CARLETON RAVENS

The 'Carleton Ravens' are the athletic teams that represent Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The most notable sports team for Carleton is the men's basketball team. In men's basketball, the Ravens have won the last five national men's championships. The Ravens' went on an 87-game winning from 2003 until it was snapped on 8 January 2006 by the Brock Badgers. Ten days later, the Ottawa Gee Gees ended the Ravens' 56-game home winning streak. The Ravens finished 2^nd in the World University Basketball Championships in 2004.
They are also current nordic skiing provincial champions in both men's and women's events (2 time defending men's champion). Carleton is located in the OUA Conference.
Carleton used to have a Canadian football team that had some success in the mid 1980s, but due to poor performances and a number of other reasons, the sport was cut in 1998. It had been in existance since 1945. [1] [2] Carleton's best football season was in 1985 when they lost in the Churchill Bowl to the Calgary Dinos 56-14, after having won the Dunsmore Cup. [3] There has been a movement to revive the team, but the University is not entertaining the idea.

Contents

Rivalry with the Gee Gees

Men's basketball

Women's basketball

Women's field hockey

Men's ice hockey

Women's ice hockey

Men's soccer

Women's soccer

Notable athletes

See also

External link

Rivalry with the Gee Gees

:''See also Carleton University#Rivalry with the University of Ottawa''
Carleton's biggest rivals are the Ottawa Gee Gees of the University of Ottawa. When Carleton had a football team, the annual match between the cross-town rivals was known as the "Panda Game".[4] The Panda Game originated in 1955. Carleton just won 13 games to Ottawa's 31. 20,000 people attended the game in 1987 at Frank Clair Stadium. [5]
Today, the rivaly is heated between the men's basketball teams, as the Ottawa Gee Gees are also a very succesful team. On January 23, 2007, the two basketball teams faced off at Scotiabank Place infront of nearly 9,720 spectators- a record crowd for a regular season CIS basketball game[6]. The Gee Gees won 64-62. [7] This event was known as the "Capital Hoops Classic".
=Teams=

★ Women's and men's: basketball, fencing, ice hockey, nordic skiing, rowing, soccer, swimming, water polo

★ Women's: field hockey

★ Men's: golf, rugby

Men's basketball

:''For the current season, see 2007-08 Carleton Ravens men's basketball season''
The Ravens have won the last 5 national championships (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007). Below is their record from the last five seasons.

Season	W	L	PF	PA	Finish
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

Women's basketball

Carleton has had less success in women's basketball

Season	W	L	PF	PA	Finish
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

Women's field hockey

Season	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts	Finish
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

Men's ice hockey

The Carleton men's hockey team will begin its innaugural season in 2007-08.

Women's ice hockey

Season	W	L	T	OTL	PF	PA	Pts	Finish
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

Men's soccer

Carleton also has a very a succesful 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.

Season	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts	Finish
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

Women's soccer

Despite having succesful regular seasons, the women's soccer team has had little success in the playoffs.

Season	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts	Finish
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

Notable athletes

''Basketball''

★ Ryan Bell

★ Aaron Doornekamp

★ Osvaldo Jeanty

★ Dave Smart (coach)

★ Mike Smart

See also

★ Canadian Interuniversity Sport

★ Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's basketball championship

External link

★ Carleton University athletics