Box Score The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's volleyball team fell 3-2 (25-14, 25-21, 16-25, 16-25, 8-15) to the Western Mustangs in the OUA bronze-medal match on Saturday afternoon (March 10) at Ryerson's Mattamy Athletic Centre.  

The Blues fought hard throughout the match, but were on the losing end of a five set thriller for the second time in less than 24 hours. 

Third-year outside hitter Alina Dormann posted a game-high 19 kills for a total of 19.5 points, while Anna Feore filled the stats sheet with 15 kills, a team-high 11 digs, four service aces and 19.5 points.

Rookie setter Rayn Perry registered a team-high 31 assists and seven digs. Third-year middle hitter Anna Licht chipped in with fives kills and six points. 

The Blues got off to a quick start in the first set led by Dormann. The OUA East player of the year registered six kills to spark a 10-3 run. Toronto held a 16-7 advantage at the first technical timeout and they didn't slow down, winning the first set 25-14.

The second set was the complete opposite, but Toronto was able to take a 16-12 advantage to the technical timeout. The Mustangs galloped back to cut the deficit to 19-17 late in the set, but the Blues offence was too much. Their hitting percentage rose from .267 to .483 in the second set, which was capped off by a Feore tip shot over a double block to hand U of T the set 25-21.

Western registered the first four points of the third set and rode the quick lead to the technical timeout, up 16-8. Toronto struggled, posting a .057 hit percentage, which ultimately cost them the set, 25-16.

The Mustangs continued their impressive play going on a 13-3 run in the fourth set. They kept the momentum the rest of the way to force a fifth and final set with a 25-16 score.

Western did not slow down in the fifth set, as they led 8-2 early on. Toronto attempted a comeback with a pair of points from both Feore and Veronica Deryl to push the score to 11-7. Unfortunately, they were unable to get any closer.

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