The No. 2 nationally ranked University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's volleyball team hosts the Ottawa Gee-Gees in OUA quarter-final action this Saturday, February 27 at Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport.

Opening serve is scheduled for 1 p.m. Advance tickets are on sale here. The game will also be streamed live on OUA.tv.

Should the Blues be victorious, the University of Toronto would advance to, and host, the OUA Final Four next weekend (March 4-5). Toronto would be vying for their second straight provincial championship banner and the OUA's lone berth to the 2016 CIS championship, March 11-13, hosted by Brandon University.

A Head-to-Head Look

The Varsity Blues are coming off their first perfect regular season since completing the feat back-to-back from 1995-97. Toronto notched a perfect 19-0 record, dropping a program-low three sets, all season.

The Ottawa Gee-Gees finished the regular season with an 11-8 record, in fourth place in the East.

The Blues defeated the Gee-Gees 3-0 (21-12, 25-14, 25-16) on Nov. 15 at home and 3-0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-21) on Feb. 6 in Ottawa. The two teams have met 12 times in the post season, dating back to 1983, with Toronto holding an 8-4 record over Ottawa.  

A Look at the Blues

The Blues are paced by fourth-year setter Madelyn Mandryk, who leads the OUA with 9.80 assists per set.

Her favourite targets are rookie right side Alina Dormann and veteran left Caleigh Cruickshank, who average 4.1 and 3.6 points per game, respectively. The duo also rank third and fifth in the province in serving aces per set.

Fifth-year veteran middle Bojana Radan ranks fourth in the province, averaging 0.95 blocks per set, while fellow co-captain Denise Wooding sits third in the OUA with 4.24 digs per set.

As a team, Toronto ranks first in the province with kills per set (12.75), assists per set (11.60), aces per set (2.55), blocks per set (2.60) and points per set (17.9).

A Gander at the Gee-Gees

Third-year left side hitter Kaly Soro leads Ottawa, averaging 3.5 points per set, while veteran middle Alix Durivage sits second on the team with 3.1 points.
 
Setter Kira Tome averages 8.17 assists per set, while second-year libero Sabrina Roy tops the Gee-Gees with 3.89 digs per set. 

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