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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Cougar Athletics This Weekend

Home Events
Women's Basketball – vs. Concordia, Friday (6:15 p.m.) at CKHS
Men's Hockey – vs. Saskatchewan, Friday (7:00 p.m.) at The Co-operators Centre
Men's Basketball – vs. MSU-Northern, Friday (8:00 p.m.) at CKHS
Men's Basketball – vs. Medicine Hat College, Saturday (5:00 p.m.) at CKHS
Women's Basketball – vs. Concordia, Saturday (7:00 p.m.) at CKHS
Women's Hockey – vs. Saskatchewan, Saturday (7:00 p.m.) at The Co-operators Centre

Away Events
Women's Hockey – at Saskatchewan, Friday (7:00 p.m.) in Saskatoon, Sask.
Cross Country – at Vic Matthews Open, Saturday (12:15 p.m. EDT) in Guelph, Ont.
Women's Soccer – at Fraser Valley, Saturday (12:00 p.m. PDT) in Abbotsford, B.C.
Rams Football – at UBC, Saturday (2:00 p.m. PDT) in Vancouver, B.C.
Women's Volleyball – at Brandon, Saturday (5:00 p.m. CDT) in Brandon, Man.
Men's Hockey – at Saskatchewan, Saturday (7:00 p.m.) in Saskatoon, Sask.
Women's Soccer – at Victoria, Sunday (12:00 p.m. PDT) in Victoria, B.C.
Women's Volleyball – at Brandon, Sunday (3:00 p.m. CDT) in Brandon, Man.

Men's Hockey – The Cougars (0-2-0) have their home opener this weekend, as they'll entertain Saskatchewan (1-0-0) on Friday night at The Co-operators Centre with puck drop scheduled for 7 p.m. The Cougars – who will also face the Huskies on Saturday in Saskatoon – opened up conference play last weekend at four-time defending conference champion Alberta, with the Golden Bears securing the two-game sweep with 5-2 and 2-0 victories.

Women's Hockey – The Cougars open up the Canada West schedule with a home-and-home against Saskatchewan this weekend. The teams will square off in Saskatoon on Friday night before returning to Regina for a Saturday night game (7:00 p.m.) at The Co-operators Centre. The Cougars had an even 3-3-0 record against CIS competition during the non-conference schedule.

Men's Basketball – The Cougars kick off the 2011-12 non-conference schedule with a pair of home games at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport this weekend. MSU-Northern visits on Friday night for a 7:00 p.m. tip, while the Cougars will face Medicine Hat College on Saturday night beginning at 5:00 p.m.

Women's Basketball – After an impressive three consecutive wins at last weekend's Bob FM Shootout in Winnipeg, the Cougars continue their non-conference schedule at home this Friday and Saturday against Concordia. The teams will play on Friday at 6:15 p.m. and on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. The Cougars scored wins over Manitoba (76-49), Lakehead (67-38), and Winnipeg (92-59) at last weekend's tournament.

Rams Football – Coming off their bye week, the Rams (2-3) will need to come up with a road win over No. 9-ranked UBC (3-2) on Saturday afternoon at Thunderbird Stadium to improve their position in the Canada West standings. Michael Ball and Marco Ricci will have the call live on the dial at 620 CKRM beginning at 3:00 p.m. Saskatchewan time. It's also the Shaw TV Game of the Week and will be broadcast live on Access7 in Regina.

Women's Soccer – The Cougars (0-7-1) had last weekend off, but return to action this weekend with a West Coast road trip that will see them take on Fraser Valley (3-5-2) and Victoria (4-4-2). After this weekend, the team will return home for its final home matches of the season on Oct. 22 (Lethbridge) and Oct. 23 (Calgary) before finishing off the Canada West schedule on the road against Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Cross Country (Men's CIS Ranking: No. 7) – After a week off, the Cougars return to action at the Vic Matthews Open in Guelph, Ont. this Saturday. Marc Beaton, Iain Fyfe, Matt Johnson, Michael Middlemiss, and Andrew Thomas will all run for the Cougars. After Saturday, the team's next meet will be at the Stewart Cup in Edmonton, Alta. on Oct. 29.

Women's Volleyball – The Cougars finish off their non-conference schedule this weekend with matches at Brandon on Saturday and Sunday. The team will then have a weekend off before kicking off the Canada West schedule on Oct. 28 and Oct. 29 at home against UBC.

Men's Volleyball – The U of R hosted the six-team Cougar Invitational non-conference tournament last weekend, which was won by Brandon with a 4-1 record. The Cougars, who finished in fifth place after capping the tournament with a straight-sets win over UBC Okanagan, continue their non-conference schedule next weekend at the Husky Dino Cup in Calgary.

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