RECAP: Women’s volleyball falls in straight sets to UQAM

Led by a young line-up of players, the Gee-Gees women's volleyball team played hard, but fell short against the UQAM Citadins by a score of 3-0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-15).

NOVEMBER 17 vs. UQAM

In the opening set, both sides exchanged points evenly before UQAM stretched the lead to 18-9. The Gee-Gees battled back, scoring six consecutive points from a combination of kills and attack errors to pull the score to 18-15.

Following more back-and-forth play, the Gee-Gees continued to chip into the UQAM lead, but couldn't complete the comeback, with the Citadins taking the first set 25-21.

The second set was the best offensively for Ottawa. They generated a team-high 11 kills on 30 attempts, while only recording three errors.

The Citadins responded with some of their best play in the match as well. Their game-high 15 kills came from 34 attempts, while they only recorded two errors and took the set 25-14.

In the third set, the Gee-Gees erased sizeable deficits on multiple occasions. Trailing 6-2 early in the set, they rallied for three straight points to pull within one.

The Citadins then stretched the lead to 11-6, before the Gee-Gees answered back with four straight points to pull within one once more.

The relentless attack from UQAM continued, with several kills from Ajavon Marina restoring the lead once more.

This time, the lead was too sizeable to overcome, as UQAM ultimately closed out the match 25-15. 

STATS AT A GLANCE

• Kara Hayes led the team offensively, recording nine kills and 11 digs over the course of the match.
• Robin Melnick's 11 assists in the game were the most by a Gee-Gee, and set a new personal-best for most assists in a game this season. 

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

"With a depleted line-up again today of 11 fully healthy players and Trinity [Lusan] able to play back row only, we went to work again at putting a good performance on the floor. In the end it was a very 'young formula' of players who were able to compete the strongest today. With leadership from Kara and Magalie [Frappier], we then played the second half of the match with three rookies on the floor along with our second-year setter. They battled well and found some exciting rhythm of play that could really set the tone for our last three league matches this semester." — Lionel Woods, head coach

UP NEXT

Next weekend, the Gee-Gees will host the Montreal Carabins on Sunday, November 24 at Montpetit Hall at 2 p.m. Tickets are available now at tickets.geegees.ca.