CIS TOP TEN TUESDAY: Toronto men's swimming heading into CIS championships

OTTAWA (CIS) – One year after they captured the first national title in program history, the University of Montreal Carabins head into the conference playoffs as the team to beat in CIS women’s hockey.

The Carabins (17-3) move up two spots to No. 1 in the final coaches’ poll of the campaign following their second win in as many weeks over McGill (18-2), which had topped the last 12 national rankings since late October.

In other CIS sports, Windsor (women’s basketball), Carleton (men’s basketball), Alberta (men’s hockey), UBC (women’s swimming), Toronto (men’s swimming), Calgary (women’s track & field), York (men’s track & field) and Brock (women’s & men’s wrestling) all hold on to the pole position.

In women’s hockey, the Carabins edged the Martlets 2-1 in Saturday’s regular season finale but still finished two points back of their archrivals in the RSEQ standings. The best-of-three Quebec semifinals will see Montreal face off against Ottawa and McGill battle Concordia, starting on Friday.

The women’s hockey playoffs got under way over the past weekend in the OUA and Canada West with all five Top 10 teams in action making it safely to the second round, including No. 3 Guelph, No. 4 Laurier, No. 6 UBC, No. 7 Toronto and No. 8 Queen’s.

The CIS winter championship season kicks off this week with the top swimmers in the country competing at the University of Toronto from Thursday to Saturday. The defending champion UBC women and Toronto men head into the Speedo championships as the top seeds.

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

1. Windsor (21-1) / 521 points (37) / (1)
2. Saint Mary’s (18-0) / 490 (7) / (2)
3. Alberta (20-2) / 440 / (3)
4. Regina (20-2) / 397 / (4)
5. Fraser Valley (17-5) / 331 / (7)
6. Saskatchewan (17-5) / 293 / (6)
7. McGill (12-2) / 288 / (8)
8. Concordia (9-5) / 173 / (5)
9. UBC (16-6) / 130 / (9)
10. Queen’s (16-6) / 128 / (NR)

Other teams receiving votes: Western (110), Carleton (59).

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

1. Carleton (22-0) / 420 points (35) / (1)
2. Ottawa (20-2) / 381 / (2)
3. Alberta (20-2) / 353 / (3)
4. Victoria (19-3) / 316 / (4)
5. McMaster (18-4) / 278 / (6)
6. McGill (12-2) / 227 / (7)
7. Windsor (16-6) / 206 / (5)
8. Ryerson (16-6) / 193 / (8)
9. Acadia (14-4) / 110 / (9)
10. Fraser Valley (17-5) / 90 / (NR)

Other teams receiving votes: Saskatchewan (71), Lethbridge (41).

WOMEN’S HOCKEY (final rankings of season)
(regular season / playoff records) / (previous rankings)

1. Montreal (17-3-0) / (3)
2. McGill (18-2-0) / (1)
3. Guelph (21-3-0 / 2-0) / (2)
4. Wilfrid Laurier (18-3-3 / 2-0) / (4) 
5. Alberta (20-5-3) / (5)
6. UBC (20-6-2 / 2-0) / (6)
7. Toronto (18-5-1 / 2-1) / (8)
8. Queen’s (16-4-4 / 2-0) / (9)
9. StFX (18-4-2) / (7)
10. Saskatchewan (18-4-6) / (10)

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

1. Alberta (25-2-1) / 168 points (15) / (1)
2. UNB (24-3-1) / 154 (2) / (2)
3. Acadia (21-4-3) / 129 / (3)
4. Calgary (21-4-3) / 122 / (4)
5. Carleton (22-5-1) / 99 / (6)
6. McGill (21-5-2) / 78 / (5)
7. UQTR (22-6-0) / 63 / (7)
8. Western (21-6-1) / 57 / (8)
9. Saskatchewan (17-10-1) / 38 / (9)
10. Moncton (17-11-0) / 16 / (10)

Other teams receiving votes: Lakehead (6), Queen’s (3), UPEI (1), Ryerson (1).

WOMEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous rankings)

1. UBC 668 points / (1)
2. Montreal 403 / (2)
3. Toronto 307 / (3)
4. Calgary 254 / (4)
5. Western 221 / (5)
6. Laval 208 / (6)
7. McGill 127 / (7)
8. Ottawa 120 / (8)
9. Guelph 114 / (9)
10. Dalhousie 102 / (10)

MEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous rankings)

1. Toronto 581 points / (1)
2. UBC 448 / (2)
3. Calgary 320 / (3)
4. McMaster 239 / (4)
5. Alberta 226 / (5)
6. Western 213 / (6)
7. Montreal 151 / (7)
8. Ottawa 113 / (8)
9. Dalhousie 102 / (9)
10. Victoria 94 / (10)

WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD
(points) / (previous rankings)

1. Calgary 84 points / (1)
2. Guelph 79.5 / (4)
3. Trinity Western 76 / (2)
4. Saskatchewan 72.5 / (3)
5. Toronto 66 / (5)
6. Western 60 / (6)
7. York 44 / (7)
8. Windsor 37 / (9)
9. Victoria 32 / (8)
10. Regina 16 / (10)

MEN’S TRACK & FIELD
(points) / (previous rankings)

1. York 91.5 points / (1)
2. Guelph 90 / (2)
3. Sherbrooke 69.83 / (3)
4. Windsor 63.5 / (4)
5. Victoria 42.5 / (5)
6. Laval 39 / (8)
7. Regina 38.5 / (7)
8. Toronto 38.1 / (6)
9. Western 36.2 / (9)
10. Trinity Western 28.83 / (NR)

WOMEN’S WRESTLING
(previous rankings)

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

MEN’S WRESTLING
(previous rankings)

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