Carleton Ravens
Carleton Ravens | |
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University | Carleton University |
Association | U Sports |
Conference | Ontario University Athletics |
Athletic director | Jennifer Brenning |
Location | Ottawa, Ontario |
Varsity teams | 15 |
Mascot | Rodney the Raven |
Nickname | Ravens |
Colours | Black, White, and Red |
Website | www |
The Carleton Ravens are the athletic teams that represent Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. The most notable sports team for Carleton is the men's basketball team. In men's basketball, the Ravens have won 15 of the last 18 national men's championships, which is more than any top division college in Canada or the United States.[1] The Ravens went on an 87-game winning streak from 2003 to 2006. They also had a 54-game home winning streak. The Ravens finished 2nd in the World University Basketball Championships in 2004.
Outside basketball, the Ravens are the current Women's Curling national champions, earning silver at the Winter Universiade Granada in 2015.[2] They are also the Men's Water Polo and Men's Fencing provincial champions. The Men's Hockey team also placed 3rd in the province and made an appearance at nationals. Carleton participates in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Conference for all varsity sports, except the Women's Hockey and Rugby teams who play in Quebec Student Sport Federation (RSEQ).
Rivalry with the Gee-Gees[]
Carleton's biggest rivals are the Ottawa Gee-Gees of the University of Ottawa. An annual football game known as the Panda Game is played between the cross-town rivals. It is the most well known rivalry game in Canadian collegiate football[citation needed]. Since its inception in 1955, the Gee-Gees have won 33 to Carleton's 13. From 1998 to 2012, Carleton did not have a football program so the Panda Game was not held.
Today, the rivalry has extended to the schools' basketball teams, as both universities have men's and women's teams that finish near the top of the standings. On January 23, 2007, the two men's basketball teams faced off at Scotiabank Place, now known as Canadian Tire Centre, in front of nearly 9,720 spectators, which was a record crowd for a regular season U Sports basketball game. The Ottawa Gee-Gees won the inaugural event 64–62. The event, now known as the Capital Hoops Classic, has been expanded to include the women's teams as well, with the Classic featuring a doubleheader of both teams. The January 28, 2009 edition of the game broke the 2007 record with 10,523 fans attending the two games, with both of Carleton's teams posting victories over Ottawa.[3] In the 2013–14 season the teams faced each other both in the provincial and national finals, with uOttawa winning the OUA championship and Carleton winning the national title. In 2014-15, the two teams met again in the national championship game, with Carleton once again winning.
Teams[]
- men's basketball
- women's basketball
- fencing
- football
- golf
- men's hockey
- women's hockey
- nordic skiing
- rowing
- women's rugby
- men's soccer
- women's soccer
- swimming
- men's water polo
- women's water polo
- 15 club sports: http://goravens.ca/clubs/
Men's basketball[]
The Ravens have won 15 of the last 18 national championships (2003 to 2007, 2009, 2011 to 2017, 2019, 2020). Below is their regular season record since 1996–97. Of note, they have captured the Wilson Cup 12 times.
