Tigers finish season with loss to Carabins

The Montreal Carabins defeated the Dalhousie Tigers 3-0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-22) Saturday afternoon in Montreal.

It was the second game of a back-to-back after Montreal's 3-0 win on Friday.

Montreal started the first set up 5-1 with three kills from Alexis Tournier (Gatineau, QC). 

A kill from Marc-Antoine Dion (Ottawa, ON) extended Montreal's lead to 16-8. He had three kills in the set leading into Dal's timeout. 

Up to this point, Dal's kills leader was Jacob Oyler (Halifax, NS) with two. 

Montreal continued to dominate the set, winning the set 25-14.

Tournier led the set in kills with seven. Oyler led Dal with four kills to end the set.

Montreal got off to an 8-5 lead in the second set. Twice, Montreal was able to string together three kills in a row.

After a long rally, Tournier ended it with a powerful spike, giving Montreal an 11-7 lead.

Dal cut the lead to 22-14 with a spike from Justin Cross, his first kill of the match.

Dillan Morphet (Ancaster, ON) scored Dal's 16th kill of the second set. However, it would not be enough, as Montreal won the second set 25-17.

The third set began 7-7 in a back-and-forth set. The Tigers took a 13-11 lead with a kill from Justin Cross (Winnipeg, MB) as the Tigers began to build momentum.

After an attack error from Dal, Montreal tied the set 15-15.

A monster spike from Dal's Morphet cut the lead to 20-18 after falling down to Montreal.

However, Moses B. Datus (Montreal, QC) responded with one of his own to give Montreal a 21-18 lead.

Tournier scored the last kill of the match, scoring 13 on the day. Montreal won the final set 25-22, winning the game 3-0.

The Tigers finish the 2023-24 season 2-13, missing the playoffs.