MONTREAL – Sandrine Methot a freshman from Montreal, had 10 kills to pace the McGill women’s volleyball team cruised to a 3-0 sweep over the Piranhas from École de technologie supérieure, Friday. The set scores were 25-18, 25-16 and 25-20.
(NOTE: THERE WAS A TECHNICAL GLITCH IN THE GAME STATS SO WE HAVE LIMITED USE OF STATS IN THIS REPORT UNTIL THE ERRORS ARE CORRECTED IN A FEW DAYS)
The victory halted a two-game losing streak for the fifth-place Martlets, who improved to 4-6. ETS dropped to 0-8 and sit last in the eight team RSEQ conference. The Piranhas have officially joined the league this year after playing an exhibition schedule last season.
This matchup provided head coach Rachele Beliveau an opportunity to play with her lineup. She rested a few starters, elevated freshman Justine Veillette into the roster from the Martlets development program, and gave some much-needed playing time to rookies Romane Daigle, Callie Taylor and Maria Ubeda, among others.
“We tried to implement some new things in the game that we have been working on in practice,” said Beliveau. “It was the type of game that was actually difficult to play because it was not at the same speed that we are used to, so we needed to make a lot of adjustments with footwork and agility. It was tougher to read the play as it was not as clean a style of volleyball. So we needed to be fast and alert, even though the game was slower. That’s sounds strange to say but it was more of an agility game than our typical power game.”
ETS (0-8) returns to the court on Sunday (Nov. 17) when the host division-leading Sherbrooke (8-0). McGill (4-6) has a rare weekend off and will play again on Nov. 22, when the Martlets travel to Quebec City to confront third-place Laval (5-2).