Season | W | L | PF | PA | Finish |
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1996–97 | 5 | 15 | 1360 | 1678 | 7th, OUA East |
1997–98 | 7 | 13 | 1391 | 1542 | 6th, OUA East |
1998–99 | 12 | 8 | 1392 | 1351 | 2nd, OUA East |
1999-00 | 11 | 9 | 1321 | 1357 | 3rd, OUA East |
2000–01 | 21 | 1 | 1777 | 1390 | 1st, OUA East |
2001–02 | 19 | 3 | 1826 | 1443 | 1st, OUA East |
2002–03 | 21 | 1 | 1842 | 1400 | 1st, OUA East |
2003–04 | 22 | 0 | 1635 | 1270 | 1st, OUA East |
2004–05 | 22 | 0 | 1615 | 1268 | 1st, OUA East |
2005–06 | 20 | 2 | 1695 | 1266 | 1st, OUA East |
2006–07 | 19 | 3 | 1693 | 1282 | 1st, OUA East |
2007–08 | 22 | 0 | 1869 | 1318 | 1st, OUA East |
2008–09 | 21 | 1 | 1960 | 1393 | 1st, OUA East |
20 | 2 | 1901 | 1389 | 1st, OUA East | |
2010–11 | 22 | 0 | 2016 | 1341 | 1st, OUA East |
2011–12 | 22 | 0 | 2087 | 1245 | 1st, OUA East |
2012-13 | 19 | 1 | 1819 | 1232 | 1st, OUA East |
2013-14 | 22 | 0 | 2073 | 1368 | 1st, OUA East |
2014-15 | 17 | 2 | 1730 | 1072 | 2nd, OUA North |
2015-16 | 16 | 3 | 1641 | 1153 | 2nd, OUA North |
2016-17 | 19 | 0 | 1748 | 1114 | 1st, OUA North |
2017-18 | 23 | 0 | 2036 | 1389 | 1st, OUA East |
2018-19 | 22 | 1 | 2101 | 1364 | 1st, OUA East |
2019-20 | 21 | 1 | 2151 | 1398 | 1st, OUA East |
Women's basketball[]
Carleton's women's basketball program has become one of the most competitive in Canada, winning their first National Championship in 2018.[4]
Season | W | L | PF | PA | Finish |
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2003–04 | 7 | 15 | 1198 | 1273 | 7th, OUA East |
2004–05 | 5 | 17 | 1120 | 1281 | 7th, OUA East |
2005–06 | 10 | 12 | 1268 | 1267 | 5th, OUA East |
2006–07 | 5 | 17 | 1272 | 1477 | 6th, OUA East |
2007–08 | 8 | 14 | 1280 | 1307 | 5th, OUA East |
2008–09 | 14 | 8 | 1388 | 1184 | 3rd, OUA East |
2009–10 | 18 | 4 | 1473 | 1119 | 1st, OUA East |
2010–11 | 18 | 4 | 1430 | 1209 | 1st, OUA East |
2011–12 | 17 | 5 | 1494 | 1157 | 2nd, OUA East |
2012-13 | 15 | 5 | 1337 | 1048 | 2nd, OUA East |
2013-14 | 16 | 6 | 1290 | 1172 | 1st, OUA East |
2014-15 | 9 | 10 | 1113 | 1047 | 2nd, OUA North |
2015-16[5] | 14 | 5 | 1289 | 1061 | 2nd, OUA North |
2016-17 | 18 | 1 | 1296 | 970 | 1st, OUA North |
2017-18 | 23 | 0 | 1666 | 1055 | 1st, OUA East |
2018-19 | 18 | 5 | 1532 | 1242 | 2nd, OUA East |
Women's field hockey[]
Season | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | Finish |
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2002 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 3rd, OUA East |
2003 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 66 | 4 | 7th, OUA |
2004 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 12 | 7th, OUA |
2005 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 16 | 6th, OUA |
2006 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 42 | 8 | 7th, OUA |
2007 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 55 | 10 | 6th, OUA |
2008 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 9 | 7th, OUA |
2009 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 8th, OUA |
2010 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 82 | 0 | 8th, OUA |
The women's field hockey team has not participated in U Sports since 2010.
Football[]
The Carleton Ravens football team returned to the Ontario University Athletics football conference in 2013 after a 15-year absence.[6] The team plays at Keith Harris Stadium and is led by head coach Steve Sumarah.[7] In 2013, Sumarah predicted his team would play in the semi-finals within four years, and in 2016 the team accomplished that goal.[8]
Historically, the Ravens football team first began play just after the Second World War in 1945 and was in continuous operation until the program was dropped in 1998.[9] While the team had some success in the mid-1980s, poor performances and a plan by the Carleton Athletic department to invest more funds in other sports led to the sport being cut after the 1998 season.[10][11] In their history, the Ravens won one Dunsmore Cup conference championship in 1985, but lost in the following Western Bowl to the Calgary Dinos 56 to 14.[12]
Men's ice hockey[]
The Carleton Ravens men's ice hockey team plays within the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports.[13]
Former NHL hockey player Shaun Van Allen has led Carleton as head coach since the fall of 2017, when he took the program over from previous head coach Marty Johnston. Under Van Allen, the Ravens program has continued to be a consistently-.500 team into a perennial threat in the OUA's Eastern Conference. Despite a plethora of regular-season success, the program has repeatedly been handed early playoff exits by the arch-rival UQTR Patriotes. The Ravens overcame the Patriotes in the 2019 playoffs en route to winning the OUA Bronze medal.
