BLACKBERRY - CIS TOP 10 TUESDAY (#12): Four McGill teams get the nod
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OTTAWA - Four McGill teams are among the CIS national Top 10 national rankings this week. The University's undefeated women's and men's hockey teams remain ranked at No.1 and No.2, respectively. Two new kids have moved on the block, with the Redmen swim team and the Martlet volleyball squad both earning a ninth-place spot in their respective sports.
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In women's hockey, No. 1 McGill (6-0) survived a scare and edged cross-town rival Montreal 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday. Despite outshooting their rivals 44-11 on the night, including 6-0 in overtime, the Martlets needed Olympic gold medallist goalie Charline Labont茅 to stop all four Montreal skaters in the sudden-death session to prevail.
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In men's hockey, top-ranked Alberta (9-1) swept a weekend doubleheader at Regina, 5-0 and 4-2.
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The University of Victoria Vikes and University of Manitoba Bisons are the new queens of CIS basketball and volleyball, respectively. In other CIS sports, Carleton (men's basketball) and Alberta (men's volleyball and men's hockey) all remain at No. 1 in their respective polls this week, while Calgary leads the first women's and men's swimming rankings of the season.
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In women's hoops, Victoria moves up one spot in the new Top 10 to take over from the Windsor Lancers in first place. Windsor drops to No. 2.
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The Vikes improved to a CIS-best 8-0 in conference play over the weekend with a two-game sweep of Fraser Valley - 70-59 and 58-52 - while the Lancers (3-1) were upset 66-61 at home by Toronto (4-1) on Friday. Toronto improves two positions to No. 7 following its big win.
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In women's volleyball, all top five teams change places this week with Manitoba (4-1) moving up two spots to No. 1, Trinity Western (6-0) and Montreal (7-1) also gaining two positions to No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, and Laval (6-2) and Brandon (3-1) both dropping three spots to fourth and fifth.
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The 2010 CIS finalist Bisons swept Thompson Rivers in four and three sets over the weekend, while former No. 1 Laval suffered back-to-back losses to McGill and Montreal.
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In men's basketball, top-ranked Carleton improved to 4-0 in OUA action with a pair of wins in Kitchener-Waterloo, 88-80 over Laurier and 94-78 against Waterloo.
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In men's volleyball, No. 1 Alberta (4-0) was tested by No. 3 Brandon (2-2) but managed to sweep a two-game set at home in Edmonton, in five and four sets.
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In swimming, the reigning CIS champion Calgary women easily outscored UBC 804 points to 486 for first place in the rankings. On the men's side, the Dinos, who also captured the national title last season, earned 555 points compared to 504 for second-place Laval.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous
rankings)
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1. Victoria (8-0) / 485 pts (34) / (2)
2. Windsor (3-1) / 444 (7) / (1)
3.听Regina (6-0) / 417 / (3)
4. Western Ontario (4-0) / 376听/ (4)
5. Saskatchewan (6-2) / 324 / (6)
6. UNB (1-1) / 276 / (5)
7. Toronto (4-1) / 253 / (9)
8. Carleton (3-1) / 191 / (7)
9. Laval (0-1) / 110 / (8)
10. Alberta (5-1) / 95 / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: Wilfrid Laurier (66), Cape Breton
(48), Winnipeg (22), StFX (11), Memorial (10).
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous
rankings)
1. Carleton (4-0) / 504 pts (42) / (1)
2. StFX (1-0) / 461 / (2)
3. UBC (6-2) / 421 / (3)
4. Laval (1-0) / 348 / (6)
5. Saskatchewan (5-3) / 345 / (5)
6. Concordia (1-1) / 277 / (4)
7. Trinity Western (6-2) / 249 / (8)
8. Windsor (4-0) / 236 / (9)
9. Western Ontario (2-2) / 163 / (8)
10. Toronto (3-1) / 114 / (NR)
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Other teams receiving votes: Alberta (102), Dalhousie (86), Lakehead (19).
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WOMEN'S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / (previous rankings)
1. McGill (6-0-0) / (1)
2. Wilfrid Laurier (10-1-0) / (2)
3. StFX (7-0-0) / (3)
4. Alberta (6-3-1) / (4)
5. Guelph (9-2-0) / (6)
6. Manitoba (6-3-1) / (5)
7. Windsor (7-3-0) / (7)
8. Brock (9-2-0) / (10)
9. Calgary (7-4-1) / (9)
10. Saskatchewan (7-3-0) / (8)
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MEN'S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Alberta (9-1-0) / 171 pts (9) / (1)
2. McGill (12-0-0) / 159 (7) / (2)
3. UNB (8-2-0) / 145 (2) / (3)
4. Western Ontario (10-0-1) / 132 / (4)
5. Manitoba (6-2-2) / 91 / (5)
6. Saint Mary's (5-3-0) / 87 / (6)
7. Saskatchewan (6-4-0) / 60 / (7)
8. UPEI (6-3-1) / 56 / (8)
9. Calgary (6-4-2) / 31 / (10)
10. Concordia (9-3-0) / 29 / (NR)
Other teams receiving votes: Lakehead (14), Acadia (4), StFX (3),
Carleton (3), Ottawa (2), Wilfrid Laurier (2), Waterloo (1).
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WOMEN'S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous rankings)
1. Calgary 804 pts / (-)
2. UBC 486 / (-)
3. Montreal 270 / (-)
4. Toronto 233 / (-)
5. Laval 159 / (-)
6. Victoria 144 / (-)
7. UNB 114 / (-)
8. Dalhousie 113 / (-)
9. UQTR 92 / (-)
10. Laurentian 80 / (-)
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MEN'S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous rankings)
1. Calgary 555 pts / (-)
2. Laval 504 / (-)
3. UBC 417 / (-)
4. Toronto 330 / (-)
5. Victoria 213 / (-)
6. Dalhousie 210 / (-)
7. Montreal 165 / (-)
8. Ottawa 160 / (-)
9. McGill 124 / (-)
10. Lethbridge 79 / (-)
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WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / (votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Manitoba (4-1) / 58 pts / (3)
2. Trinity Western (6-0) / 56 / (4)
3. Montreal (7-1) / 49.5 / (5)
4. Laval (6-2) / 46.5 / (1)
5. Brandon (3-1) / 45 / (2)
6. UBC (4-2) / 44 / (6)
7. Alberta (1-3) / 37 / (7)
8. Regina (1-3) / 31 / (9)
T9. UNB (5-1) / 19 / (NR)
T9. McGill (5-3) / 19 / (NR)
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Next highest vote getters: Calgary (15), York (14), Winnipeg (12), Saskatchewan (10), Guelph (9).
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MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / (votes) / (previous rankings)
1. Alberta (4-0) / 257 pts / (1)
2. Laval (6-0) / 233 / (2)
3. Brandon (2-2) / 195 / (3)
4. Trinity Western (5-1) / 180 / (4)
5. Calgary (4-0) / 168 / (5)
6. Western Ontario (6-0) / 145 / (6)
7. Manitoba (4-1) / 99 / (7)
8. Dalhousie (4-1) / 72 / (8)
9. Thompson Rivers (2-2) / 58 / (10)
10. Queen's (6-0) / 57 / (9)
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
McGill Athletics & Recreation
(514) 398-7012
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Michel B茅langer
CIS Manager, Communications & Media Relations
(613) 562-5670 ext. 25
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