Women’s soccer team ranked No. 10 in the nation

After a one-week absence, the University of the Fraser Valley women’s soccer team is back in the CIS top-10 rankings.

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In the new poll released Tuesday, the Cascades check in at No. 10 in the nation. Head coach Rob Giesbrecht’s squad is coming off a thrilling 3-0 playoff upset of the then-No. 5 Victoria Vikes on Saturday in the Canada West quarter-finals.

That result earned the Cascades a spot in the conference’s Final Four, hosted by Trinity Western University. UFV takes on the CIS No. 7-ranked Alberta Pandas in the semifinals at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at TWU Rogers Field, and a victory would clinch a trip to nationals in Quebec City the following week (Nov. 6-9). The Canada West bronze and gold medal games are at Rogers Field on Saturday, at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively.

The complete CIS women’s soccer rankings are as follows:

Women’s soccer

(regular season / playoff records) / votes / (previous ranking)

1. Ottawa (15-1-0 / 1-0) / 48 points / (1)
2. Trinity Western (10-1-1 / 1-0) / 46 / (2)
3. Laval (13-1-0) / 39 / (3)
4. Wilfrid Laurier (12-1-3 / 1-0) / 32 / (6)
5. Western (13-2-1 / 1-0) / 28 / (4)
6. UOIT (12-2-2 / 1-0) / 25 / (7)
7. Alberta (7-1-4 / 1-0) / 15 / (NR)
8. UNB (10-1-2) / 14 / (10)
9. Montreal (9-1-4) / 13 / (9)
10. Fraser Valley (7-2-3 / 1-0) / 9 / (NR)

Other teams receiving votes: Memorial (2), Victoria (2), Saskatchewan (1), York (1).