MONTREAL – Florence Lapointe led all scorers with 15 points, including 13 kills, as the No.6 ranked Montreal Carabins swept visiting McGill 25-17, 25-20 and 26-24 on Sunday to win the RSEQ best-of-three semifinal series 2-1.
The top-seeded Carabins (19-2) advance to the league championship series next weekend against third-seeded Laval (13-8), which upset Sherbrooke (17-4) in three games.
Senior Rachel Leduc paced the Martlets with 13 points, while teammates Emilia Grigorova and Elyssa Lajmi added 12.5 and 10.5 points respectively.
The result capped a 34 year coaching career for McGill bench boss Rachèle Béliveau, who will retire with a 734-679-2 record in 1,315 games overall, the longest coaching career in McGill sporting history
It was also the final game for three Martlets graduating seniors, namely Erin Keating, Rachel Leduc and Charlotte Chouinard-Laliberte.
The Martlets finished with a 16-12 record overall, including a 13-8 mark in regular season play.
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