Men’s Volleyball News

The Calgary Dinos are all alone atop the women volleyball national rankings with the U SPORTS Championship on the horizon.

The Dinos (21-3 / 4-0 playoffs) earned the pole position in the final rankings of the season after sharing it with Montreal last week, thanks to a sweep of their best-of-three Canada West semifinal series against Alberta. Calgary will host UBC in the CW championship match on Friday night.

In other U SPORTS rankings UNB (men’s hockey), Manitoba (women’s hockey), and Trinity Western (men’s volleyball) all remain national leaders in the final polls of the campaign.

Note: The U SPORTS #CHAMPSZN continues this week with Track and Field (Mar. 8-10 at the University of Windsor), Men’s Basketball Final 8 (Mar. 8-11, in Halifax, N.S., hosted by Acadia University) and Women’s Basketball Final 8 (Mar. 8-11 at the University of Regina).

Next week, the Men’s Hockey University Cup (Mar. 15-18 at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton), along with Women’s Hockey (Mar. 15-18 in London, Ont., hosted by Western University), Men’s Volleyball (Mar. 16-18 at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.), and Women’s Volleyball (Mar. 16-18 at Laval University in Quebec City), will crown their U SPORTS champions. Sportsnet 360 will broadcast the semifinals and finals of the Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball and Men’s Hockey Championships.  

Men's Hockey

Rank School Season Playoffs Votes (pts) Previous
1 UNB 24-2-4 3-0* 143 (8) 1
2 Alberta 23-4-1 4-0 142 (7) 2
3 StFX 22-4-4 3-2* 112 5
4 McGill 22-4-2 6-2 106 4
5 Saskatchewan 20-7-1 2-3 93 3
6 Acadia 18-10-2 4-3* 69 6
7 Brock 14-9-5 6-1 59 10
8 Saint Mary’s 18-10-2 2-4* 49 7
9 Concordia 18-7-3 5-3 31 8
10 York 17-10-1 5-3 18            9
Other teams receiving votes: Guelph (2), Calgary (1)

*Voting and playoff records do not include AUS championship and consolation series games from Monday, Mar. 5

Women's hockey

Rank School Season Playoffs Votes (pts) Previous
1 Manitoba 22-5-1 4-1 40 1
2 Saint Mary's 20-3-1 3-1 36 2
3 StFX 20-2-2 3-1 32 3
4 Concordia 14-4-2 4-2 27 7
5 Queen's 17-3-4 4-1 24 6
6 Montreal 14-2-4 3-3 20 4
7 Western 17-5-2 4-0 16 9
8 Saskatchewan 19-7-2 2-2 13 8
9 Guelph 18-6-0 2-2 8 5
10 Nipissing 16-6-2 2-3 4 10
Other teams receiving votes: None

Men's Volleyball

Rank School Season Playoffs VRS# Previous
1 Trinity Western 22-2 4-0 +2.78 1
2 Alberta 19-5 4-0 +2.15 3
3 UBC 20-4 2-2 +2.07 2
4 Montreal 12-2 1-0 +1.82 4
5 Brandon 17-7 1-2 +1.63 5
6 Laval 11-3 2-1 +1.46 6
7 Winnipeg 15-9 2-3 +1.22 7
8 Calgary 14-10 0-2 +0.93 8
9 Thompson Rivers 11-13 0-2 +0.75 9
10 McMaster 14-2 1-0 +0.69 NR
Honourable mention: Saskatchewan (+0.60), Manitoba (+0.55),
Dalhousie (+0.49), Mount Royal (+0.13)

Note: Men’s volleyball Top 10 is determined by the Volleyball Ranking System (VRS). Teams are ranked via the VRS #, their average sets won differential. 

  • Rankings available here.

Women’s volleyball

Rank School Season Playoffs Votes (pts) Previous
1 Calgary 21-3  4-0 59 (3) T1
2 Montreal 18-2 2-0 57 (1) T1
3 UBC 20-4 4-0 52 4
4 Dalhousie 19-1 2-0 45 5
5 UBC Okanagan 19-5 2-2 43* 3
6 Ryerson 19-0 1-0 43* 6
7 McMaster 17-2 1-0 36 7
8 Alberta 15-9 2-3 32 8
9 Laval 14-6 2-0 29 10
10 Toronto 15-4 1-0 23 NR
Other teams receiving votes: McGill (20), Western (17), Acadia (6), Queen's (3), Trinity Western (2)

*UBC Okanagan is ranked No.5 ahead of Ryerson due to a higher number of higher-placed votes