MONTREAL –
Marianne Boucher scored 14 points and
Eva Chaine added 13 as the visiting Sherbrooke Vert & Or surprised McGill 3-2 in RSEQ women's volleyball at Love Competition Hall, Friday. The set scores were 25-13, 15-25, 18-25, 25-21 and 15-10.
It marked McGill's fourth consecutive league loss after defeating Laval in the season opener. The Martlets (1-4), who only lost three games all of last season (17-3), haven't suffered four straight league losses since 2016-17, when they finished third at 10-10.
A trio of McGill players – seniors
Myriam Robitaille and
Claire Vercheval, along with sophomore
Charlene Robitaille – each scored an unlucky total of 13 points in a losing cause.
"They were a bit more consistent on the first contact (with the ball) than we were today," said a disappointed McGill head coach
Rachele Beliveau. "We have to decrease our number of mistakes and find a way to score more points. We also have to decrease the number of errors in on-court communication."
Sherbrooke, which has now won two back-to-back meetings with McGill after losing all four confrontations last year, had the upper hand in kills (47-41), aces (14-8) and assists (46-48). The Martlets had the edge in stuff blocks (12-4) and digs (56-44).
McGill (1-4) will try to snap their losing skid when they host sixth-place Ottawa, which sits only two points back with a 0-4 record, on Sunday (Nov. 3) in a 1 p.m. tip-off at Love Competition Hall. Sherbrooke (2-3) will have a week off before hosting the Gee-Gees on Nov. 10.
BOXSCORE
2019 RSEQ UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS
| 1 |
Montréal |
5 |
5 |
0 |
15 |
4 |
456 |
375 |
1.000 |
0.0 |
10 |
| 2 |
UQAM |
4 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
5 |
334 |
318 |
0.750 |
1.5 |
6 |
| 3 |
Laval |
5 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
9 |
430 |
411 |
0.600 |
2.0 |
6 |
| 4 |
Sherbrooke |
5 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
12 |
426 |
454 |
0.400 |
3.0 |
4 |
| 5 |
McGill |
5 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
13 |
420 |
433 |
0.200 |
4.0 |
2 |
| 6 |
Ottawa |
4 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
12 |
277 |
352 |
0.000 |
4.5 |
0 |
