On Saturday the 2009 Winter Universiade concluded with their closing ceremonies. Over the 11 days of competition China amassed 48 medals: 18 gold, 18 silver and 12 bronze while Russia finished second with 51 medals: 18 gold, 14 silver and 19 bronze. Canada finished in 11th place with six total medals: a gold in women’s ice hockey, silvers in men’s ice hockey, men’s short track speed skating 100M and 5000m relay, and women’s curling and a bronze in women’s short track speed skating 3000m relay.
Staying at the university level several CIS championships took place over the weekend. At the 2009 CIS Women’s Volleyball Championship, the second seed University of British Columbia Thunderbirds defeated the fourth seeded University of Calgary Dinos in five sets to claim their second straight title. Top seeded Montreal Carabins, who lost to the Calgary Dinos in their semi-final, beat their Quebec rival, Laval Rouge et Or, in five sets to settle for third. Trinity Western Spartans claimed fifth spot in a come from behind, five set victory over the York Lions. The men’s Alberta Golden Bears team was not going to be outdone and also defended their title by winning the 2009 Men’s Volleyball Championship. The Bears swept Laval Rouge et Or in the final. The Brandon Bobcats held onto third for the fourth straight year by defeating the McMaster Marauders in four sets while the Dalhousie Tigers downed the Thompson Rivers Wolf Pack in five sets for fifth spot.
After a run of ten straight national team titles, the Brock University men’s wrestling team will have to settle for second place behind Simon Fraser University at the 2009 CIS Wrestling Championship. Concordia finished two points behind Brock for third spot. The University of Calgary women gave the host crowd something to cheer about by claiming the women’s team title. Simon Fraser came second while Saskatchewan finished third and Brock came in fourth. Full details of all matches can be found on the event’s website.
Besides the university events taking place this weekend, there were two curling events of note wrapping up as well. In Victoria, BC, Team Canada defended their title at the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and will travel to South Korea to defend their World title at the end of the month. BC’s team skipped by Marla Mallett played well until the seventh end when they let Jennifer Jones’ team steal two and seal the win. BC lead the round robin going 8-3 while Team Canada finished 7-4 and was forced to win a tie breaker before entering the playoffs. In other curling action, Team Canada defeated Sweden in the finals of the 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship. Germany claimed bronze after defeating USA 6-4.
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