road trip with a pair of wins over the weekend – a 3-0 win at Windsor followed by a 3-1 victory at Western – to earn the historic sole possession of the No.1 ranking. Previously, Toronto had claimed a share of No.1 with Alberta on Feb. 3, 2015. The Pandas, who had been ranked first in the last 11 coaches' polls, fall to No.4 after back-to-back losses to then-ranked No. 4 UBC. Toronto completes their regular season hosting Waterloo and Guelph this weekend.

In other U SPORTS rankings, Carleton (men's basketball), Laval (women's basketball), UNB (men's hockey), UBC (women's hockey; men's and women's swimming), Manitoba (men's volleyball), Guelph (men's track and field), Toronto (women's track and field) and Brock (men's and women's wrestling) all hold on to their pole positions for another week.

Notes: Top 10 rankings conclude this week in swimming and wrestling. The final rankings for men's basketball, women's basketball and women's hockey will be next Tuesday, Feb. 28.

The U SPORTS #CHAMPSZN gets under way this week with swimming at the University of Sherbrooke (Feb. 24-26) and wrestling at the University of Winnipeg (Feb. 24-25). Following a one-week break, the action resumes with track and field (March 9-11 at the University of Alberta), women's basketball (Mar. 9-12 and the University of Victoria) and men's basketball (Mar. 9-12, in Halifax, N.S., hosted by Dalhousie University). The week after, men's volleyball (Mar. 17-19 at the University of Alberta), women's volleyball (Mar. 17-19 at Ryerson University), women's hockey (Mar. 16-19 in Napanee, Ont., hosted by Queen's University) and men's hockey (Mar. 16-19 at the University of New Brunswick) will crown their U SPORTS champions. Sportsnet U will broadcast the semifinals and finals of the men's basketball, women's basketball and men's hockey championships.

#CHAMPSZN concludes with curling at the Fort William Curling Club in Thunder Bay, Ont., hosted by Lakehead University from March 19-22.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

(regular season record) / votes (1^st place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. Carleton (19-0) / 470 pts (47) / (1) 
2. UBC (19-1) / 420 / (2) 
3. Ryerson (17-2) / 357 / (5) 
4. Ottawa (16-3) / 313 / (3) 
5. Brock (15-4) / 311 / (4) 
6. Calgary (16-4) / 231 / (6) 
7. McGill (12-3) / 185 / (7) 
8. Alberta (14-6) / 122 / (8) 
9. Saskatchewan (14-6) / 93 / (9) 
10. Dalhousie (15-4) / 75 / (10) 

Other teams receiving votes: UNB (5), Saint Mary's (3)

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

(regular season record) / votes (1^st place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. Laval (13-1) / 556 pts (39) / (1)
2. McMaster (17-2) / 517 (6) / (2)
3. Regina (17-3) / 453 / (3)
4. Carleton (18-1) / 444 (2) / (4)
5. Queen's (18-1) / 379 / (5)
6. Winnipeg (18-2) / 302 / (7)
7. Windsor (16-4) / 298 / (6)
8. Saskatchewan (15-5) / 226 / (9)
9. Saint Mary's (14-4) / 172 / (10)
10. Ryerson (13-6) / 118 / (8)

Other teams receiving votes: Alberta (98), McGill (30)

MEN'S HOCKEY

(regular season record) / (playoff record) / votes (1^st place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. UNB (25-2-3) / (0-0) / 150 pts (15) / (1)
2. Saskatchewan (21-5-2) / (0-0) / 132 / (2)
3. McGill (21-4-3) / (2-0) / 114 / (3)
4. Ryerson (22-4-2) / (2-1) / 98 / (4)
5. Acadia (20-8-2) / (0-0) / 92 / (5)
6. Alberta (18-8-2) / (0-0) / 75 / (6)
7. Concordia (19-7-2) / (2-1) / 52 / (7)
8. Calgary (18-9-1) / (2-0) / 50 / (8)
9. York (18-6-4) / (2-0) / 28 / (9)
10. StFX (16-12-2) / (2-0) / 11 / (NR)

Other teams receiving votes: Mount Royal (7), Queen's (7), Carleton (5), UQTR (4)

WOMEN'S HOCKEY

(regular season record) / (playoff record) / votes / (previous ranking)

1. UBC (23-4-1) / (0-0) / 40 pts / (1)
2. Guelph (20-3-1) / (0-0) / 35 / (2)
3. Saint Mary's (18-3-3) / (0-0) / 33 / (3)
4. McGill (16-4-0) / (0-0) / 28 / (4)
5. Manitoba (19-7-2) / (2-0) / 23 / (5)
6. Alberta (21-4-3) / (0-0) / 21 / (6)
7. St. Thomas (17-4-3) / (0-0) / 16 / (7)
8. Montreal (11-8-1) / (0-0) / 12 / (8)
9. Nipissing (17-4-3) / (0-0) / 7 / (9)
10. Toronto (17-7-0) / (0-0) / 5 / (10) 

