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Martlets win bronze at 21st McGill Invitational Volleyball Tournament

Published: 16 October 2011

(PHOTO OF KAIVA MATEUS BY ANDREW DOBROWOLSKYJ)

MONTREAL - Kaiva Mateus and Daphnée-Maude André-Morin were both named to the all-tournament team as McGill swept the Montreal Carabins with a nail-biting 26-24, 26-24 and 26-24 score to win bronze at the 21st annual Martlets invitational at Love Competition Hall, Sunday.

It snapped Montreal's 23-game win streak over the Martlets since the last McGill conquest, a 3-2 home-court decision on Nov. 16, 2007.

McGill took three of their five matches over the tourney, which was won by Saint Mary's with a 3-0 sweep over Dalhousie.

Mateus, a 6-foot-1 senior middle blocker from Montreal, racked up 48 kills, 17 digs, seven stuff blocks and a pair of aces over 18 sets. In the last six sets, she was moved over to the power-hitter spot due to a plethora of injuries.

André-Morin, a 5-foot-7 libero who was born in Vaudreuil, Que., and raised in Kitchener, Ont., registered 103 digs with a 2.45 passing ratio out 3.

The Martlets opened on Friday with 3-0 and 3-1 victories over Memorial and Dalhousie, then dropped a pair of matches to Saint Mary's on Saturday, 3-2 and 3-0, respectively, including a semifinal affair, which relegated them to the bronze-medal affair.

McGill's first loss to SMU halted an 11-match win streak that they had registered since dropping their season opener to Toronto on Sept. 23.

SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

McGill Athletics & Recreation

514-398-7012

21st annual McGill Martlets Invitational
Volleyball Tournament Results (FINAL)

@ Sir Arthur Currie Gymnasium

McGill University

Oct. 14-16, 2011

Friday, October 14, 2011
10h00    Montreal 3 Dalhousie 0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-12)
12h00    Saint Mary's 3 Sherbrooke 1 (27-25, 25-16, 22-25, 25-17)
14h00    McGill 3 Memorial 0 (25-18, 25-8, 25-11)
16h00    Montreal 3 Saint Mary's 2 (20-25, 27-29, 25-22, 25-16, 15-12)
18h00    Sherbrooke 3 Memorial 0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-23)
20h00    McGill 3 Dalhousie 1 (25-22, 23-25, 25-12, 25-23)

Saturday, October 15, 2011
10h00    Montreal 3 Memorial 0 (25-23, 25-9, 25-20)
12h00    Dalhousie 3 Sherbrooke 2 (15-25, 12-25, 25-21, 25-17, 15-10)
14h00    Saint Mary's 3 McGill 2 (25-22, 25-15, 17-25, 22-25, 15-10)
17h00    SEMIFINAL: Dalhousie 3 Montreal 0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-22)
19h00    SEMIFINAL: Saint Mary's 3 McGill 0 (16-25, 19-25, 17-25)

Sunday, October 16, 2011
09h00    FIFTH-PLACE: Sherbrooke 3 Memorial 1 (25-14, 25-15, 23-25, 27-25)
11h00    THIRD-PLACE: McGill 3, Montreal 0 (26-24, 26-24, 26-24)
13h30    GOLD MEDAL: Saint Mary's 3 Dalhousie 0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-18)