X-Women hockey hang onto No. 6 ranking
The StFX X-Women hockey team retaining their No. 6 ranking in the country as the latest CIS top ten was released today.
CIS TOP TEN TUESDAY (#18)
No changes at the top in new national rankings
Windsor (women's basketball), Ottawa (men's basketball), Montreal (women's hockey), Alberta (men's hockey), UBC Okanagan (women's volleyball), McMaster (men's volleyball), UBC (women's & men's swimming), Toronto (women's track & field), Guelph (men's track & field), Brock (women's wrestling) and Fraser Valley (men's wrestling) all hold on to their No. 1 status in the new polls.
One of the best matchups of the coming weekend will see the top two women's hockey teams in the country – Montreal (12-2) and McGill (11-3) - face off on Friday night at the U of M. The top-ranked Carabins, who were edged by their cross-town rivals in double overtime in last year's CIS final, have won two of three head-to-head meetings this regular season, including 5-2 (Nov. 21) and 6-4 (Jan. 18) victories and a 3-0 loss (Oct. 24).
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Windsor (11-1) / 513 points (40) / (1)
2. McGill (8-0) / 471 (2) / (2)
3. UBC (11-3) / 421 / (4)
4. Saskatchewan (11-3) / 379 / (5)
5. Wilfrid Laurier (11-1) / 342 (1) / (6)
6. Alberta (11-4) / 300 / (3)
7. Ryerson (11-3) / 264 / (8)
8. McMaster (9-4) / 202 / (9)
9. Lakehead (9-3) / 158 / (10)
10. Saint Mary's (10-1) / 153 / (7)
Other teams receiving votes: Regina (85), Thompson Rivers (26).
MEN'S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)
2. Carleton (11-2) / 318 / (2)
3. Ryerson (12-2) / 307 / (3)
4. McMaster (10-3) / 242 / (4)
5. Windsor (8-4) / 240 / (5)
6. Saskatchewan (10-4) / 144 / (8)
7. Victoria (10-4) / 136 / (6)
8. Fraser Valley (14-0) / 135 / (7)
9. UNB (10-3) / 87 / (9)
10. Calgary (11-4) / 36 / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: UBC (16), McGill (3).
WOMEN'S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / (previous ranking)
2. McGill (11-3-0) / (2)
3. Western (15-1-2) / (3)
4. Alberta (16-6-0) / (5)
5. Queen's (13-3-3) / (4)
6. StFX (19-1-0) / (6)
7. Guelph (13-2-3) / (7)
8. Manitoba (16-5-1) / (9)
9. UBC (13-5-4) / (8)
10. Calgary (13-5-4) / (10)
MEN'S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Alberta (22-3-1) / 160 points (16) / (1)
2. Acadia (18-4-2) / 135 / (3)
3. UNB (18-3-2) / 134 / (2)
4. Calgary (18-8-0) / 105 / (5)
5. UQTR (17-3-2) / 93 / (4)
6. Saint Mary's (16-7-1) / 60 / (7)
7. Windsor (18-4-1) / 56 / (6)
8. McGill (17-5-0) / 55 / (8)
9. Mount Royal (16-9-1) / 29 / (10) *
10. Carleton (17-5-0) / 29 / (9)
* Mount Royal is ranked higher than Carleton based on number of higher-placed votes.
Other teams receiving votes: StFX (16), Western (6), Waterloo (3).
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. Toronto 147.2 points / (1)
2. Guelph 70.8 / (2)
3. Western 62.2 / (3)
4. Saskatchewan 50.2 / (T7)
5. Trinity Western 47.6 / (10)
6. York 46 / (4)
7. Windsor 41 / (5)
8. Alberta 39 / (9)
9. Regina 31 / (NR)
10. Sherbrooke 24.5 / (T7)
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. Guelph 96.5 points / (1)
2. Windsor 82.5 / (2)
3. York 72.5 / (4)
4. Toronto 69.5 / (5)
5. Western 55 / (3)
6. Victoria 49 / (7)
7. Laval 48 / (6)
8. Trinity Western 45 / (9)
9. Sherbrooke 29 / (8)
10. Regina 23 / (NR)