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MONTREAL -- It was a record day for Canada at the mens draw of the Rogers Cup. Milos Raonic, Filip Peliwo, Frank Dancevic and Vasek Pospisil all pulled off three-set victories Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Masters 1000 hardcourt tennis event. With Jesse Levine of Ottawas win on Monday, it put five Canadians into the second round -- one more than made it that far in 1992. "Its amazing," said Dancevic, a Niagara Falls, Ont., native who downed Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-1. "Its a Masters series event and pretty much everyone you play here is at a high level, ranked in the top-50, so to have four guys through the first round shows a lot about how far Canadian tennis has come along. "Its really great to see and its been showing up more and more in all the tournaments." It was a first win in an ATP event this year for Dancevic, who has been doing well of late in lower-level tournaments. In the feature evening match on centre court of the US$3.49-million tournament, the 13th-seeded Raonic, of Thornhill, Ont., used his booming serve to overcome an otherwise so-so outing to defeat Frances Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 in his first-round match. Vancouvers Peliwo, who became the first Canadian male to win a junior grand slam event at Wimbledon in 2012, staved off a match point with what he called a "lucky" shot at the net for a 3-6, 7-5, 3-1 win over 39th-ranked Jarkko Nieminen. The Finnish left-hander was forced to retire in the third set with a hamstring injury. Pospisil, of Vernon, B.C., upset one of the hottest players on the ATP Tour as he outlasted 20th-ranked American John Isner 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) before a roaring crowd on centre court. "Im feeling very good about my game lately," said Pospisil, who was coming off a victory last week in a Challenger series event in Vancouver. "From the baseline I wasnt feeling too comfortable because the conditions are extremely different from Vancouver. "I felt a little bit of difficulty controlling the ball from the baseline." The only Canadian to fall thus far was Peter Polansky, also of Thornhill, who got to the main draw through the qualifying tournament but then lost to ninth-seeded Kei Nishikori on Monday. The Canadian men had already reached a milestone this year when they defeated Italy to reach the Davis Cup semifinals for the first time. And with Raonic ranked 13th and Pospisil recently risen to 71st, it is the first time Canada has had two players in the worlds top 75 since Andrew Sznejder and Grant Connell in 1990. "We have a lot of capable and good players that can play at a high level," said Pospisil, who beat a top-20 player for the first time. "Its just thrilling, really. Theres so many of us right now in the second round." While Canada may be on the rise, the United States has taken a mighty fall. Isners loss means that when next weeks rankings come out, there will be no American in the top-20 for the first time in 40 years of ATP rankings. Isner reached the Rogers Cup semifinals last year and didnt defend those points. At Wimbledon in June, for the first time in 101 years no American reached the third round. Isner, who was coming off a win and a an appearance in a final in his last two tournaments, wasnt talkative after the match and said he just wanted to go home. Peliwo looked ready for an early exit when he fell behind 3-0 in the second set and then was taken to match point with 32-year-old Niemenin leading 5-4. But he found a way out of that jam and went on to win the set and the match. "Basically, I went to the net after a rally, hit a pretty lame volley, kind of popped it up," said the Peliwo 19-year-old said. "He hit a forehand, I kind of moved to the right expecting it down the line and I guess he changed his mind a bit and hit it right towards my direction. "I just threw my hands up like that. Just reflex." Peliwo is ranked 353rd in the world, but the victory over 39th-ranked Niemenin should put him into the top-300. "Its definitely the best feeling Ive had in a while," he said. "Its such a big win for me. "Ranking-wise, Ill get a lot of points. Confidence, to be able to say I beat a top-40 player. Im still trying to realize what I did." Peliwo will face 66th-ranked Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in the second round on Wednesday. Levine will be in tough against fourth-seeded Rafael Nadal, the former world No. 1 and two-time Rogers Cup champion. Raonic goes up against Mikhail Youzhny. Dancevic takes on 15th-seeded Jerzy Janowicz, who beat Julien Benneteau 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. Pospisil will face No. 51 Radek Stepanek, who upset 12th seeded Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3. 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Toss a compliment to the 5-foot-9 redshirt sophomore about leading the nation in assists per set and shes quick to tout her surrounding cast -- Carli Snyder, Alex Holston and Rhamat Alhassan, three of the best hitters in the game.But Gators coach Mary Wise will tell you Monserez, the espnW national volleyball player of the week, is awfully good, too.Shes a point guard whos not going to score a ton of points but can recognize the open player and can get them the ball and can do it without a whole lot of fanfare, Wise said. She just delivers a killable ball, and as the season has gone on, shes learned not just how but when to do it.In weekend victories over LSU and Texas A&M, Monserez recorded 89 assists. Also the SEC player of the week and the AVCA national player of the week, Monserez tied the mark for any SEC player this season in a four-set match with 57 assists against Texas A&M on Sunday. Monserez posted her third double-double of the season at LSU with 32 assists and a career-high 16 digs. Tenth-ranked Florida leads the SEC in hitting percentage at .323.Our hitters have been hitting at such a high efficiency, its been a really fun environment to be in, Monserez said. Having Alex, Rhamat and Carli up there, I have full faith and trust Im going to put it up, and theyre going to give it their best swing.Monserez started her career at South Carolina, averaging 4.87 assists and posting five double-doubles as a freshman before deciding the program wasnt the best fit for her. Gainesville was 90 minutes from her hometown, Windermere, and her sister, Madison, had been a defensive specialist for Florida, so the transfer to Wises perennial powerhouse was natural. She sat out last season, learning from Mackenzie Dagostino and watching the tendencies of Snyder, Holston and the otherworldly Alhassan, perhaps the most athletic middle blocker in the sport.Mackenzie was a great mentor, Monserez said. She was so composed on the court.dddddddddddd Watching her really helped me.Wise said like Dagostino, Monserez is undersized, and she realizes how much harder she has to work, she said. She was here last summer. Alex, Carli, Rhamat and Allie, the time they put in the gym, without any coaches, was invaluable. We needed them to be on the same page. Allie is not 6-feet tall. Shes not a lefty. Shes never made a USA team. Shes just been the consummate stabilizer doing what she needs to do for the team to be successful.Although Monserez didnt travel in 2015, Snyder made her feel part of the team as soon as she set foot in Gainesville with a coffee invite. Monserez followed every road game religiously online and took part in the group text afterward. Repeated viewings of Cameron Diaz in The Holiday added to giggles and bonding with her teammates.Its crazy how 18 girls can be so close, she said. We all love the song Caroline by Amine. We all know all the words. So we sing that in the locker room before the games.Monserez grew up a tennis, basketball and volleyball player, starting out as a setter at age 7. Her family is full of athletes. In addition to Madison, her dad played basketball in Europe, one cousin played baseball at Xavier, while other cousins played basketball at Butler and Lehigh. Her mom, a Gator alumna, competes in the open tennis league in Orlando, and her younger sis, Marlie, has already committed to Florida volleyball for 2018.Allie and Marlie have never played together, but will get the chance when Allie is a senior and Marlie is a freshman.Theyll be lots of volleyball to play before then. Florida (17-2, 6-1), winner of 21 SEC titles under Wise, sits third behind unbeaten conference rivals Kentucky and Missouri.I see us having a really great season and making it to the final four, Monserez said. If were all playing Gator volleyball, I know something really special is going to happen this year. ' ' '