MONTREAL – Charlene Robitaille of St. Jean, Que., scored a game-high 15.5 points as McGill cruised to a 3-1 victory over the Montreal Carabins in RSEQ women's volleyball at the Centre CEPSUM, Sunday. The set scores were 25-18, 23-25, 25-17 and 25-15.

It was only Martlets third win in their last 13 road meetings  against U de M, dating back to 2015.

"The first set was tight until 18-18, then we took control of the game, except for the second set which was fairly even," said McGill head coach Rachele Beliveau. "Our play was more consistent as we made less mistakes overall. I like the way we're playing but we still have a lot of room for growth and improvement."

Robitaille, a six-foot middle-blocker, fed the Carabins a steady diet of digs (6), blocks (6) and kills (8). The 23-year-old nutritional science senior added a service ace and one assist.

Victoria Iannotti of St. Laurent, Que., was the only other McGill player in double figures with 13.5 points. The third-year power-hitter racked up a game-high dozen kills, to go along with one ace, an assisted block and eight digs on defence.

Veteran setter Andreanne Tremblay, a medical student from Longueuil, Que., also had a solid outing with 26 assists, four kills, three aces, 10 digs and a pair of assisted blocks.

The Carabins were paced by Samwella Lukhanda, who had 12.5 points.

The tale of the tape indicated a hard-fought and evenly-matched battle. Both sides registered 37 kills, with McGill holding a slight edge in service aces (8-7) and digs (62-58). The key difference was in stuff blocks, where McGill had a 10-3 margin and in the hitting efficiency, where McGill converted 18.4 per cent of their attempted kills, compared to only 4.4 per cent by the Carabins.

McGill, which improved to 2-1 in regular season play, will travel to Quebec City on Friday to confront Laval (2-1). On the same day, Montreal (1-2) will host UQTR (0-2).

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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
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