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   Toronto (February 22, 2014) – The Guelph Gryphons women's volleyball team dropped a back-and-forth 3-2 final to the Ottawa Gee-Gees in OUA semi-final action on Saturday afternoon at the University of Toronto Athletics Centre Sports Gym. It was an epic battle with both teams trading momentum throughout with the Gryphons ultimately falling a few points short. Set scores were 27-25, 22-25, 21-25, 26-24 and 15-12.
 
With the loss, the Gryphons will face the host Toronto Varsity Blues for the OUA bronze medal tomorrow at 12 p.m. In the first semi-final of the day the Varsity Blues dropped a 3-1 game to the McMaster Marauders. Toronto, finished the regular season first in the OUA East with a 13-6 record. In their regular season head-to-head match Toronto defeated Guelph 3-1. 
 
The Gee-Gee's now advance to the OUA final against the McMaster Marauders on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. With the semi-final win both teams booked their ticket to the CIS national tournament next week, February 28-March 2 hosted by the University of Regina.
 
Ottawa jumped out to an early lead in set one and led through the middle of the game, but Guelph fought back to tie the set at 20. The Gryphons scored the next two points to go ahead but Ottawa tallied three consecutive points to seize  back the lead. From there, the teams traded points until Ottawa finally finished the set at 27-25.
 
In the second set, the teams took turns trading the lead early but Guelph forged ahead 16-12 at the technical timeout. Ottawa closed to within a point a couple of times, but the Gryphons finished the set with a 25-22 win.
 
Set three started slowly for Guelph as they fell behind 6-3 but they stayed close and led 16-14 at the timeout. A 5-3 run allowed the Gryphons to lead 21-17 and again they maintained the lead to win 25-21.
 
The fourth set saw Guelph fall behind again and they trailed through most of the set but they caught the Gee-Gees at 22 all. They had a match point at 24-23 before a 3-point run allowed Ottawa to survive at 26-24.
 
The fifth and deciding set saw Ottawa leading early with the Gryphons again catching them at 11 all. Unfortunately, Ottawa used a 4-1 run to win the set and match 15-12.
 
Coach Funk stated, "I'm very proud of the way our girls fought today. Despite being the higher seed, we were the underdogs in this match against a very experienced Ottawa squad and we knew we would have to play very well to win. We did that  but unfortunately, we were a few points short today. Now we have to recover for tomorrow's bronze medal match against another very tough Toronto squad."
 
Rebecca Breau led the Guelph offense with 23 points (21 kills, 2 aces) followed by Rachel Petcoff ith 18 (16 kills, 2 aces) while Kristen Almhjell led the defense with 25 digs.

Kaly Soro led the Gee-Gees with 20 kills and 16 digs, while Kelsie and Myriam English notched 14 kills apiece. Myriam, the OUA West player of the year, also added a game-high five aces on the day. Kria Tome notched 51 assists and 11 digs, with Stephanie Theiler recording 25 digs in the win.
 
 
2014 OUA Women's Volleyball Final Four
 
Saturday, February 22
Semifinal # 1: McMaster 3, Toronto 1
Semifinal #2: Ottawa 3, Guelph 2
 
Sunday, February 22
Bronze-Medal Match: Toronto vs Guelph – 12PM
Gold-Medal Match: McMaster vs Ottawa – 2:30PM
 
All games will be webcasted live on GoBlues.tv.