Season | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | Finish |
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2007–08 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 88 | 110 | 27 | 4th, OUA Far East |
2008–09 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 91 | 89 | 30 | 4th, OUA Far East |
2009–10 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 101 | 87 | 33 | 4th, OUA East |
2010–11 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 108 | 67 | 38 | 3rd, OUA East |
2011-12 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 100 | 78 | 33 | 7th, OUA East |
2012-13 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 101 | 75 | 40 | 2nd, OUA East |
2013-14 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 128 | 67 | 45 | 1st, OUA East |
2014-15 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 108 | 58 | 41 | 2nd, OUA East |
2015-16[14] | 20 | 7 | 1 | 116 | 62 | 41 | 3rd, OUA East |
2016-17 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 98 | 62 | 35 | 5th, OUA East |
2017-18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 95 | 89 | 36 | 4th, OUA East |
Women's ice hockey[]
Season | W | L | T | OTL | PF | PA | Pts | Finish |
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2004–05 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 83 | 1 | 4th, QSSF |
2005–06 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 61 | 1 | 4th, QSSF |
2006–07 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 63 | 10 | 3rd, QSSF |
2007–08 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 57 | 14 | 3rd, QSSF |
2008–09 | 7 | 11 | – | 0 | 31 | 61 | 14 | 3rd, QSSF |
2009–10 | 8 | 12 | – | 0 | 39 | 47 | 16 | 4th, Quebec |
2010–11 | 7 | 8 | – | 5 | 46 | 59 | 19 | 4th, RSEQ |
2011–12 | 9 | 8 | – | 3 | 53 | 75 | 21 | 3rd, RSEQ |
2012–13 | 7 | 12 | – | 1 | 46 | 85 | 15 | 4th, RSEQ |
2013–14 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 90 | 6 | 6th, RSEQ |
2014–15 | 3 | 17 | – | 0 | 24 | 96 | 6 | 5th, RSEQ |
2015–16[15] | 5 | 15 | – | 0 | 23 | 65 | 10 | 5th, RSEQ |
Men's soccer[]
Carleton also has a soccer team. In 2002, the team lost the finals 1–0 in OT to the Brock Badgers. They were OUA champions again in 2005, but lost in the quarter-finals of the national championships. In 2012, the Ravens men's soccer team advanced to CIS (now U Sports) Nationals and finished in 6th place at the CIS Championship Finals.
Season | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | Finish |
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2002 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 8 | 32 | 1st, OUA South/East |
2003 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 21 | 4th, OUA South/East |
2004 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 1st, OUA East |
2005 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 24 | 1st, OUA East |
2006 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 7 | 24 | 2nd, OUA East |
2007 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 7 | 33 | 1st, OUA East |
2008 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 37 | 1st, OUA East |
2009 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 29 | 2nd, OUA East |
2010 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 29 | 2nd, OUA East |
2011 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 14 | 33 | 1st, OUA East |
2012 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 32 | 2nd, OUA East |
2013 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 27 | 2nd, OUA East |
2014 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 30 | 4th, OUA East |
2015[16] | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 11 | 30 | 4th, OUA East |
Women's soccer[]
Despite having successful regular seasons, the women's soccer team has had little success in the playoffs.
Season | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts | Finish |
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2002 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 3rd, OUA East |
2003 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 3rd, OUA East |
2004 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 20 | 3rd, OUA East |
2005 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 24 | 3rd, OUA East |
2006 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 36 | 2nd, OUA East |
2007 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 29 | 4th, OUA East |
2008 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 6th, OUA East |
2009 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 5th, OUA East |
2010 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 24 | 4th, OUA East |
2011 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 26 | 4th, OUA East |
2012 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 26 | 29 | 5th, OUA East |
2013 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 14 | 31 | 3rd, OUA East |
2014 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 25 | 5th, OUA East |
2015[17] | 7 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 24 | 6th, OUA East |
Men's golf[]
Men's golf has had a long history at Carleton. Despite many strong individual performances, the Ravens have struggled to find team success at the OUA stage.
