Ross and Walsh Jennings lead the series with Bawden and Clancy 5-0, including a 2-0 (21-14, 21-16) quarter-final win August 14 at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in 38 minutes.
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MATCH NOTES
• USA leads the series 5-0, with two of the matches going to a third set (USA won both 15-9)
• These two teams played each other in the Rio Olympics, with USA winning 21-14, 21-16
• USA has advanced to the semifinals in all 10 FIVB events they have played this season (did so in just three of seven tournaments last year)
• When Walsh Jennings won her first FIVB title in 2001, Clancy had just turned nine years old
• AUS had won its last eight pool play matches entering the Toronto event
• This marks the second time in the last three matches that AUS has played USA, as USA had eliminated AUS from the Rio Olympics
• This season USA is 63-8 in matches, including 28-2 in pool play matches and 19-4 in three-set matches
• AUS has a 21-17 match record this season, including 15-10 in pool play and 9-9 in three-set matches