PREVIEW: Women’s volleyball wraps up regular season against McGill, Laval

February 25, 2022

• The Matchup: Ottawa Gee-Gees (1-9, 6^th in RSEQ) at #7 McGill Martlets (8-3, 1^st in RSEQ)
• Location: Love Competition Hall (McGill University)
• Time: 6:30 p.m.
• Last meeting: Ottawa 0, McGill 3 – Nov. 19, 2021 at Montpetit Hall
• Broadcast: https://mcgill.yaretv.com/ (paid)

OTTAWA GAME NOTES

• Major Stat Leaders
  • Kills: Tristan Peterson – 2.91 per set
  • Digs: Magalie Frappier – 1.97 per set
  • Assists: Robin Melnick – 4.96 per set

• This will be the Gee-Gees first action in nearly three months. RSEQ women's volleyball returned to competition last weekend, but Ottawa had a bye week.
• Middles Janae McKay and Alana Leung find themselves among the conference's leaders in blocks. McKay is sixth with 0.69 per game, while Leung isn't far back with 0.60 per game.
• The Gee-Gees are fourth in the conference in service aces per game (1.77). They have been steadily improving in his category throughout the season.

MCGILL GAME NOTES

• Major Stat Leaders
  • Kills: Victoria Iannotti – 3.14 per set
  • Digs: Catherine Vercheval – 2.37 per set
  • Assists: Audrey Trottier – 7.45 per set

• McGill finds themselves in a three-way tie for first in the Quebec conference. Winning six of their last seven matches has vaulted the Martlets into seventh in the U SPORTS Top 10.
• The Martlets .224 hitting percentage is eighth in the country.
• 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.

Sunday, February 27

• The Matchup: Ottawa Gee-Gees (1-9, 6^th in RSEQ) versus Laval Rouge et Or (7-4, 4^th in RSEQ)
• Location: Montpetit Hall
• Time: 1:00 p.m.
• Tickets: tickets.geegees.ca
• Last meeting: Ottawa 0, Laval 3 – Nov. 27, 2021 at PEPS
• Broadcast: Gee-Gees YouTube

LAVAL GAME NOTES 

• Major Stat Leaders
  • Kills: Beatrice Lamarche – 2.70 per set
  • Digs: Andrea Maksimovic – 2.63 per set
  • Assists: Elizabeth Cavan – 8.05 per set

• Despite missing a stretch in the first half of the season, Laval's Justine Raymond leads her team in total blocks with 22.
• Elizabeth Cavan's 330 total assists are 15^th in U SPORTS. Note the AUS and Canada West have played significantly more games than the RSEQ.
• This will be the final match of the RSEQ season. Every other Quebec conference team wraps up their regular season on Friday, Feb. 25.

Tickets for this Sunday's game 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.