Quebec conference teams dominate tourney

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The host Université de Moncton Aigles Bleues lost all four of their matches at a university women's volleyball interlock tournament between Atlantic and Quebec conference teams at the CEPS Louis-J.-Robichaud on the weekend.

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Université de Moncton’s Kim Roy spikes the ball as Universite de Montreal’s Nadine Alphonse (14) and Melanie Roy (10) defend at CEPS yesterday.

The tournament marked the first matches of the regular season for all of the teams.

Quebec conference teams dominated the tournament -- they didn't lose a match. The Montreal Carabins, Laval Rouge et Or, McGill Martlets and Sherbrooke Vert et Or each went 4-0. Moncton, University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds, Cape Breton Capers and Memorial Sea-Hawks were all 0-4. The Aigles Bleues fell 3-0 to No. 2 nationally-ranked Montreal in their final match yesterday. Scores were: 25-13, 25-17, 25-19.

Moncton also lost a pair of matches on Saturday, 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-10) to No. 5 Laval and 3-1 (21-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-18) to Sherbrooke.

The Aigles Bleues opened the tournament with a 3-0 loss to No. 9 McGill Friday.

The matches count in the regular-season standings.

ACAA Women

The Mount Allison Mounties opened the Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association women's volleyball season with a pair of weekend wins.

Mount Allison beat the Mount Saint Vincent Mystics 3-1 yesterday in Sackville. Scores were: 25-21, 25-20, 24-26, 25-16. Vanessa Gray had 11 kills and 14 digs for the Mounties.

Mount Allison also blanked the Universite Sainte-Anne Dragons 3-0 Saturday in Sackville. Scores were: 25-18, 25-11, 25-22. Caila Henderson recorded nine kills, two aces and four digs for the Mounties.