X-Women remain ranked No. 7 in CIS

CIS TOP TEN TUESDAY (#16)
Brock, Alberta top inaugural wrestling rankings of season

OTTAWA (CIS) – The Brock University women and University of Alberta men, both reigning national champions, top the first wrestling rankings of the 2014 CIS season.

Brock, which claimed its second straight CIS banner last winter, opens ahead of Alberta, Calgary, Saskatchewan and Western in women's competition. On the men's side, Alberta, crowned last year for the first time since 1972, is ranked ahead of Brock, Western, Concordia and Saskatchewan.

In other CIS sports, Carleton (men's basketball), Saint Mary's (women's basketball), McGill (women's hockey), Calgary (men's hockey), UBC (women's swimming & women's volleyball), Toronto (men's swimming) and McMaster (men's volleyball) all maintain their No. 1 status this week.

McMaster was tied with Trinity Western atop the men's volleyball rankings last Tuesday but edged its Canada West rival by a single point in the new coaches' poll, 257 to 256. The Marauders received 15 first-place votes compared to 13 for the Spartans.

Voting was also close in women's basketball this week, with No. 1 Saint Mary's earning 24 first-place votes and 475 points compared to 17 first-place nods and 468 points for the Windsor Lancers, the defending three-time CIS champs.

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

1. Saint Mary's (10-0) / 475 points (24) / (1)
2. Windsor (11-1) / 468 (17) / (2)
3. Alberta (10-2) / 405 / (3)
4. Saskatchewan (11-1) / 368 / (4)
5. Regina (10-2) / 331 / (5)
6. McGill (6-0) / 289 / (6)
7. Concordia (3-3) / 185 / (8)
8. Ottawa (8-3) / 182 / (10)
9. Wilfrid Laurier (10-2) / 162 / (9)
10. Fraser Valley (8-4) / 152 / (7)

Other teams receiving votes: Western (71), McMaster (32).

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

1. Carleton (11-0) / 480 points (40) / (1)
2. Ottawa (10-1) / 437 / (2)
3. Alberta (11-1) / 403 / (3)
4. Ryerson (11-1) / 360 / (4)
5. Victoria (10-2) / 313 / (5)
6. McMaster (9-3) / 280 / (8)
7. McGill (5-1) / 234 / (6)
8. Saskatchewan (9-3) / 171 / (7)
9. Acadia (7-2) / 151 / (NR)
10. Windsor (7-5) / 113 / (10)

Other teams receiving votes: UNB (110), Laurentian (38).

WOMEN'S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / (previous rankings)

1. McGill (11-0-0) / (1)
2. Montreal (8-3-0) / (3)
3. Wilfrid Laurier (13-2-2) / (2) 
4. Queen's (13-2-3) / (4)
5. UBC (16-3-1) / (5)
6. Guelph (13-3-0) / (6)
7. StFX (12-3-1) / (7)
8. Alberta (12-5-3) / (8)
9. Saskatchewan (12-4-4) / (9)
10. Saint Mary's (12-3-0) / (NR)

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

1. Calgary (17-0-1) / 169 points (16) / (1)
2. Alberta (16-2-0) / 149 / (2)
3. Acadia (15-1-2) / 141 (1) / (3)
4. UNB (14-3-1) / 113 / (4)
5. McGill (14-5-1) / 88 / (6)
6. UQTR (14-4-0) / 70 / (8)
7. Carleton (13-5-1) / 54 / (9)
8. Ryerson (14-5-0) / 51 / (10)
9. Lakehead (13-4-1) / 42 / (5)
10. Queen's (12-2-5) / 35 / (7)

Other teams receiving votes: Saskatchewan (12), UPEI (4), StFX (4), Moncton (2), Western (1).

CIS Men's Hockey Top 10 (#11)
Big Four keeps winning, OUA East teams move up

OTTAWA (CIS) – There are no changes at the top in the 11th weekly national poll of the CIS men's hockey season following another perfect weekend by the Big Four.

