Six Tigers Team Crack the CIS Top 10
With six teams currently ranked in the CIS Top 10, the 麻豆传媒 Tigers look poised to do some damage in the AUS and CIS postseasons this year. As of Tuesday the following teams cracked the CIS Top 10:
路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Men's basketball (#9)
路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Women's swim (#4)
路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Men's swim (#6)
路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Women's track (#8)
路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Men's track (#7)
路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Women's volleyball (鈥�#鈥嶵8)
Each team is the defending AUS champion in their respective sport and will look to repeat the success of 2015.
The men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 swimming teams will have the first crack at repeating their 2015 AUS championship February 12-14 at 麻豆传媒. On the men鈥檚 side, they will look to go for a record 18th straight AUS swimming title while the women will be vying for their 14th straight title.
Head coach Lance Cansdale and his swimmers will be looking towards the 2016 CIS championship hosted by l鈥橴niversit茅 de Laval in Quebec City. Last season the men placed 10th at nationals while the women鈥檚 team placed fifth.
On the track, the men鈥檚 team had a bounce back season last year after ending their 12-year AUS championship streak to the StFX X-Men in 2014. The women鈥檚 AUS championship streak dates all the way back to 1990 as the ladies will look to preserve a 25-year old streak. The Universit茅 de Moncton will have the honour of hosting this year on February 28 and March 1.
Coach Plato and the men鈥檚 basketball team had a storybook run to the AUS championship last season as the Cinderella team. They will not have the underdog advantage this time around as they are a favourite to capture their second AUS championship in as many years.
It won鈥檛 be an easy road to the championship due to the parity in the league this season. Currently four teams are tied a top the AUS standings, all with legitimate championship aspirations.
The AUS championship will run from March 4-6 at the Scotiabank Centre.
If the standings stay as they are, the women鈥檚 volleyball team should earn a bye to the semifinal of the AUS championship at Acadia February 26-28. The ladies currently have a four-point cushion on second place Memorial. 聽
The playoff future certainly looks bright for Tigers athletics!