Following last week’s bye, the Lancer football team—ranked 10th in the country—will travel to Ottawa to take on the Gee-Gees on Saturday in the final game of the regular season for both squads.

The result will help to determine playoff rankings in Ontario University Athletics, as Windsor’s 4-3 record ties it with Ottawa and McMaster for fourth place heading into the weekend.

Kick-off is at 1 p.m.; the game will be webcast live by SSN Canada. Read a game preview, Lancers take on Gee-Gees in regular season finale, at goLancers.ca.

In other varsity action, the women’s volleyball team will open its 2013/14 campaign Friday and Saturday in Thunder Bay for a weekend series against the Lakehead Thunderwolves. With a mix of youth and experience on the roster, the Lancers are looking to clinch a playoff spot for the first time since they won the OUA banner in 2006.

Head coach Lucas Hodgson is pleased with his team’s 8-4 record in pre-season play.

“We not only got positive results, but were able to get a full view of our roster with that amount of playing time we spread around,” he said.

Read Lancers open conference schedule in Thunder Bay on the Lancers website. Windsor will return to the St. Denis Centre next weekend to take on McMaster in the volleyball home opener on Friday, October 25, and Waterloo the following evening. Both games will begin at 6 p.m.

Not on the road, but not quite at home, the women’s hockey team will host two games this weekend away from its usual venue, South Windsor Arena. Friday at 7:30 p.m., the Lancers will meet the Nipissing Lakers at the WFCU Centre; on Saturday at 4 p.m., it’s off to Tecumseh Arena for a game against the Laurentian Voyageurs.

The men’s hockey team is on the road for a pair of games in Waterloo, Friday against the Waterloo Warriors and Saturday against the Laurier Golden Hawks.

The OUA championship in golf is also in Waterloo this weekend.

Lancer soccer will hit the pitch for games against the York Lions on Saturday and the UOIT Ridgebacks on Sunday. The women play at 1 p.m. and the men at 3:15 p.m. both days.

The women’s basketball team will compete in the Panda Invitational tournament in Edmonton.