MONTREAL -- Frédéric Lajoie-Gravelle tallied a hat-trick to lead his Montreal Carabins to a 5-1 victory over McGill 5-1 in RSEQ men's soccer, Thursday, at Stade CEPSUM. The result improved the Carabins to 21-5-10 overall record against the Redmen since joining the league in 2001.

Lajoie-Gravelle, who joined the Carabins last week from FC Montréal, now has five goals in three games. He gave Montreal a 2-0 lead on a 25th minute penalty-kick, added another goal 10 minutes later to make it 3-1, then completed his hat-trick with 10 minutes to go in the match.

Teammate Aboubacar Sissoko opened the scoring for the Carabins in the 11th minute, and Hugo Chambon redirected a cornerkick with a header in the 39th minute to give the home side a 4-1 lead by halftime.

Mohamed Kleit, an electrical engineering senior from Outremont, Que., scored McGill's lone goal.

Redmen goalkeeper Antoine Marchal, a freshman from Montreal, made four stops on nine shots for the loss. Louis-Philippe Simard saved two of three shots for the victory.

It was a costly setback for the Redmen, who are now sixth in the seven-team league and are on the outskirts of a playoff berth as Montreal leap-frogged from sixth to fourth place. Five games remaining before postseason play and both McGill and Montreal are off until Oct. 14. The Carabins (2-2-3) will take on Laval (4-1-2) in Quebec City, while the Redmen (2-3-1) host first-place UQTR (4-1-2) at Percival Molson Stadium at 8 p.m.

 

2016 RSEQ Soccer Standings (updated) • Classement de la saison régulière RSEQ 2016

Pos	Équipe	MJ	V	D	N	BP	BC	PTS
1	UQTR	7	4	1	2	15	7	14
2	Laval	7	4	1	2	15	10	14
3	UQAM	7	3	0	4	11	5	13
4	Montréal	7	2	2	3	15	14	9
5	Concordia	7	2	3	2	12	11	8
6	McGill	6	2	3	1	14	16	7
7	Sherbrooke	7	0	7	0	3	22	0

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