Mount Royal Cougars
The Mount Royal Cougars are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Cougars field eight varsity teams with four men's teams and four women's teams that compete in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association of U Sports. The Cougars were previously members of the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference of the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association prior to the move to CIS (since renamed U Sports) in 2012. Varsity teams Men's basketball The Cougars men's basketball program has yielded two national championship teams as members of the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association, winning in 1979 and in 2009. Upon moving to the Canada West conference in 2012, the Cougars saw some success in the Explorers division in 2015 and 2016, but did not qualify for the playoffs until 2019 where they lost the play-in game to the Regina Cougars. The team plays their home games at the Kenyon Court on the MRU campus. Women's basketball The Cougars women's basketball team won one national championship in 2000 and six silver medals, most recently in 2004, while competing in the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association. The team recently made it to playoffs last season for their first