This Week In Cougar Athletics

Home Schedule - Friday
Women’s Volleyball - vs. Thompson Rivers, 6:00 PM (CKHS)
Men’s Hockey - vs. UBC, 7:00 PM (The Co-operators Centre)
Men’s Volleyball - vs. Thompson Rivers, 8:00 PM (CKHS)

Home Schedule - Saturday
Men’s Volleyball - vs. Thompson Rivers, 5:00 PM (CKHS)
Women’s Volleyball - vs. Thompson Rivers, 7:00 PM (CKHS)
Men’s Hockey - vs. UBC, 7:00 PM (The Co-operators Centre)

Away Schedule – Thursday
Swimming – at Arena Pro Swim Series, Day 1 (Austin, Texas)

Away Schedule - Friday
Swimming – at Arena Pro Swim Series, Day 2 (Austin, Texas)
Track & Field – at Downtown Lions Sled Dog Meet, Day 1 (Saskatoon, Sask.)
Women’s Basketball - at Alberta, 6:00 PM MST (Edmonton, Alta.)
Women’s Hockey - at UBC, 7:00 PM PST (Vancouver, B.C.)
Men’s Basketball - at Alberta, 8:00 PM MST (Edmonton, Alta.)

Away Schedule - Saturday
Swimming – at Arena Pro Swim Series, Day 3 (Austin, Texas)
Track & Field – at Downtown Lions Sled Dog Meet, Day 2 (Saskatoon, Sask.)
Wrestling - at Golden Bear Invitational, 11:00 AM MST (Edmonton, Alta.)
Women’s Hockey - at UBC, 2:00 PM PST (Vancouver, B.C.)
Women’s Basketball - at Alberta, 5:00 PM MST (Edmonton, Alta.)
Men’s Basketball - at Alberta, 7:00 PM MST (Edmonton, Alta.)

Away Schedule – Sunday
Swimming – at Arena Pro Swim Series, Day 4 (Austin, Texas)

Women’s Volleyball – The Cougars (6-8) played a full 10 sets of volleyball last weekend in Saskatoon, losing in five sets to Saskatchewan on Friday but winning in five on Saturday to salvage a crucial Canada West weekend split. Still deadlocked in a three-way tie for the eighth postseason spot in the conference, the Cougars will now prepare for two home matches against one of the teams they’re tied with. Regina and Thompson Rivers (6-8) will meet on Friday night (6:00) and Saturday night (7:00) at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport.

Men’s Volleyball – The Cougars opened up the second half of the Canada West schedule on the road in Saskatoon, but lost in four sets on both Friday and Saturday to provincial-rival Saskatchewan. Regina (1-13) is at home this weekend against Thompson Rivers (3-11), with the two teams set to meet at the CKHS on Friday night (8:00) and Saturday night (5:00).

Men’s Hockey – The Cougars dropped two home contests against MRU on the weekend, falling 8-2 on Friday night before suffering a 4-2 defeat on Saturday afternoon. Regina will return home and look to right the ship against the 8-9-1 UBC Thunderbirds on Friday night and Saturday night, with both games set for a 7:00 puck drop at The Co-operators Centre.

Women’s Basketball (U SPORTS Ranking: No. 3) – The Cougars kicked off the second half of the Canada West schedule with a pair of big wins over Mount Royal, including a 101-31 thrashing on Friday night that went down as the largest victory in program history. Now 11-1 on the season, the U of R will hit the road this weekend for

Men’s Basketball – The Cougars returned to Canada West play with a home split last weekend against Mount Royal, losing on Friday but recovering for a 107-91 win on Saturday night. Regina is now 8-4 on the season and ranked third in the conference in RPI, and continues Canada West play this weekend with two games against an Alberta Golden Bears squad that sports the best record in the league at 11-1.

Women’s Hockey – The Cougars are coming off a tough weekend at Mount Royal that saw two shutout wins for MRU goalie Zoe De Beauville. Regina (6-9-1-2) will look to rebound on the road this weekend with Friday evening and Saturday afternoon matchups against the second-place UBC Thunderbirds.

Wrestling (Women’s U SPORTS Ranking: No. 4 / Men’s U SPORTS Ranking: No. 9) – The men’s team competed at the Ridgewater Open in Willmar, Minn. last weekend, with Jordan Tholl finishing fourth in his weight class as the highest-placing Cougar. The women’s team was also in action for a pair of midweek duals in Montana, with the Cougars taking 38-6 and 23-19 victories over Providence and Southern Oregon, respectively. Both teams will be in action this weekend at the Golden Bear Invitational in Edmonton.

Swimming (Women’s U SPORTS Ranking: No. 7 / Men’s U SPORTS Ranking: No. 8) – Five members of the U of R’s men’s team will be in action this weekend at the Arena Pro Swim Series event in Austin, Texas. Noah Choboter, Jean-Philippe Dufresne, Brian Palaschuk, Etienne Paquin-Foisy, and Noah Wasyliw will all compete at the long-course meet, which will be hosted at the University of Texas’ swimming facility.

Track & Field – Six weeks after participating in the Larmer Friendship Games, the Cougars finally return to competition this weekend in Saskatoon with the Downtown Lions Sled Dog Meet on Friday and Saturday. It’ll be the first of three January meets for the Cougars, who are also scheduled to compete in the Golden Bear Open (Edmonton) and the Knights of Columbus Indoor Games (Saskatoon) this month.

(Andrew Hamilton/U of R)