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Both UPEI Soccer teams in CIS top 10 Athletics Main Site University of Prince Edward Island UPEI Home Future Students Current Students Alumni & Friends Parents & Family Staff & Faculty Contacts SuckerfishHome Campus Recreation & Club Sports Athletics Facilities Schedule & Scores Athlete of the Week Contact Us Partnerships Box Office Recruitment Panther Sport TeamsMens Soccer Womens Soccer Womens Rugby Field Hockey Mens Basketball Womens Basketball Mens Hockey Womens Hockey Swimming Both UPEI Soccer teams in CIS top 10UPEI Mens SoccerHeadlines Roster Coaching Staff Schedule & Scores Standings & Stats History & Awards Both UPEI Soccer teams in top ten for the week ending October 18 2009OTTAWA (CIS) Reigning national champion Alberta UBC and UNB top the first CIS rankings of the 200910 season in mens volleyball womens volleyball and mens hockey respectively In mens volleyball the twotime defending champion Golden Bears who have played in the last eight CIS finals winning four of them open at No 1 for the third straight year Alberta has now topped the last 34 national coaches polls going back to November of 2006 (1 for 1 in 200910 13 of 13 in 200809 12 of 12 in 200708 last 8 polls of 200607)The Bears who went 120 in the preseason including a 60 mark against CIS opponents kick off conference play this weekend with a pair of home tilts against the No 4Calgary Dinos Friday and Saturday The regular schedule also gets under way this week in Ontario while AUS teams join the action on Oct 31 and Quebec schools on Nov 6Rounding out the first mens volleyball Top 10 of the campaign are No 2McMaster No 3Laval No 5Manitoba No 6UBC No 7Dalhousie No 8Brandon No 9Winnipeg and No 10Trinity WesternIn womens volleyball the twotime defending goldmedallist Thunderbirds are ranked No 1 for the first time since January of 2003 UBC opens ahead of No 2Montreal which led all 13 national polls last season before settling for bronze at the CIS championship and No 3Manitoba which topped all 14 polls in 200708The topranked TBirds kick off the regular season this weekend when they host Winnipeg Friday and Saturday Conference play got under way on Oct 16 in the OUA with Western defeating Laurier in straight sets AUS teams hit the floor this weekend while the Quebec schedule is set to start on Oct 30Rounding out the first womens volleyball Top 10 of the fall are No 4Calgary No 5Alberta No 6Laval No 7Regina No 8Trinity Western No 9McGill and No 10UNBIn mens hockey the reigning University Cup champion Varsity Reds open at No 1 for the second time in three years UNB dominated UPEI 100 and Moncton 93 in the first weekend of AUS regularseason actionPerennial powerhouse Alberta which led the first 13 national polls a year ago before falling behi...