McMaster claim No.1 position in U Sports women’s basketball Top 10 rankings

TORONTO (U Sports) – After more than a year, the McMaster Marauders are back on top of the U Sports women’s basketball Top 10, while the Trinity Western Spartans have vaulted to the No.1 ranking in men’s volleyball for the first time in over four seasons.

The Marauders, who began last year as the best team in the country, take over the top position from No. 4 Carleton, after an 86-51 win over Brock last Wednesday. The Ravens - who led both the men’s and women’s basketball rankings for the first time in program history - were upset 68-57 by Algoma on Friday in their season opener. McMaster hosts Guelph Wednesday night before heading to Brock on Saturday.

In men’s volleyball, the Spartans jumped to the lead spot for the first time since Oct. 16, 2012, following a pair of 3-0 sweeps at MacEwan. Trinity Western will play a home-and-home series with UBC this weekend.

In other U Sports rankings, Carleton (men’s basketball), Brock (men’s and women’s wrestling), Alberta (women’s volleyball), UNB (men’s hockey), and UBC (men’s and women’s swimming and women’s hockey), all maintain their pole positions for another week.

MEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. Carleton (1-0) / 459 points (45) / (1)
2. UBC (4-0) / 415 (1) / (2)
3. Calgary (3-1) / 357 / (4)
4. Ottawa (1-0) / 307 / (5)
5. Brock (3-0) / 270 / (6)
6. McMaster (2-1) / 242 / (3)
7. Dalhousie (4-1) / 185 / (7)
8. Ryerson (4-0) / 134 / (9)
9. McGill (1-1) / 70 / (8)
10. Alberta (6-0) / 63 / (NR)

Other teams receiving votes: Saint Marys (25), Saskatchewan (1)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. McMaster (3-0) / 561 points (44) / (2)
2. Regina (3-1) / 484 (2) / (3)
3. Laval (3-0) / 474 (1) / (4)
4. Carleton (0-1) / 449 / (1)
5. Windsor (4-0) / 377 / (5)
6. Queens (4-0) / 323 / (7)
7. Saint Marys (6-0) / 276 / (8)
8. McGill (0-2) / 227 / (6)
9. Ryerson (3-1) / 200 / (9)
10. Victoria (4-2) / 133 / (10)

Other teams receiving votes: Winnipeg (84), UQAM (36)

MEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. UNB (12-0-2) / 150 pts (15) / (1)
2. Saskatchewan (8-2-2) / 117* / (3)
3. Alberta (9-3-0) / 117* / (5)
4. StFX (10-5-0) / 102 / (2)
5. McGill (10-2-1) / 83 / (8)
6. Ryerson (10-2-1) / 77 / (7)
7. UOIT (10-4-0) / 38 / (4)
8. Queen's (10-3-1) / 37 / (10)
9. UQTR (9-4-1) / 25 / (NR)
10. Mount Royal (7-5-0) / 21 / (6)

*Saskatchewan (over Alberta) was awarded the higher ranking based on number of higher placed votes.

Other teams receiving votes: Acadia (19), Calgary (16), Concordia (12), Carleton (6), UPEI (5)

WOMEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes / (previous ranking)

1. UBC (11-1-0) / 40 pts / (1)
2. Saint Mary's (9-1-1) / 36 / (2)
3. St. Thomas (10-1-1) / 32 / (3)
4. Guelph (9-2-1) / 27 / (4)
5. Montreal (5-4-0) / 25 / (5)
6. McGill (5-2-0) / 18 / (7)
7. Manitoba (8-3-1) / 15 / (6)
8. Nipissing (9-1-1) / 12 / (8)
9. Saskatchewan (9-3-0) / 9 / (9)
10. Waterloo (8-3-0) / 2 / (10)

Other teams receiving votes: Ottawa (2)

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

1. UBC 831  pts / (1)
2. Toronto 450 pts / (2)
3. McGill 246 pts / (9)
4. Alberta 209 pts / (4)
5. Calgary 193 pts / (3)
6. Dalhousie 187 pts / (NR)
7. Montreal 164 pts / (5)
8. Laval 148 pts / (6)
9. Victoria 127 pts / (8)
10. Sherbrooke 107 pts / (7)

Other teams receiving votes:  Ottawa (70), Regina (42), UNB (32), Acadia (31), Queens (24), Memorial (21), Laurentian (18), Mount Allison (18), Lethbridge (16), McMaster (12), York (4), Carleton (2)

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

1. UBC 698 pts / (1)
2. Toronto 449 pts / (3)
3. Montreal 442 pts / (2)
4. Calgary 211 pts / (4)
5. McGill 178 pts / (6)
6. Dalhousie 156 pts / (NR)
7. Manitoba 125 pts / (5)
8. Alberta 111 pts / (T6)
9. UQAM 96 pts / (8)
10. Laval 90 pts / (9)

Other teams receiving votes: Victoria (76), Laurier (73), Lethbridge (53), Memorial (38), Regina (36), Queens (30), Sherbrooke (21), McMaster (18), Ottawa (15), Laurentian (8), UQTR (7), UNB (6), Mount Allison (5), Guelph (5), Acadia (4), Brock (2)

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. Trinity Western (6-0) / 285 pts (24) / (2)
2. McMaster (4-0) / 239 (3) / (3)
3. Manitoba (7-1) / 236 (3) / (6)
4. Alberta (4-2) / 219 (3) / (1)
5. Montreal (6-1) / 166 / (7)
6. Laval (6-1) / 145 / (4)
7. Mount Royal (4-2) / 89 / (8)
8. Saskatchewan (5-1) / 70 / (9)
9. Calgary (2-4) / 55 / (5)
10. Guelph (5-1) / 41 / (NR)

Other teams receiving votes: Winnipeg (38), Queen’s (20), UBC (20)

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes (1st place votes) / (previous ranking)

1. Alberta (6-0) / 60 pts (4) / (1)
2. Toronto (5-0) / 53.5 pts / (3)
3. McMaster (6-0) / 51 pts / (4)
4. Trinity Western (5-1) / 47.5 pts / (5)
5. UBC Okanagan (5-1) / 46 pts / (2)
6. Calgary (5-1) / 39 pts / (T6)
7. Dalhousie (9-0) / 38 pts / (8)
8. UBC (5-1) / 29 pts / (T6)
9. Montreal (5-3) / 26 pts / (9)
10. Western (7-0) / 24 pts / (10)

Other teams receiving votes: Laval (18.5), Mount Royal (12), Ottawa (11.5), Memorial (7), Thompson Rivers (6)

MEN’S WRESTLING
(points) / (previous ranking)

1. Brock 56 pts / (1)   
2. McMaster 43 / (2)
3. Alberta 42 / (3)    
4. Calgary 34* / (5)
5. Regina 34* / (6)
6. Winnipeg 33 / (4)
7. Saskatchewan 31 / (8)
8. Concordia 30 / (7)
9. Western 22 / (9)
10. Fraser Valley 20 / (10)  

*Calgary is ranked higher due to higher number of ranked wrestlers

WOMEN’S WRESTLING
(points) / (previous ranking)

1. Brock 61 pts / (1)
2. Calgary 42 / (2)
3. Guelph 34 / (3)
4. Alberta 31 / (4)
5. Regina 30 / (5)
6. Winnipeg 23* / (6)
7. Saskatchewan 23* / (7)
8. McMaster 14 / (8)
9. Lakehead 12 / (9)
10. Concordia 8 / (10)

*Winnipeg is ranked higher due to higher number of ranked wrestlers