Other teams receiving votes: None

MEN'S SWIMMING

(points) / (previous ranking)

1. UBC 637 pts / (1)
2. Toronto 453 / (2)
3. Calgary 271 / (3)
4. Alberta 249 / (4)
5. Western 193 / (5)
6. Montreal 186 / (6)
7. Victoria 175 / (7)
8. Laval 158 / (8)
9. Ottawa 96 / (9)
10. McGill 94 / (10) 

Other teams receiving votes: Sherbrooke (83), Guelph (77), Waterloo (72), Dalhousie (48), Laurentian (40), Regina (40), Lethbridge (38), Queen's (32), McMaster (11), UNB (9), Memorial (3), Mount Allison (1)

WOMEN'S SWIMMING

(points) / (previous ranking)

1. UBC 575 pts / (1)
2. Montreal 493 / (2)
3. Toronto 468 / (3)
4. Alberta 185 / (4)
5. Calgary 165 / (5)
6. Victoria 127 / (6)
7. Manitoba 113 / (7)
8. Laval 92 / (8)
9. Western 88 / (9)
10. UQAM 86 / (10) 

Other teams receiving votes: Dalhousie (77), Laurier (66), Regina (65), McMaster (62), McGill (58), Lethbridge (50), Guelph (39), Ottawa (33), Memorial (22), Queen's (22), Acadia (20), Laurentian (18), Brock (13), Sherbrooke (9), Waterloo (4), Mount Allison (2)

MEN'S TRACK & FIELD

(points) / (previous ranking)

1. Guelph 124 pts / (1)
2. Windsor 60.5 / (2)
3. Western 58 / (5)
4. Toronto 55.5 / (3)
5. Laval 54 / (4)
6. Manitoba 34.5 / (6)
7. Alberta 34 / (7)
8. Waterloo 31.5 / (8)
9. Lethbridge 28 / (9)
10. Victoria 26 / (NR) 

Other teams receiving votes: Trinity Western (24.5), Regina (19)

WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD

(points) / (previous ranking)

1. Toronto 117.66 pts / (1)
2. Guelph 96 / (2)
3. Western 62.33 / (4)
4. Calgary 62 / (3)
5. Alberta 48 / (5)
5. Sherbrooke 48 / (5)
7. Windsor 42.5 / (7)
8. Trinity Western 28 / (T8)
T9. Saskatchewan 26 / (T8)
T9.  Laval 26 / (T8) 

Other teams receiving votes: Regina (24), Ottawa (17)

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL

(regular season record) / votes (1^st place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. Manitoba (21-1) / 285pts (24) / (1)
2. McMaster (15-0) / 254 (5) / (3)
3. Trinity Western (19-3) / 235 (1) / (2)
4. Alberta (18-4) / 209 / (4)
5. Laval (15-2) / 166 / (5)
6. UBC (15-7) / 153 / (6)
7. Brandon (13-9) / 88 / (8)
8. Montreal (13-4) / 79 / (7)
9. Winnipeg (12-10) / 52 / (NR)
10. Mount Royal (12-10) / 49 / (10) 

Other teams receiving votes: Saskatchewan (20), Dalhousie (10)

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

(regular season record) / votes (1^st place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. Toronto (17-0) / 57.5 pts (3) / (2)
2. UBC (18-4) / 54 (1) / (4)
3. Trinity Western (19-3) / 53.5 (1) / (3)
4. Alberta (20-2) / 51 / (1)
5. Calgary (18-4) / 42 / (5)
6. Montreal (15-5) / 38 / (7)
7. Dalhousie (19-1) / 37 / (6)
8. McMaster (14-3) / 32.5 / (8)
9. UBC Okanagan (13-9) / 27 / (T9)
10. Western (14-3) / 22 / (T9) 

Other teams receiving votes: McGill (19.5), Thompson Rivers (16), Ryerson (11), Laval (8), Memorial (7)

MEN'S WRESTLING

(previous ranking)

1. Brock / (1)
2. Saskatchewan / (2)
3. Alberta / (3)
4. Concordia / (4)
5. Calgary / (5)
6. McMaster / (6)
7. Regina / (7)
8. Winnipeg / (8)
9. Western / (9)
10. UNB / (10) 

WOMEN'S WRESTLING

(previous ranking)

1. Brock / (1)
2. Guelph / (2)
3. Alberta / (3)
4. Calgary / (4)
5. Saskatchewan / (5)
6. Regina / (6)
7. Winnipeg / (7)
8. Western / (8)
9. McMaster / (9)
10. Concordia / (10)