Women’s Soccer: UBC Thunderbirds Remain Perched Atop U SPORTS Top 10
The following story of this week’s rankings for USports Women’s Soccer are courtesy of USports and their staff from September 13, 2022. https://usports.ca/en/sports/soccer/f/news/2022/09/3914730081/wsoccer-top-10-09142022
The UBC Thunderbirds continue to soar atop the U SPORTS women’s soccer top 10 after a pair of wins last weekend including a 2-1 victory over the defending champion MacEwan Griffins.
Katalin Tolnai continued her torrid scoring pace, marking all four goals for the T-Birds this weekend who blanked the Alberta Pandas to open the weekend before sending the Griffins to their second loss of the campaign. As a result, MacEwan drops one spot to no. 9. The Trinity Western Spartans moved up on position to no. 2 after a pair of shutouts over Lethbridge and Mount Royal.
The Montreal Carabins leapt from fifth to no. 3 in this week’s rankings, while the previous second-ranked Ottawa Gee-Gees fell to no. 4 after a 1-0 home-field loss to the Toronto Varsity Blues. Laval dropped one spot to fifth despite a 3-0 blanking of the Bishop’s Gaiters.
The biggest mover in the Top 10 this week are the no. 6 Acadia Axewomen who jumped three spots after a pair of wins to open the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) season. The no. 7 Calgary Dinos remain unchanged posting a 2-0 record against Manitoba opponents. Queen’s checks in at no. 8 after a 1-1 draw with the former no. 2 Gee-Gees.
The only team to enter the Top 10 this week are the Western Mustangs who posted back-to-back wins over the Laurier Golden Hawks to move into the rankings.
There is only one Top 10 match-up this week on the Road to the U SPORTS women’s soccer championship in Québec City when the no. 7 Calgary Dinos travel to the Alberta capital to take on the no. 9 Grant MacEwan Griffins on Sunday.
Full rankings
| Rank/Rang | Team/Équipe | Record/Fiche | ELO | Previous/Précédent |
| 1 | UBC | 5-0-0 | 1761.42 | 1 |
| 2 | Trinity Western | 3-1-0 | 1734.34 | 3 |
| 3 | Montréal | 2-1-0 | 1689.66 | 5 |
| 4 | Ottawa | 2-1-1 | 1686.17 | 2 |
| 5 | Laval | 3-0-0 | 1685.00 | 4 |
| 6 | Acadia | 2-0-0 | 1680.72 | 9 |
| 7 | Calgary | 4-0-0 | 1677.51 | 7 |
| 8 | Queen’s | 1-0-2 | 1674.49 | 6 |
| 9 | MacEwan | 2-2-0 | 1663.98 | 8 |
| 10 | Western | 3-0-1 | 1645.58 | NR/NC |
Tomorrow: CCAA National Rankings for this week.