Mosseler powers Redmen to victory over AUS squads
MONTREAL – Matthew Mosseler of Fredericton powered the McGill
Redmen volleyball team to a pair of victories in three outings in
interlocking play against the Atlantic University Sport conference
at the Université de Montreal over the weekend.
The Redmen snapped a five-match losing streak in the process,
defeating Memorial University of Newfoundland 3-1 on Friday. The
set scores were 25-16, 25-17, 22-25 and 25-20.
The thrill of victory quickly turned into the agony of defeat on
Saturday as Dalhousie swept the Redmen 25-11, 25-15 and
26-16.
But McGill rallied on Sunday with a surprise 3-2 upset over UNB, a
team that was ranked in the CIS Top 10 for most of last year.
“It was a big win for our program,” said Simon Berleur, in his
fourth season as head coach of the Redmen. “It will help our
confidence heading into our next game against Sherbrooke on Friday
as we will have to beat them if we want to make the
playoffs.”
Mosseler, a 6-foot-3 power hitter, racked up a team-leading 48
points over 12 sets, with 45 kills and three stuff blocks. The
third-year science major also had five digs.
McGill remains fourth in the tough Quebec conference with a 2-6
record. They trail third-place Sherbrooke (4-3) by four points in
the standings but the Vert & Or have a game in hand.
The upcoming contest against visiting Sherbrooke at Love
Competition Hall on Friday (8 p.m.) will no doubt go a long way to
breaking or making the season for the Redmen.