PREVIEW: #4 women’s soccer opens playoffs at home versus Toronto

Saturday, October 29

• The Matchup: #4 Ottawa Gee-Gees (9-1-2, 2^nd in OUA East) versus Toronto Varsity Blues (9-3-0, 3^rd in OUA East)
• Location: Matt Anthony Field
• Kickoff: 12:00 p.m.
• Tickets: tickets.geegees.ca
• All-time series: Ottawa leads 37-2-10 (7-0-0 in the playoffs)
• Last meeting: Ottawa 0, Toronto 1 – Sept. 11, 2022 at Matt Anthony Field
• Broadcast: OUA.tv

OTTAWA GAME NOTES

• Major stat leaders
  • Goals: Cassandra Provost – 18
  • Assists: Soumaya Bouak – 6

• The Gee-Gees path to the U SPORTS National Championship begins against Toronto. The winner of this matchup will progress to face the winner of the Western-McMaster match, also held on Saturday. The winner of the following match will progress to the OUA Final and earn a berth at Nationals.
• Cassandra Provost concluded the season as the country's top goal scorer, despite playing in just 11 games. Most players across the country appeared in 14 matches.
• Ottawa and Toronto halved their regular season matchups, with the Gee-Gees winning 4-1 in the season opener and Toronto bouncing back for a 1-0 decision the next week.

TORONTO GAME NOTES

• Major stat leaders
  • Goals: Lindsay Bosveld – 8
  • Assists: Karly Hellstrom – 6

• Toronto secured a spot in the quarterfinals by defeating TMU 2-0 in the first round. Cassie Chan and Rena Nakajima scored the goals for the Varsity Blues.
• Despite suffering just three losses this season, said losses were extremely lop-sided for the Varsity Blues. The decisions were 4-1 against Ottawa, 4-1 against Queen's and 6-1 against Nipissing.
• Karly Hellstrom's six assists were tied for the fourth-most in the conference during the regular season.

Tickets for the game are on sale at tickets.geegees.ca. The match will be streamed on OUA.tv.