Campus Preview: Calgary Dinos welcome Manitoba Bisons for crucial Senior Day football clash

Dinos Women’s Hockey (2-1-0-1)

• Friday, Oct. 23, Calgary vs. Mount Royal, Father David Bauer Arena, 7 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 24, Calgary at Mount Royal, Calgary Flames Community Arenas, 5 p.m.

Fresh from their weekend sweep of the Regina Cougars, the Dinos open a home-and-away set with the Mount Royal Cougars, who enter on a two-game winning streak after an early bye week. 

Mount Royal swept MacEwan on Oct. 9 and 10 in their opening fixtures, winning 3-1 on consecutive nights, where the Cougars had six different scorers across the two games. Second-year defender Isa MacPhee leads the point scorers for her side after securing two assists in their most recent win over the Griffins. 

While the Dinos responded well to their defeat to Saskatchewan on opening weekend, beating Regina 5-4 before recording a 4-2 win the next day. Sydney Mercier leads the points chart for Calgary through four games with seven points, with Mikayla Blomquist and Evelyn Lawrence closely behind with 5 points each. 

Player to Watch: Mikayla Blomquist. Leading the goal-scoring charts early in the season, Blomquist scored three times in the two games against Regina, putting her total at four through four games. 

Dinos Men’s Hockey (1-3-0)

• Friday, Oct. 23, Calgary at Mount Royal, Calgary Flames Community Arenas, 7 p.m. 
• Saturday, Oct. 24, Calgary vs. Mount Royal, Father David Bauer Arena, 5 p.m.

After opening their account for the season with their 3-2 win against Regina on Saturday to split the weekend, the Dinos are back in action, this time facing crosstown rivals Mount Royal. 

Falling to a 4-2 defeat to Regina on Saturday, Calgary responded in fashion with a 3-2 win on Oct. 17. Logan Hauer levelled the score after the Dinos went down 1-0 with a rocket into the roof of the net, before Hayden Pakkala put Calgary ahead and Jake Poole gave his team the goal advantage. The Cougars pulled one back late in the game, but the Dinos held on to secure the win. 

They face an MRU side that beat the MacEwan Griffins 5-2 and 6-0 in their season openers before having a bye week. First-year forward Dawson Seitz had an opening week to remember, scoring five points by way of three goals and two assists across the two games, while Maddux Martin scored twice and assisted another in the 6-0 win. 

Player to Watch: Hayden Pakkala. Scoring three goals and one assist in the opening four games, Pakkala leads the team’s points total this season. 

Dinos Football (2-4)

• Saturday, Oct. 24, Calgary vs. Manitoba, McMahon Stadium, 1 p.m.

The Dinos return to McMahon Stadium for a high-stakes regular-season home finale against the Bisons (3-3) in the chase for a Canada West playoff berth.

Calgary last fell 34-18 against the UBC Thunderbirds in Vancouver on Oct. 16, leaving the Dinos one spot behind Manitoba for the fourth and final post-season spot.

Saturday’s Senior Day game is the second meeting between the teams this season after the Bisons held off a Dinos comeback, winning 38-36 in double overtime on Sept. 19 in Winnipeg.

But now the Dinos have the chance to move into a playoff spot — with a victory by at least three points to claim the tiebreaker with Manitoba — heading into the season finale at Alberta (currently 1-5) on Oct. 31. The Bisons wrap up their season against visiting Regina, which current sits in third at 3-3.

Player to Watch: Everett Schmuland: The fourth-year linebacker leads the defensive stats in tackles (62) in Canada West this season, averaging 10.3 per game.

Dinos Men’s Volleyball – Season Opener

• Friday, Oct. 23, Calgary at UBC, War Memorial Gymnasium, Vancouver, 6:30 p.m. MT
• Saturday, Oct. 24, Calgary at UBC, War Memorial Gymnasium, Vancouver, 5 p.m. MT 

The Dinos open their regular season by facing the UBC Thunderbirds in Vancouver, who enter as the No. 3 ranked team in the Canada West coaches’ poll.   

Calgary enters the season with six new additions to the roster, with hopes of building from last season’s quarter-final run in the CW playoffs.

The Thunderbirds claimed bronze in Canada West and a silver in U SPORTS under the helm of head coach Mike Hawkins.  

Player to Watch: Cole Czepuryk: The third-year outside hitter reached double digits in kills on 11 occasions last season. 

Dinos Women’s Volleyball – Season Opener

• Friday, Oct. 23, Calgary at UBC, War Memorial Gymnasium, Vancouver, 8:15 p.m. MT
• Saturday, Oct. 24, Calgary at UBC, War Memorial Gymnasium, Vancouver, 6:45 p.m. MT 

Also on the road to face UBC, the Dinos women prepare to face the Canada West bronze medallists under the leadership of head coach Doug Reimer, returning for his 30th season. 

Calgary finished the 2025-26 season with a record of 8-12, enough to put them through to the playoffs, where they fell to Winnipeg in the play-in round.

Christine Biggs will be hopeful of adding to that this season, holding a strong core of players with seven additions to the roster. 

Player to Watch: Evvia Belireau. The fifth-year Libero will play a key part in creating strong scoring opportunities defensively and offensively for the Dinos this season. 

Dinos Women’s Soccer (12-0)

• Saturday, Oct. 24, Calgary at MacEwan, Clarke Stadium, noon
• Sunday, Oct. 25, Calgary at Alberta, Foote Field, noon

The Dinos close out the regular season by heading to Edmonton for their final games before the postseason begins.

The Dinos have extended their perfect record to 12-0 by beating Lethbridge at McMahon Stadium, first with a 3-0 win thanks to goals from Ella Djuranic, Ella Tettah-Wayoe and Rowyn James, before an Erica Mysko goal secured the sweep against the Pronghorns the following night. 

Diogo Raposo’s side will hope to close the season out in style, first facing MacEwan followed by a short trip to face Alberta. The Griffins enter with a 7-3-2 record, and most recently beat Regina 1-0 via a goal from Ivy Kunn. The Pandas sit at 2-8-2, looking to break a five-game winless streak. 

Player to Watch: Ella Djuranic: The forward played a vital role in their most recent wins, scoring in one game and assisting in the other. 

Dinos Men’s Soccer (9-3-1)

• Saturday, Oct. 24, Calgary at Mount Royal, Calgary MRU Campus Field, 3 p.m.

The Dinos had a week to remember after securing the top spot in the CW Prairie standings following their 3-1 win against Lethbridge and a 2-1 win against Saskatchewan and are set to play out their final regular season match against Mount Royal. 

The back-to-back wins took them to nine victories for the year, equalling their record of wins in a regular season and moved the Dinos up to No. 9 in the rankings. Efe Udolu-Joshua scored three times across the two fixtures, earning him the accolade as the BioSteel Player of the Week. 

While the Cougars’ 1-0 defeat to the Huskies helped secure the top spot for the Dinos, they bounced back on Oct. 18 with a 2-0 victory over Lethbridge. Finn Marshall scored both goals for Mount Royal (7-4-2), taking his season tally to seven. The two sides have faced off once this season, playing out the season opener, where the Dinos earned a 2-0 win. 

Player to Watch: Josral Frederick: The fourth-year forward assisted both goals in their 2-1 win over Saskatchewan, while also scoring in their 3-1 win vs Lethbridge last time out.