Rugby hold steady at #2 in Canada

September 29, 2009

CIS TOP TEN TUESDAY (#5)

OTTAWA (CIS) – In women’s rugby, the two-time defending CIS champion Lethbridge Pronghorns top the poll for the fourth time in as many weeks after opening the regular season with a convincing 66-0 shutout of Calgary last Saturday. The ‘Horns make their way to the West Coast this weekend to face Victoria (0-1) Friday night and No. 10-UBC (0-1) Sunday afternoon.

The rest of the Top 4 remains intact with undefeated StFX (3-0), Guelph (3-0) and Laval (3-0) following in order. The X-Women dominated UPEI 65-0 this past weekend, the Gryphons blanked Brock 29-0, while the Rouge et Or edged No. 7-Concordia 19-12.

Rounding out the CIS rankings are No. 5-Alberta (2-0), No. 6-McMaster (3-0), No. 8-Western Ontario (2-1) and No. 9-Queen’s (2-1).

WOMEN’S RUGBY
(regular season record) / (votes) / (previous rankings)

1. Lethbridge (1-0) / 154 points / (1)
2. StFX (3-0) / 119 / (2)
3. Guelph (3-0) / 115 / (3)
4. Laval (3-0) / 99 / (4)
5. Alberta (2-0) / 72 / (7)
6. McMaster (3-0) / 71 / (8)
7. Concordia (2-1) / 60 / (5)
8. Western Ontario (2-1) / 34 / (6)
9. Queen’s (2-1) / 16 / (9)
10. UBC (0-1) / 14 / (NR)

Other teams receiving votes: Waterloo (12), Brock (11), Ottawa (4), Saint Mary’s (2), Trent (1).