BY THE NUMBERS: Women’s volleyball face McGill, UQTR in weekend homestand

November 19, 2021

• The Matchup: Ottawa Gee-Gees (0-6, 7^th place in RSEQ) versus McGill Martlets (5-3, 3^rd in RSEQ)
• Location: Montpetit Hall
• Time: 6:00 p.m.
• Last meeting: Ottawa 1, McGill 3 – Jan. 24, 2020 at McGill
• Tickets: tickets.geegees.ca
• Broadcast: uOttawa Gee-Gees YouTube

OTTAWA GAME NOTES

• Major Stat Leaders
  • Kills: Tristan Peterson – 2.45 per set
  • Digs: Michaela Jones – 1.61 per set
  • Assists: Robin Melnick – 2.67 per set

• Despite some encouraging performances, the Gee-Gees dropped their most recent weekend doubleheader, losing 3-0 to Montréal and 3-1 to Sherbrooke.
• Tristan Peterson's 49 total kills are twice as many as any other Gee-Gee has put up this season (Alana Leung is second with 24).
• Not to be outdone, Leung's .428 kill percentage is tops on the team.

MCGILL GAME NOTES 

• Major Stat Leaders
  • Kills: Victoria Iannotti – 2.61 per set
  • Digs: Catherine Vercheval – 2.35 per set
  • Assists: Audrey Trottier – 6.86 per set

• McGill were the eighth-ranked team in the country prior to their three sets to one loss to Sherbrooke last weekend.
• Victoria Iannotti and Charlene Robitaille are respectively third and fifth in Canada in total kills (81 for Iannotti, 75 for Robitaille).
• Ottawa head coach Lionel Woods and McGill bench boss Rachele Beliveau have over 60 years of combined university volleyball coaching experience. Beliveau started with McGill in 1991, while Woods' first season in charge of the Gee-Gees was 1992.

November 21, 2021

• The Matchup: Ottawa Gee-Gees (0-6, 7^th in RSEQ) versus UQTR Patriotes (1-5, 6^th in RSEQ)
• Location: Montpetit Hall
• Time: 2:00 p.m.
• Last meeting: Ottawa 1, UQTR 3 – Oct. 31, 2021 at CAPS (Trois-Rivières, Que.)
• Tickets: tickets.geegees.ca
• Broadcast: uOttawa Gee-Gees YouTube 

UQTR GAME NOTES

• Major Stat Leaders
  • Kills: Alissa Veilleux – 2.45 per set
  • Digs: Alissa Veilleux – 2.73 per set
  • Assists: Rachel St-Amand – 7.86 per set

• The Patriotes victory over the Gee-Gees on Halloween was the first victory in program history at the RSEQ Division 1 level. The program was promoted to Division 1 for the 2021-22 season.
• Since the win, UQTR has played a light schedule of just two games in as many weeks. Both were shutout losses to McGill and Laval.
• In addition to leading her team in kills and digs per set, Alissa Veilleux is tied for second on the Pats with 0.41 service aces per set.

Tickets for this weekend's games and all uOttawa varsity events must be purchased beforehand at tickets.geegees.ca. Fans planning on attending an event are encouraged to read the Tickets and Gameday Information document, which includes pertinent health and safety measures. The document can be found HERE.