TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's volleyball team will face Ohio in the quarterfinals of the 2023 MAC Tournament on Saturday. The match will begin at 4:00 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+.

The No. 5-seed Rockets and No. 4-seed Bobcats will face off in the first match of the tournament, and their match will be followed by No. 3 Ball State vs. No. 6 Bowling Green. The winner of the Toledo/Ohio match will face the No. 1 seed Western Michigan and the winner of the Ball State/BGSU match will face No. 2 Buffalo in the semifinal matches on Sunday. The MAC Tournament Championship match will take place on Monday at 6:30 p.m.

How We Got Here

• Toledo ended the regular season with an 11-7 record, the first time in school history it has won double-digit conference games in three straight seasons.
• The Rockets built themselves a solid foundation to begin MAC play, winning five of their first six conference matches.
• UT officially clinched its tournament spot last Saturday, Nov. 11. Despite losing to Western Michigan at home, Toledo earned its tournament berth by virtue of Central Michigan's loss to Ohio.
• The Rockets were solid defensively in MAC play, ranking in the top five in the league in digs (15.86/set) and opponent attack percentage (.207) in league play.
• Ryann Jaqua led the MAC in digs (5.56/set) during conference play and became Toledo's all-time career digs leader on Nov. 11 vs. Western Michigan.
• Taylor Alt was one of the top offensive threats in the conference, ranking third in kills (4.32/set) and fourth in scoring (4.72 points/set) in MAC play.

Last Time Out
Toledo entered the final match of the regular season with either the No. 5 or No. 6 seed in play, and its three-set victory over Ball State clinched the fifth seed. The win was the Rockets' first over the Cardinals since Sept. 28, 2017, which was also a three-set victory at home.

Toledo won the first two sets, 25-23 and 25-18, to go up 2-0 in the match. The third set was never in doubt for UT, as it won 25-13 to put an emphatic end to its regular season.

Last Time vs. Ohio
Toledo faced Ohio only once this year and lost in four sets on Oct. 27 in Savage Arena.

After dropping the first set, 25-19, the Rockets bounced back to win the second set 25-20 to even the match. The Bobcats answered by winning the third and fourth sets to win the match.

Taylor Alt tallied a team-high 15 kills, and Jada Bouyer and Abby Erickson both recorded nine terminations. Erickson also led Toledo with a match-high five blocks. Ryann Jaqua led all players with 26 digs and Izzy Granger reached double-digits as well, collecting 11 digs. Macy Hatkevich registered 38 assists.

2023 MAC Tournament
Saturday-Monday, Nov. 18-20
Kalamazoo, Mich.

Saturday, Nov. 18
Game 1: No. 4 Ohio vs. No. 5 Toledo – 4:00 p.m.
Game 2: No. 3 Ball State vs. No. 6 Bowling Green – 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 19
Game 3: No. 1 Western Michigan vs. Game 1 Winner – 4:00 p.m.
Game 4: No. 2 Buffalo vs. Game 2 Winner – 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 20
Game 5: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner – 6:30 p.m.