Acadia, UBC, Toronto top last rankings of fall semester
Dec. 8, 2015
OTTAWA (CIS) – The Acadia Axemen (men’s hockey), UBC Thunderbirds (women’s swimming) and Toronto Varsity Blues (men’s swimming) top the final CIS national rankings of the fall semester.
Acadia moves up to No. 1 in men’s hockey for the first time since 1997, while the UBC women and Toronto men have held the pole position in swimming since the start of the season.
Weekly rankings in all CIS sports will resume in January.
MEN’S HOCKEY
(regular season record) / votes (first-place votes) / (previous ranking)
1. Acadia (12-2-1) / 147 points (7) / (2)
2. McGill (15-2-1) / 135 (8) / (1)
3. Alberta (12-3-1) / 124 (1) / (3)
4. Saskatchewan (13-3-0) / 113 / (4)
5. UQTR (15-2-1) / 97 / (6)
6. StFX (11-2-2) / 90 / (5)
7. UNB (10-3-2) / 72 / (7)
8. Carleton (12-4-0) / 44 / (8)
9. Mount Royal (9-5-2) / 28 / (9)
10. York (10-4-3) / 14 / (10)
Other teams receiving votes: Western (3), UOIT (3), UBC (3), UPEI (2), Guelph (2), Queen’s (1), Windsor (1).
WOMEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. UBC 639 points / (1)
2. Toronto 563 / (2)
3. Calgary 278 / (3)
4. Dalhousie 208 / (4)
5. Montreal 197 / (5)
6. McGill 168 / (6)
7. Western 142 / (7)
8. Laval 138 / (8)
9. Guelph 81 / (9)
10. Victoria 80 / (10)
MEN’S SWIMMING
(points) / (previous ranking)
1. Toronto 532 points / (1)
2. UBC 454 / (2)
3. Calgary 361 / (3)
4. Alberta 303 / (4)
5. Dalhousie 169 / (5)
6. Guelph 133 / (6)
7. McGill 123 / (8)
8. Western 118 / (7)
9. Ottawa 117 / (9)
10. Laval 85 / (NR)
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Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada. Every year, over 11,500 student-athletes and 700 coaches from 56 universities and four regional associations vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. CIS also provides high performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as numerous world university championships. For further information, visit www.cis-sic.ca or follow us on:
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For further information, please contact:
Michel Bélanger
Communications & Media Relations
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Off: (613) 562-5670 ext. 25
Cell: (613) 447-6334