Sports

For the second time in the last four years, Carleton University’s swimming team has lost its varsity status.

Jennifer Brenning, Carleton’s director of the department of recreation and athletics, said the swimming team is now being run on a “university club” basis by the Ravens of Carleton Swimming (ROCS) club.

Brenning said the demotion took place because the department does not have the resources to invest in order to build a high performance competitive program, as per Swimming Canada’s standards.

Despite her seven years of competitive swimming experience and participation in numerous national competitions, first-year student Avery Zingel won’t be joining Carleton University’s swimming team after learning of the registration fee.

Zingel said she decided against joining the program after she was informed by the team’s co-head coach John Hawes of the $2,100 registration fee that would be required in order to be a member of the team.

Joe Pleckaitis, the most recent addition to the Carleton Ravens men’s hockey team, took part in the Boston Bruins rookie camp last week.

Pleckaitis, who attended the Chicago Blackhawks prospects camp in 2008 and the Vancouver Canucks rookie camp in 2009, said he got the invite from the Bruins and hit the road less than a day later.

“I met with my agent . . . he informed me that some scouts from the Boston Bruins looked at game footage of me and wanted to see me perform,” Pleckaitis said.

270 minutes. That’s how long the Carleton Ravens men’s soccer team has gone without allowing a goal so far this season.

The Ravens defeated the Laurentian University Voyageurs 2-0 Sept. 18, extending their winning — and shutout — streak to three games to start the season.

In their first road game of the season, Justin Campos put the Ravens up early with a goal in the 8th minute and Sam McHugh added to the lead with a free-kick goal in the 70th.

The Carleton Ravens women’s hockey team remains undefeated in exhibition competition after winning both games against the University of Western Ontario Mustangs last weekend at the Carleton Ice House.

After a 5-3 victory Sept. 18, the Ravens held on for a 3-2 shootout win Sept. 19, despite surrendering a two-goal third-period lead and outshooting their opponents by a 41-17 margin.