A record-setting 1,204-person crowd saw sophomore centre Noah Daoust spearhead McGill’s 76-69 victory over Laval in the semi-finals of the RSEQ Final Four. Redmen Head Coach DeAveiro strongly emphasized the raucous atmosphere and the talent on display. “This is the way it should be on campus I think.” DeAveiro said.[Read More…]
Tag: RSEQ
Martlets, Redmen see success in Reading Week Championships
CIS Swimming Championships Université Laval, Quebec City While neither the Redmen nor the Martlets went home with any medals from the 2016 CIS Swimming Championships, both teams made more of a splash than they have in recent years. twenty-four McGill athletes made it to the final heats on day three[Read More…]
Basketball: Redmen stay unbeaten, dismantle Stingers before Winter break
McGill Redmen 75 Concordia Stingers 53 “It was an unbelievable atmosphere and our kids want to play on a night like that,” Redmen Basketball Head Coach David DeAveiro said. “We need this crowd to feed off of and succeed.” In front of over 600 rambunctious fans,[Read More…]
Rugby: Boyer’s late try lifts Redmen over Carabins in RSEQ Final
“I could tell everyone was exhausted,” captain Mitchell Cuillerier said. “But when I looked in their eyes, I could see nobody was going to quit.” With the RSEQ Championship on the line, the Montréal Carabins (5-2-0) held the McGill Redmen (6-0-1) in check for 80 minutes. But as the clock[Read More…]
Basketball: McGill Martlets pull away in fourth quarter during tight match against Laval
McGill Martlets 69 Laval Rouge Et Or 60 Following a silver-medal finish at the CIS Championships last February, the goal for the McGill Martlet basketball team (1-0) was clear: Win the first National Championship in the program’s history. During their season opener [Read More…]
Rugby: McGill cruise to 15th straight RSEQ finals
McGill Redmen 50 ETS Piranhas 0 The McGill Redmen (7-0-1) routed the ETS Piranhas (2-6-0) 50-0 in the RSEQ semifinals at Molson Stadium on Friday, despite having three Redmen leave the field injured and entering plays one man down due to yellow cards. The victory marks the[Read More…]
Football: Laval light up McGill 57-10
McGill Redmen 10 Laval Rouge et Or 57 McGill (3-5-0) ran into the wrath of No. 3 ranked Laval (7-1-0) in the final regular season game of the RSEQ season on Saturday at Molson Stadium, losing 57-10. Laval outmatched and outmuscled McGill in all phases of the game. The Rouge[Read More…]
Football: McGill heartbroken in last minute Homecoming loss against Concordia
McGill Redmen 41 Concordia Stingers 43 I t was almost so perfect. Instead, McGill (3-4-0) endured a gut-wrenching 43-41 loss against Concordia (4-3-0) on the final play of the Homecoming Game last Saturday at Molson Stadium. Redmen quarterback Nicolas English drove down the field on the McGill’s final offensive possession,[Read More…]
Rugby: Redmen dispatch Gaiters, remain undefeated
McGill Redmen 26 Bishop's Gaiters 14 There are three interpretations of McGill’s (5-0-0) 26-14 victory over Bishop’s (3-2-0) last Friday at Molson Stadium: One, McGill’s 26 first-half points ran Bishop’s out of the game. Two, centre Augustus Hill’s 12 penalty kick points were the difference between the two sides; Bishop’s[Read More…]
Rugby: McGill shut out Carleton, still left hollow
At kickoff against the Carleton Ravens in Molson stadium on Saturday, the McGill Martlets (2-3) were as good as out of the postseason. By Sunday, Concordia's 81-5 victory over Bishop’s saw them formally knocked out. “After [the loss to Montreal] we realized we would have to rely on [Concordia’s] results,” Head[Read More…]
