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Sure-handed Mansure named volleyball all-star at NIT

Published: 30 December 2010

TORONTO - The McGill women's volleyball team defeated Toronto 25-16, 22-25, 25-11 and 25-12 at the U of T Athletics Centre, Thursday, to finish with a 3-1 record at the National Invitational Tournament.

McGill had opened the tourney with a 3-1 win over McMaster on Thursday, then split a doubleheader Friday, losing 3-0 to St. Francis Xavier and beating Brock 3-1.

Against the Varsity Blues, McGill racked up a season-high 16 aces, including five by Kelsey Irwin, a six-foot, middle blocker from Vancouver, B.C., who led the offence with 14 kills to go along with one stuff block and a pair of assisted blocks. Sophomore Emily Kyte of Ottawa contributed 11 kills, two blocks and a 2.47 passing ratio (out of 3.0).

Defensively, the Martlets were paced by sophomore Daphnée-Maude André-Morin of Vaudreuil-sur-le-lac, Que., who had 27 digs and a 2.36 passing ratio.

Marcela Mansure, a 5-foot-7 setter from Brazil, was the only member of the Martlets named to the NIT All-Tournament team. The 23-year-old occupational therapy junior racked up 164 assists over the tourney for an average of 41 per match. She was also credited with 25 digs, six kills, three aces and one stuff block.

Irwin and Kyte led the Martlets in kills with 40 apiece during the tourney, while Genevieve Plante, a freshman from Montreal, had 37 kills.

The Martlets, who sit third in the Quebec conference with an 8-6 record, will resume regular-season play at home to fourth-place Sherbrooke (5-9) on Jan. 14.

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Earl Zukerman

McGill Athletics & Recreation 514-398-7012

National Invitational Tournament Schedule & Results

December 28-30, 2010
University of Toronto Athletic Centre Sports Gym

All-Tournament Team
Andreanne Lebrun - Sherbrooke
Larissa Puhach - McMaster
Katherine Ryan - St FX
Sarah Chapin - Toronto
Marcella Mansure - McGill

December 28
1:00 p.m.	Toronto	vs	McMaster	3-1 (25-14, 25-21, 24-26, 25-17)
3:00 p.m.	Sherbrooke	vs	Brock	1-3 (25-27, 14-25, 26-24, 20-25)
5:00 p.m.	McGill	vs	McMaster	3-1 (25-22, 20-25, 25-20, 25-22)
7:00 p.m.	Toronto	vs	St. FX	2-3 (17-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-20, 11-15)
December 29
11:00 a.m.	McGill	vs	St. FX	0-3 (20-25, 18-25, 20-25)
1:00 p.m.	Sherbrooke	vs	Guelph	2-3 (16-25, 25-23, 25-16, 20-25, 14-16)
3:00 p.m.	St. FX	vs	McMaster	0-3 (20-25, 24-26, 23-25)
5:00 p.m.	McGill	vs	Brock	3-1 (25-18, 23-25, 25-12, 25-20)
7:00 p.m.	Toronto	vs	Sherbrooke	3-1 (25-27, 25-23, 27-25, 25-17)
December 30
10:00 a.m.	Sherbrooke	vs	McMaster	3-1 (25-16, 13-25, 25-18, 25-17)
12:00 p.m.	St. FX	vs	Guelph	1-3 (14-25, 20-25, 25-15, 15-25)
2:00 p.m.	Toronto	vs	McGill	1-3 (16-25, 25-22, 11-25, 12-25)