SHERBROOKE, Que. – Bishop's University will host the women's and men's 2015 RSEQ Final-4 Championship from Mar. 5-7 in Mitchell Gym. 
 
The women open the tournament with the top seed in the conference and No. 4 nationally, McGill Martlets (15-1) will take on the fourth seeded Laval Rouge et Or (7-9) at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Mar. 5.  McGill has the regular season head-to-head 4-0 over Laval.  From the Martlets is the RSEQ Female Player of the year, Mariam Sylla (Conakry, Guinea) who is also a 1^st Team All-star.  Her teammates Dianna Ros (Montreal) and Jennifer Silver (Montreal) are both 2^nd Team All-stars.  Marika Guerin (Montreal) is on the All-Rookie team.  McGill Head Coach Ryan Thorne is Coach of the Year.  From Laval, the conference Rookie of the Year is Jane Gagne (Chicoutimi, Que.), she is also a 1^st Team All-star.  Raphaelle Cote (Maria, Que.) was awarded the Sylvia Sweeney award for Leadership and Community Service and Catherine Belanger-Paquet (Quebec City) was awarded the Tracy Macleod award.  Sarah-Jane Marois (Quebec City) is a 2^nd Team All-star and on the All-Rookie Team. 
 
The second game of the night at 8 p.m. has the UQAM Citadins (11-5) against the Concordia Stingers (7-9).  UQAM has the head-to-head match up 3-1 against the Stingers.  For UQAM Queteline Celestin (Cayenne, France) was named Defensive Player of the Year and a 1^st Team All-star along with Jessica Lubin (Montreal).  Bianca Marois (Trois-Rivieres, Que.) was named to the All-Rookie team for the Citadins.  Marilyse Roy-Viau (Mirabel, Que.) is a 1^st Team All-star and Kaylah Barrett (Brampton, Ont.) is a 2^nd Team All-star for Concordia. 
 
The women's Final is set for Saturday Mar. 7 at 5 p.m. with the winner continuing on to the CIS Final-8 Championship in Quebec City at PEPS hosted by Laval from March 12-15.  It will be part of Sportsnet U's Super CIS Championship Weekend. 
 
On the men's side the McGill Redmen (11-5) and Concordia Stingers (8-8) will take to the court on Friday night at 6 p.m. in the first of two Semi-Final match-ups.  These two teams have split their four previous matches with two wins each.  RSEQ All-stars for McGill are Player of the Year, Francois Bourque (Terrebonne, Que.), 1^st Team, and Dele Ogundokun (Hamilton, Ont.), Defensive Player of the Year and 2^nd Team.  McGill Head Coach Dave DeAveiro is Coach of the Year.  Vincent Dufort (Smith Falls, Ont.) is a 1^st Team All-star and Noah Daoust (Dorval, Que.) is on the All-Rookie Team.  For Concordia Mukiya Post (Victoria, B.C.) is the Ken Shield Award Nominee.  Ken Beaulieu (Longueuil, Que.) is a 2^nd Team All-star and Ricardo Monge (Gatineau, Que.) is on the All-Rookie Team. 
 
The second Semi-Final has the Laval Rouge et Or (9-7) against the Bishop's Gaiters (8-8) on Friday at 8 p.m.  The Gaiters and Laval have each won two contests against the other.  Conference Rookie of the Year is Laval's Alexandre Leclerc (Saguenay, Que.) who is also on the All-Rookie Team.  Karl Demers-Belanger (Quebec City) is a 1^st Team All-star, Thibaud Dezutter (Namur, Belgium) is a 2^nd Team All-star and Charles-Andre Edorh (Montreal) is on the All-Rookie Team.  For the Gaiters, Kyle Desmarais (Montreal) is a 1^st Team All-star and Matt McLean (Ottawa) is a 2^nd Team All-star. 
 
The men's final will be at 8 p.m. on Saturday Mar. 7 with the winner moving onto the CIS Final-8 Championship in Toronto at the Mattamy Athletic Centre at Ryerson University.  It will be part of Sportsnet U's Super CIS Championship Weekend. 
 
Complete event details are available at www.gaiters.ca/4.  All games will be webcast in both English and French.
 
English: www.gaiters.ca/webcast
 
French: http://sports.tvgo.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1943:uqam&catid=52:chaines&Itemid=233
 
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Clare Webb
Sports Information Intern