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Carleton Ravens
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UniversityCarleton University
AssociationU Sports
ConferenceOntario University Athletics
Athletic directorJennifer Brenning
LocationOttawa, Ontario
Varsity teams15
Football stadiumTAAG Park
Basketball arenaRavens' Nest
Ice hockey arenaCarleton Ice House
Soccer stadiumTAAG Park
MascotRodney the Raven
NicknameRavens
ColoursBlack, White, and Red
     
Websitegoravens.ca

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 16 of the last 19 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 won the silver medal at the 2015 Winter Universiade in Granada.[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).

Varsity sports

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Men's sports Women's sports
Basketball Basketball
Fencing Fencing
Football Golf
Golf Ice hockey
Ice hockey Nordic skiing
Nordic skiing Rowing
Rowing Rugby
Soccer Soccer

Men's basketball

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Main article: Carleton Ravens men's basketball
Men's basketball game between Carleton and uOttawa

The Ravens have won 17 of the last 20 national championships (2003 to 2007, 2009, 2011 to 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023). Below is their regular season record since 1996–97. Of note, they have captured the Wilson Cup 12 times. Five of those national titles were won consecutively between 2002–03 and 2006–07 plus seven consecutive titles between 2010–2011 and 2016–2017, surpassing the University of Victoria at the top of the all-time list.[3] The Vikes had seven consecutive wins in the 1980s. With its 12th crown in 2016, the Ravens eclipsed the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team as the college with the most national basketball titles, a feat accomplished in 14 years, compared with UCLA's 11 titles in 32 seasons.

As part of its athletic rivalry with the University of Ottawa, the team has participated in Capital Hoops Classic since its inception in 2007, which typically takes place in late January and early February at the arena at TD Place. In fourteen years of the event, Carleton has won on eleven occasions.

Women's basketball

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Main article: Carleton Ravens 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] They won a second national title in 2023. The Ravens have also won the OUA Critelli Cup conference championship three times, in 2017, 2018, and 2023. Between 2009 and 2018, the Ruth Coe Award, recognizing Carleton University’s Female Athlete of the Year, was won by seven female basketball players. Additionally, the program served as host team for the 2020 U Sports Women's Basketball Championship, contested at Ottawa's TD Place Arena.

Curling

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Carleton won the national women's championship in 2014 and the national men's championship in 2019. In 2025 Carleton won the men's provincial championship and captured the silver medal at the national championship.

Fencing

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The Carleton fencing team competes on the Ontario University Athletics circuit and has won four women's championships and six men's championships. The most recent women's championship came in 2013, while the most recent men's championship came in 2015.[5] The team's head coach is Kyle Girard.

Women's field hockey

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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
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

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Main article: Carleton Ravens football

The Carleton Ravens football team returned to the Ontario University Athletics football conference in 2013 after a 15-year absence.[6] Upon their return, the team was led by head coach Steve Sumarah from 2013 to 2021.[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] After Sumarah was dismissed with a losing record over eight seasons, Corey Grant was hired as the team's head coach for the 2022 season.[9] The football team plays at Keith Harris Stadium.

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.[10] 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.[11][12] 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.[13]

Men's golf

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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
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

Men's ice hockey

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Main article: Carleton Ravens men's ice hockey
Carleton goaltender Francis Dupuis during 2013-14 season vs. Windsor Lancers.
Carleton during 2013-14 season vs. Windsor Lancers.

The Carleton Ravens men's ice hockey team plays within the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports.[14]

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
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[15] 20 7 1 116 62 41 3rd, OUA East
2016–17 16 9 3 98 62 35 5th, OUA East
2017–18 15 9 4 98 76 38 4th, OUA East
2018–19 17 8 5 99 75 41 2nd, OUA East
2019–20 24 3 1 102 62 49 1st, OUA East
2021–22 4 4 3 31 36 11 4th, OUA Far East

Women's ice hockey

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Main article: Carleton Ravens women's ice hockey
Season W L T OTL PF PF 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
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[16] 5 15 – 0 23 65 10 5th, RSEQ

Men's soccer

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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
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[17] 8 2 6 26 11 30 4th, OUA East

Women's soccer

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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
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[18] 7 6 3 27 13 24 6th, OUA East

Club sports

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Men's sports Women's sports
Baseball Artistic swimming
Curling Curiing
Rugby Equestrian
Swimming Figure skating
Lacrosse Swimming
Track and field Track and field
Ultimate frisbee Ultimate frisbee
Water polo Water polo

Rivalries

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Ottawa Gee-Gees

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Main articles: Panda Game, Capital Hoops Classic, and Colonel By Classic

Carleton's biggest rivals are the 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.[19] 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.