Season | Finish | Location | Host |
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2007 | 12th | Royal Ottawa Golf Club | University of Ottawa Gee-Gee's |
2008 | 7th | Crosswinds Golf Club | McMaster University Marauders |
2009 | 10th | Angus Glen Golf Club - South | University of Toronto Varsity Blues |
2010 | 11th | Angus Glen Golf Club - South | University of Toronto Varsity Blues |
2011 | 13th | Cataraqui Golf and Country Club | Queen's University Gaels |
2012 | 13th | Grey Silo Golf Club | University of Waterloo Warriors |
2013 | 14th | Grey Silo Golf Club | Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks |
Notable athletes[]
Basketball
- Ryan Bell
- Aaron Doornekamp
- Tyson Hinz
- Osvaldo Jeanty[18]
- Kaza Kajami-Keane
- Philip Scrubb
- Thomas Scrubb
- Stuart Turnbull
- Dave Smart (coach)
- Rob Smart (player, coach)
- Connor Wood
Curling
Football
- Tunde Adeleke
- Michael Allen
- Nate Behar
- Carl Coulter
- Jason Kralt
- Cameron Legault
Soccer
- Gabriel Bitar
Athletes of the Year[]
This is an incomplete list
Year | Female Athlete | Sport | Male Athlete | Sport |
2010-11[19] | Alyson Bush | Basketball | Tyson Hinz | Basketball |
2011-12 | ||||
2012-13 | ||||
2013-14 | ||||
2014-15[20] | Natasha Smith | Rugby | Thomas Scrubb | Basketball |
2015-16 [21] | Megan Evans | Nordic Skiing | Brett Welychka | Men’s Hockey |
2016-17 [22] | Heather Lindsay | Women’s Basketball | Kaza Kajami-Keane | Men’s basketball |
2017-18[23] | Elizabeth Leblanc | Women's Basketball | Gabriel Bitar | Men's Soccer |
2018-19 [24] | Zöe Williams | Nordic Skiing | Eddie Ekiyor | Basketball |
2019-20[25] | Zöe Williams | Nordic Skiing | Jack Cassar | Football |
See also[]
- U Sports
- U Sports men's basketball championship
References[]
- ^ Peter Gross, sports report, March 13, 2017, CFTR 680 News, Toronto
- ^ "Granada 2015". www.booked.net.
- ^ Carleton hosts Ottawa in 5th Capital Hoops Classic
- ^ "Carleton beats Saskatchewan 69-48 to win U Sports women's basketball title" – via The Globe and Mail.
- ^ http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wbkb/2015-16/standings-conf
- ^ "Carleton football veteran celebrates team's revival". Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2011.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ^ [1][permanent dead link] Sumarah named new Ravens football head coach
- ^ "Carleton Ravens Football Team Eyes Vanier Cup - Carleton University". Carleton Newsroom.
- ^ "Exhibits browse | Archives & Special Collections". asc.library.carleton.ca.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://goravens.ca/news/mens-hockey/2014/06/former-penguins-draft-pick-suit-ravens-next-season/
- ^ http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/mice/2015-16/standings-conf
- ^ http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2015-16/standings-conf
- ^ http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/msoc/2015-16/standings-conf
- ^ http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wsoc/2015-16/standings-conf
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Ravens honoured at Varsity Awards Banquet". goravens.ca/. April 1, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
- ^ "Ravens honoured at Varsity Awards Banquet". goravens.ca/. March 19, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ "Evans and Welychka named Carleton's 2015-16 Athletes of the Year". goravens.ca/. March 31, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ "Carleton Ravens announce 2016-17 major award winners". goravens.ca/. March 28, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ "Carleton honours major award winners at 2017-18 varsity gala; Leblanc & Bitar named athletes of the year". goravens.ca/. March 29, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ Stuart Miller-Davis (March 29, 2019). "Ravens celebrate outstanding seasons by varsity athletes". goravens.ca/. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ Mark Bahensky (April 13, 2020). "Ravens commemorate athletic excellence with annual awards". goravens.ca/. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
External links[]
- Media related to Carleton Ravens at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Carleton Ravens
- U Sports teams
- Sports teams in Ottawa