Box Score The No. 2 nationally ranked University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's volleyball team completed a perfect 19-0 regular season following a 3-1 (25-17, 21-25, 25-14, 25-17) victory over the Windsor Lancers on Saturday night (Feb. 20) at the Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport.
It marks the first time since back-to-back perfect seasons from 1995-97 that the program has gone undefeated in the regular season. Toronto also lost a program-low three sets all season.
The Blues finish atop the OUA East standings and will host the fourth-place Ottawa Gee-Gees in OUA quarter-final action next Saturday, February 27 at 1 p.m. Advance tickets are on sale
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Should Toronto be victorious in the quarter-final round, they will host the OUA Final Four, March 4-5, at Goldring Centre.
Rookie right side hitter Alina Dormann and veteran left Caleigh Cruickshank led all players with 15 points each. Dormann notched 10 kills, four blocks and one ace, while Cruickshank had a game-high 11 kills and four blocks on the night.
Veteran middle Bojana Radan added 10 kills, three blocks and four digs, while Tessa Davis recorded nine kills, three blocks and five digs.
Fourth-year setter Madelyn Mandryk tallied 34 assists and 10 digs, with veteran libero Denise Wooding adding a team-high 14 digs. Sophomore Anna Feore notched five kills, two aces, one block and 13 digs in the victory.
Windsor was led by Shannon Dean's 10 kills, two blocks and three digs. Lauren Stirling added 32 assists and a game-high 20 digs in the loss.
The Varsity Blues honoured graduating players Angie Bellhumeur, Caleigh Cruickshank, Bojana Radan and Denise Wooding in a special pre-game ceremony.Â
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