U SPORTS TOP 10 RANKINGS

LANGLEY, British Columbia – Trinity Western has two teams in the Top-10 position this week in U SPORTS Top 10 Rankings. Women’s and men’s volleyball remain in the Top 10 ranking, with the Spartan women staying at No. 2 and the Spartan men moving up to No. 6.
 
In women’s volleyball, the Spartans currently sit at 6-0 after last weekend’s bye week. The women will be back in action this week as they head to Regina, Sask. to face the 0-6 Regina Cougars. In men’s volleyball, the Spartan men are at 4-4 and have moved up to No. 6 in the national rankings after a weekend split (3-1, 1-3) with the No. 2 Alberta Golden Bears in Edmonton, Alta. The men are off this week and will next match up with the Saskatchewan Huskies November 24-25 at home at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. Match times are set for 7 p.m. and 6 p.m. All TWU games can be seen live on Canadawest.tv.
 
The men’s rugby is heading into this week’s Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship, hosted by Trinity Western, and as such the Top 10 has been discontinued. The men have been placed in the No. 5 position of the draw and will be matched up with No. 4 Guelph in the quarter-final. The Championship begins Wednesday, November 15. The Spartans’ first match is scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Langley Events Centre’s Northwest Field.
 
U SPORTS Top 10 – NOVEMBER 14, 2023

 
RANKINGS
U SPORTS uses the ELO rating system for the calculation of its weekly national rankings. ELO calculates team rankings on a game-by-game basis, using an algorithm that generates a statistical calculation based on certain customized variables that have been adapted across the range of U SPORTS team sports. For volleyball, U SPORTS uses a 50/50 combination of ELO ranking and Coaches Poll ranking to determine the final Top 10 rankings.
 
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 13 sports in the Canada West conference, including women’s and men’s soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, cross country and track & field, as well as women’s rugby sevens. TWU also competes as an independent team in men’s rugby and women’s and men’s disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 14 U SPORTS team championships and 33 Canada West team championships.
 
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