The rivalry also extends to Men's Rugby where the two teams play annually around Halloween for the Pumpkin Bowl Trophy. Started in 2015, the two teams have played this match almost every year since, taking turns hosting, but Carleton has never won this trophy.

Notable athletes

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Basketball

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Curling

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Football

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Soccer

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Athletes of the Year

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This is an incomplete list

Year Athlete (female) Sport Athlete (male) Sport Ref.
2010–11 Alyson Bush Basketball Tyson Hinz Basketball [21]
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15 Natasha Smith Rugby Thomas Scrubb Basketball [22]
2015–16 Megan Evans Nordic Skiing Brett Welychka Men’s Hockey [23]
2016–17 Heather Lindsay Women’s Basketball Kaza Kajami-Keane Men’s basketball [24]
2017–18 Elizabeth Leblanc Women's Basketball Gabriel Bitar Men's Soccer [25]
2018–19 Zöe Williams Nordic Skiing Eddie Ekiyor Basketball [26]
2019–20 Zöe Williams Nordic Skiing Jack Cassar Football [27]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Peter Gross, sports report, March 13, 2017, CFTR 680 News, Toronto
  2. ^ "Granada 2015". www.booked.net.
  3. ^ "Carleton cruises to record 9th CIS men's basketball title". CBC News.
  4. ^ "Carleton beats Saskatchewan 69-48 to win U Sports women's basketball title". The Globe and Mail. March 12, 2018.
  5. ^ "Fencing Champions - Ontario University Athletics (OUA)". Ontario University Athletics. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  6. ^ "Carleton football veteran celebrates team's revival". Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Sumarah Gone: Carleton Ravens dismiss head football coach, begin 'national search'". Toronto Sun. January 12, 2022.
  8. ^ "Carleton Ravens Football Team Eyes Vanier Cup - Carleton University". Carleton Newsroom.
  9. ^ "FRavens Name Corey Grant as the New Head Coach". Carleton Ravens. March 18, 2022.
  10. ^ "Exhibits browse | Archives & Special Collections". asc.library.carleton.ca.
  11. ^ "Football - more than just a game - Fall 2002 - Carleton University Magazine". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
  12. ^ "Carleton Ravens". Archived from the original on October 10, 2003. Retrieved July 5, 2006.
  13. ^ "CIS Media Guide and Almanac 2007-2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
  14. ^ "Former Penguins draft pick to suit up for Ravens next season - Go Ravens". Goravens.ca. June 11, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  15. ^ "2015-16 CIS Men's Hockey Standings". U Sports.
  16. ^ "2015-16 CIS Women's Hockey Standings". U Sports.
  17. ^ "2015 CIS Men's Soccer Standings". U Sports.
  18. ^ "2015 CIS Women's Soccer Standings". U Sports.
  19. ^ Carleton hosts Ottawa in 5th Capital Hoops Classic
  20. ^ "Canada Basketball | OSVALDO JEANTY 2007 Senior Men's National Team". Archived from the original on November 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
  21. ^ "Ravens honoured at Varsity Awards Banquet". goravens.ca/. April 1, 2011. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  22. ^ "Ravens honoured at Varsity Awards Banquet". goravens.ca/. March 19, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  23. ^ "Evans and Welychka named Carleton's 2015-16 Athletes of the Year". goravens.ca/. March 31, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  24. ^ "Carleton Ravens announce 2016-17 major award winners". goravens.ca/. March 28, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  25. ^ "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.
  26. ^ Stuart Miller-Davis (March 29, 2019). "Ravens celebrate outstanding seasons by varsity athletes". goravens.ca/. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  27. ^ Mark Bahensky (April 13, 2020). "Ravens commemorate athletic excellence with annual awards". goravens.ca/. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
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