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
1. Windsor
2. Regina
3. Saskatchewan
4. Victoria
5. Western Ontario
6. UNB
7. Carleton
T8. Toronto
T8. Alberta
10. Cape Breton
Other teams receiving votes: Laval (39), Wilfrid Laurier (28), McGill (25), StFX (9), UBC (4).
MEN’S BASKETBALL
1. Carleton
2. UBC
3. Laval
4. Saskatchewan
5. StFX
6. Concordia
7. Trinity Western
8. Windsor
9. Toronto
10. Cape Breton
Other teams receiving votes: Dalhousie (69), Western Ontario (53), Wilfrid Laurier (27).
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
1. McGill
2. Wilfrid Laurier
3. StFX
4. Manitoba
5. Alberta
6. Brock
7. Calgary
8. Guelph
9. Windsor
10. Moncton
MEN’S HOCKEY
1. Alberta
2. McGill
3. UNB
4. Western Ontario
5. Saint Mary’s
6. Saskatchewan
7. UPEI
8. Manitoba
9. Lakehead
10. Waterloo
Other teams receiving votes: Calgary (20), Acadia (11), Dalhousie (2), Carleton (1).
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
1. UBC
2. Trinity Western
3. Laval
4. Manitoba
T5. Montreal
T5. Brandon
7. Alberta
8. Calgary
9. Regina
10. Saint Mary’s
Next highest vote getters: York(21.5), Winnipeg (14.5), McGill (11), McMaster (7.5), Guelph(3).
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
1. Laval
2. Alberta
3. Calgary
4. Trinity Western
5. Western Ontario
6. Manitoba
7. Brandon
8. Dalhousie
9. Thompson Rivers
10. McMaster