The University of Calgary Dinos (17-0-1) remain at No. 1 for the third straight ranking period after receiving 16 out of a possible 17 first-place votes and 169 points from the media panel. Once again following in order are the Alberta Golden Bears (16-2-0) with 149 points, the Acadia Axemen (15-1-2) with 141 and the remaining first-place nod, as well as the reigning University Cup champion UNB Varsity Reds (14-3-1) with 113 points.

Rounding out the new Top 10 are the No. 5 McGill Redmen (14-5-1 / up one position), No. 6 UQTR Patriotes (14-4-0 / up two), No. 7 Carleton Ravens (13-5-1 / up two), No. 8 Ryerson Rams (14-5-0 / up two), No. 9 Lakehead Thunderwolves (13-4-1 / down four) and No. 10 Queen's Gaels (12-2-5 / down three).

Calgary, Alberta, Acadia and UNB all went 2-0 over the past weekend.

The Dinos crushed Lethbridge 14-2 Friday before edging the Pronghorns 2-1 in overtime in Saturday's rematch. The Golden Bears swept archrival Saskatchewan 3-2 and 4-3. The Axemen beat Saint Mary's 5-1 and StFX 2-1. The V-Reds scored 4-2 victories over UPEI and Moncton.

Acadia and UNB clash for the third time this season Friday night at Fredericton. The AUS-leading Axemen won the first two duels of the campaign, 4-3 in a shootout at Fredericton on Nov. 15 and 5-1 at home on Nov. 30.

In Canada West action, Calgary hosts Manitoba for a pair Friday and Saturday, while Alberta travels to Vancouver to face UBC. With Queen's losing twice in regulation last weekend, the Dinos are now the only team in the country that has yet to lose in 60 minutes in league play.

In addition to the Acadia-UNB confrontation, three more Top-10 matchups are on this week's CIS schedule, including Queen's at McGill on Friday and Ryerson visiting Lakekead for a two-game set on Friday and Saturday.

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

1. UBC 659 points / (1)
2. Montreal 354 / (2)
3. Toronto 346 / (3)
4. Calgary 240 / (4)
5. Western 208 / (5)
6. Laval 200 / (6)
7. Dalhousie 150 / (7)
8. McGill 145 / (8)
9. Ottawa 117 / (9)
10. Alberta 102 / (10)

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

1. Toronto 517 points / (1)
2. UBC 422 / (2)
3. Calgary 308 / (3)
4. Alberta 282 / (4)
5. Western 192 / (5)
6. McMaster 185 / (6)
7. Montreal 149 / (7)
8. Dalhousie 145 / (8)
9. McGill 126 / (9)
10. Victoria 120 / (10)

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / (votes) / (previous rankings)

1. UBC (14-0) / 60 points / (1)
2. Brandon (11-3) / 53 / (4)
3. Montreal (11-3) / 51 / (2)
4. UBC Okanagan (10-4) / 48 / (3)
5. Trinity Western (10-4) / 47 / (5)
6. Ottawa (12-1) / 38 / (7)
7. Laval (11-3) / 33 / (9)
T8. York (10-2) / 31 / (6)
T8. Manitoba (8-6) / 31 / (8)
10. Saint Mary's (6-3) / 25 / (10)

Next highest votes: Dalhousie (18), McGill (14), Toronto (9), Saskatchewan (8), Guelph (5).

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous rankings)

1. McMaster (12-0) / 257 points (15) / (T1)
2. Trinity Western (13-1) / 256 (13) / (T1)
3. Alberta (10-4) / 214 / (T3)
4. Thompson Rivers (10-4) / 170 / (7)
5. UBC (9-5) / 156 / (T3)
6. Laval (9-2) / 137 / (6)
7. Brandon (7-7) / 105 / (5)
8. Saskatchewan (5-9) / 55 / (8)
9. Manitoba (6-8) / 44 / (9)
10. Waterloo (9-3) / 38 / (NR)

WOMEN'S WRESTLING (first ranking of season)
(points) / (previous rankings)

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

MEN'S WRESTLING (first ranking of season)
(points) / (previous rankings)

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