Box Score The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's volleyball team defeated the Guelph Gryphons 3-0 (25-14, 25-23, 25-22) in the OUA bronze-medal match on Sunday afternoon (Feb. 23) at the Athletic Centre Sports Gym.
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Fourth-year left side hitter Charlotte Sider of Ottawa led all players with 15 kills and nine digs, while fellow OUA all-star Jennifer Neilson notched eight kills and nine digs. Bojana Radan added five kills and a team-high three blocks, with Caleigh Cruickshank also adding five kills on the day.
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Malena Rapaport and Julia Bellehumeur split setting duies with 14 and 17 assists, respectively, while Denise Wooding led U of T with 15 digs in the win.
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The Blues held a comfortable point cushion throughout the first set and a 7-0 run, capped off by a Tessa Davis kill and Caleigh Cruickshank ace, sealed the win 25-14. The Gryphons got out to a 16-10 lead at the second set technical time out, but the Blues rallied and four straight kills from Sider led another 7-0 streak to come back and take it 25-23.
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Both teams went back and forth in the third, but another U of T run gave the home team a 16-11 lead at the technical timeout. The Gryphons fought back and a tip at the net by Alicia Combe-Dingwall evened the score at 17-17 but the Blues closed out the match on a 4-0 streak and a final kill from Bojana Radan sealed the third 25-22.
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Guelph's Alicia Combe-Dingwall had four kills and three blocks, while Kristen Almhjell added 22 digs in the loss.Â
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