Six Martlets merit all-star status in Quebec indoor soccer league

MONTREAL - Six members of the McGill Martlets have merited all-star status in voting conducted by the Quebec university indoor soccer league's eight coaches.

Julia Bahen, a sophomore forward from Vancouver, B.C., was named along with freshman midfielder Hannah Rivkin of St. John's, Nfld., and Alexandra Morin-Boucher, a junior forward from St. Gabriel de Brandon, Que., were named to the first squad.

The second dream team includes three McGill freshmen - goaltender Valérie Labbé of Mascouche, Que.,  defender Kendra Bui of Vancouver and Meghan Bourque of Burlington, Ont.

The Martlets total trailed only the Montreal Carabins, who placed five on the first team and two more on the second team. Montrealer Véronique Laverdière of the Carabins was named as the league's most outstanding player and Laval's Caroline Collin of Lévis, Que., was selected as the most sportsmanlike player.

For the second straight year, McGill and Montreal will face each other in the conference's indoor final, slated to be played at the Centre Alphonse-Desjardins de Trois-Rivières on Sunday at  1:30 p.m. both teams finished with identical 6-0-1 records.  Their lone meeting during the indoor season was a 2-2 draw at the Complexe sportif Marie-Victorin on Jan. 16. Last March, the Carabins won the league title with a 1-0 decision.

2011 QUSL INDOOR FIRST TEAM ALL-STARS:

Position, Name, University, Academic Major, Hometown

GOALKEEPER:  Sarah Thérien, Montréal, Communications, Montréal, Que.

DEFENDER: Virginie Lévesque,  Montréal, Civil Engineering, Montréal, Que.

DEFENDER: Julia Bahen, McGill, International Development Studies, Vancouver, B.C.

DEFENDER: Justine Labrecque, UQAM, Tourism, Québec City, Que.

DEFENDER: Stéphanie Adam, Sherbrooke, Kinesiology, Sherbrooke, Que.

MIDFIELDER: Andréanne Gagné,  Sherbrooke, Political Science, St. Hyacinthe, Que.

MIDFIELDER: Claire Robbins, Montréal, Law, Montréal, Que.

MIDFIELDER: Valérie Labelle, Montréal, Physiotherapy, Varennes, Que.

MIDFIELDER: Hannah Rivkin, McGill, International Management, St. John's, Nfld.

FORWARD: Véronique Laverdière, Montréal, Physical & Health Education, Montréal, Que.

FORWARD:  Alexandra Morin-Boucher, McGill, Physical & Health Education, Montréal, Que.

MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER:

Véronique Laverdière, Montréal Carabins, Forward, Montréal, Que.

MOST SPORTSMANLIKE PLAYER:

Caroline Collin, Laval Rouge et Or, Midfielder, Lévis, Que.

2011 QUSL INDOOR SECOND TEAM ALL-STARS:

Position, Name, University, Academic Major, Hometown

GOALKEEPER:  Valérie Labbé, McGill, Secondary Mathematics, Mascouche, Que.

DEFENDER: Kendra Bui, McGill, Management, Vancouver, B.C.

DEFENDER: Claudiane Tremblay, Montréal, Law (Master's), Montréal, Que.

DEFENDER: Elyse Turcotte, Sherbrooke, Physiotherapy, Saint-Georges, Que.

DEFENDER:  Marylise Monchalin, Montréal, Electrical Engineering, Montréal, Que.

MIDFIELDER: Meghan Bourque, McGill, Science, Burlington, Ont.

MIDFIELDER: Caroline Collin, Laval, Education & Mathematics, Lévis, Que.

MIDFIELDER: Camille Vandenberghe, Sherbrooke, Kinesiology, Montréal, Que.

MIDFIELDER: Lora Lehr, UQAM, Psychology (PhD), Rosemère, Que.

FORWARD: Chloé Belhumeur Limoges, Sherbrooke, Teaching, Drummondville, Que.

FORWARD: Jessica Lavallée, UQTR, Physical Education, Labrador City, Nfld.

SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

Communications Officer

McGill Athletics

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