The women's volleyball, men's basketball and women's swim teams are featured in the U SPORTS Top 10 this week!
TORONTO (U SPORTS) - The Trinity Western Spartans are the kings and queens of U SPORTS volleyball.
The Spartans women (12-0) – ranked No.2 last week – became the new team to beat thanks to 3-2 and 3-1 wins over the Calgary Dinos (10-2), who held the No.1 ranking since the beginning of the season. The Trinity Western victories extended their unbeaten run on the year, while also snapping Calgary’s perfect season. With the Spartans men also ranked in top spot, Trinity Western sweeps the pole position in both volleyball rankings for the first time in school history.
In other final rankings of 2018, UNB (men’s hockey), Montreal (women’s hockey), Carleton (men’s basketball), Laval (women’s basketball), and UBC (men’s and women’s swimming) remain at No.1 heading into the holiday break.
Top 10 Tuesday rankings will resume on Jan. 8, 2019.
New this season, U SPORTS is implementing the ELO Rating System for the calculation of its weekly national rankings. Powered by RankR, ELO’s unique algorithm blends a statistical calculation with customized variables that is adaptable across a range of sports. For men’s hockey, it will be combined with the results of the media panel balloting (each weighted 50%) to produce the final top 10. For more information, click here.
WOMEN'S SWIMMING
|
Rank |
School |
Points |
Previous Ranking |
|
1 |
UBC |
754 |
1 |
|
2 |
Toronto |
582 |
2 |
|
3 |
Manitoba |
265 |
3 |
|
4 |
Calgary |
260 |
4 |
|
5 |
Montreal |
211 |
5 |
|
6 |
Victoria |
180 |
6 |
|
7 |
Alberta |
115 |
7 |
|
8 |
Dalhousie |
86 |
8 |
|
9 |
McGill |
85 |
9 |
|
10 |
Western |
71 |
10 |
|
Honourable Mention: Regina (70), Waterloo (37), McMaster (36), Laval (36), UNB (28), Laurier (26), Ottawa (26), Acadia (23), Laurentian (22), Guelph (21), Lethbridge (18), Sherbrooke (5), Queen’s (2) |
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
|
Rank |
School |
Regular Season Record |
Points (First-place) |
Previous Ranking |
|
1 |
Carleton |
10-0 |
467 (44) |
1 |
|
2 |
Ryerson |
10-0 |
409 (1) |
2 |
|
3 |
Calgary |
12-0 |
391 (2) |
3 |
|
4 |
UBC |
9-1 |
324 |
4 |
|
5 |
Saint Mary's |
6-0 |
285 |
5 |
|
6 |
Alberta |
7-3 |
231 |
6 |
|
7 |
Ottawa |
8-2 |
187 |
7 |
|
8 |
Dalhousie |
4-3 |
133 |
8 |
|
9 |
Laurier |
7-3 |
87 |
9 |
|
10 |
Brock |
7-4 |
22 |
NR |
|
Other teams receiving votes: UNB (16), Concordia (13) |
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WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
|
Rank |
School |
Regular Season Record |
Points (First-place) |
Previous Ranking |
|
1 |
Trinity Western |
12-0 |
60 (4) |
2 |
|
2 |
Calgary |
10-2 |
56 |
1 |
|
3 |
Dalhousie |
9-0 |
52 |
4 |
|
T4 |
Alberta |
9-3 |
46 |
3 |
|
T4 |
Ryerson |
7-1 |
46 |
5 |
|
6 |
Waterloo |
7-0 |
40 |
6 |
|
7 |
McGill |
8-2 |
35 |
7 |
|
8 |
Toronto |
7-2 |
31 |
8 |
|
9 |
Laval |
6-4 |
25 |
9 |
|
10 |
Montreal |
7-3 |
23 |
10 |
|
Other teams receiving votes: UBC (21), Acadia (21), Manitoba (6), MacEwan (4), McMaster (3) |
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