Taylor Ungar becomes Canada West all-time digs leader

Taylor Ungar became the Canada West all-time digs leader over the weekend as the University of Regina Cougars women’s volleyball team swept the weekend series against MacEwan University.

Ungar scored 19 digs Saturday and passed former Alberta player Jessie Niles’ career mark on Saturday, now sitting at 1,323 for her career.

The Cougars won both Friday and Saturday’s match-ups in three sets, pushing their winning streak to six games.

While the sweep will push to the Cougars’ record to 12-8, it didn’t help make up ground on the fourth-place UBC Thunderbirds as they also pulled off a sweep.

The women’s volleyball team will travel to Okanagan to face UBC this upcoming weekend.

Women’s basketball team pushes streak to 6

The Cougars women’s basketball team continued their winning ways, earning a weekend sweep over Winnipeg.

On Friday, the team shot an impressive 53 per cent from the field en route to a 89-43 road win.

While it was a closer game Saturday, six different players scored double digit points as the team won 79-66.

The team currently sits fourth according to RPI, the stat Canada West uses to seed playoff teams.

The Cougars will host the first place U of S Huskies this weekend. The team could finish from third to fifth place in RPI heading into the playoffs.

Men’s basketball team splits weekend series

The men’s basketball team split the weekend series after a tip-in basket with one-tenth of a second left gave Winnipeg a win Saturday.

On Friday, the Cougars used a 36-9 third quarter to get the 96-87 win. It pushed the Cougars winning streak to five games.

But that streak came to an end with the last-second 91-89 Saturday loss.

The Cougars currently sit fifth in terms of RPI and are in the running to host a Canada West play-in, or wildcard game.

Men’s Hockey team falls to high-powered Alberta

The number two ranked University of Alberta defeated the Cougars men’s hockey team in both games over the weekend, earning the season sweep over the U of R.

Luke Philp scored four goals for Alberta as the team beat the Cougars 6-3 Friday.

Alberta continued to score in bunches Saturday, trouncing the Cougars 7-1 Saturday.

The Cougars will meet the seventh-ranked Calgary Dinos next weekend.

Sub- Women’s hockey team drops both games to Alberta

The women’s hockey team suffered the same fate as the men’s team over the weekend, getting swept by the Alberta Pandas.

The team was shutout on Friday, losing 5-0 against the number four ranked Pandas.

While the team found the back of the net Saturday, its lone goal wasn’t enough as Alberta cruised to a 4-1 win.