(HALIFAX, N.S.) – Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2019-20 regular season sport schedules for basketball, hockey, volleyball and swimming, as well as the hosts for the 2020 AUS winter championships.
All AUS regular season and postseason games will be webcast at AUStv.ca powered by Bell Aliant and select games will be broadcast live on Bell Aliant's Fibe TV on the TV1 channel (channel 1).
- Link to full 2019-20 AUS women's basketball schedule here.
- Link to full 2019-20 AUS men's basketball schedule here.
- Link to full 2019-20 AUS women's hockey schedule here.
- Link to full 2019-20 AUS men's hockey schedule here.
- Link to full 2019-20 AUS women's volleyball schedule here.
- Link to full 2019-20 AUS swimming schedule here.
Women's Hockey
The 2019-20 women's hockey season is set to begin Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. with the Dalhousie Tigers set to host the Saint Mary's Huskies in Halifax, N.S.
The remaining six teams will begin their seasons Friday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. The defending AUS champion St. Thomas Tommies will open their season on the road in Moncton versus the Aigles Bleues.
The Mount Allison Mounties will host the StFX X-Women in their home opener, while the UNB Reds play host to the UPEI Panthers.
The Reds look to build on last season's success after making it to the AUS semifinal playoffs round in their first season back in the AUS women's hockey conference.
Fall semester play concludes Sunday, Dec. 1 and resumes Wednesday, Jan. 8 following the holiday break.
The regular season wraps up Sunday, Feb. 9.
The top six teams in the standings will move on to post-season play. Three rounds of playoff series will be played with the top two seeds receiving byes into the semi-final round.
The quarterfinals will feature the third-place team taking on the sixth-place finisher, while the fourth-place team will face off against the fifth-place team.
The quarter-final, semi-final and final rounds will once again each be best-of-three affairs using a 'home-away-home' format where the higher seeded team will host the opening game of the series as well as the third and deciding game, if necessary.
The 2020 U SPORTS Women's Hockey Championship will be hosted by UPEI for the second consecutive year in Charlottetown, P.E.I., March 12-15.
As hosts, the Panthers receive an automatic berth in the national championship. A second Atlantic conference berth will be awarded to the AUS champion. Should UPEI claim the conference title, the second berth will be awarded to the AUS runner up.
Please visit http://www.atlanticuniversitysport.com/championships/index to view the complete 2019-20 AUS championship schedule.