The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's volleyball team continued their strong start to the 2026-27 regular season, earning their second consecutive 3-0 victory over the RMC Paladins on Saturday (Oct. 31) afternoon at Goldring Centre – Kimel Family Field House.
Coming off a straight-sets victory in Friday's season opener, the Blues carried their momentum into Saturday's matchup. Toronto took control early, securing a 25-12 win in the opening set. The Blue and White maintained their offensive rhythm in the second set, taking it 25-13 before closing out the match with a dominant 25-10 third-set victory.
Toronto delivered an impressive all-around performance, recording 31 kills compared to RMC's 11, while posting a .314 hitting percentage to the Paladins' -.133. The Blues were particularly effective from the service line, registering 16 aces, while adding seven total blocks at the net.
Third-year outside hitter Julia Liu led the Blues with a game-high 13 points, recording nine kills, three service aces and one solo block. Fifth-year outside hitter Giulia Chimilovski followed with 8.5 points, contributing five kills, two service aces, one solo block and one block assist. Fifth-year outside hitter Olivia Zhu added seven points from six kills and one ace.
Second-year setter Louisa Cassidy helped direct Toronto's offence with 18 assists, while fourth-year libero Delaney Watson led the defensive effort with a team-high 10 digs.
With back-to-back sweeps over the Paladins, the Blues improve to 2-0 to open the regular season. Toronto will return to action next Friday (Nov. 6) when they host the Ottawa Gee-Gees at Goldring Centre – Kimel Family Field House. First serve is scheduled for 5:30 p.m., with tickets available for the home contest at varsityblues.ca/tickets. All home Varsity Blues volleyball matches are also streamed live on oua.tv.
