Gaels women and Mustangs men continue run as OUA Squash Champions
The Western men continued their dominance in the OUA squash scene on Sunday at the Northfield Fitness and Racquet Club in Waterloo, winning their 34th straight title capturing the 2017 OUA Championship banner while Queen’s won their 3rd straight banner on the women’s side.
WATERLOO, Ont. The Western men continued their dominance in the OUA squash scene on Sunday at the Northfield Fitness and Racquet Club in Waterloo, winning their 34th straight title capturing the 2017 OUA Championship banner while Queen's won their 3rd straight banner on the women's side.
The Mustangs captured the men's event winning all six of their games earning 43 match victories, six better than the McMaster Marauders who earned the silver medal. Rounding out the top three were the hosts, Waterloo Warriors who took down 30 matches to capture the team bronze.
On the women's side Queen's was unstoppable going 40-0 in their matches, cruising to the team gold while Western was 14 back earning 26 match wins to claim the silver medal. Brock slipped into the bronze medal position, after a tight race developed on the final day between the Badgers, McMaster, and Waterloo.
Leading Western to their 44th overall men's banner were a pair of rookies, Matt Henderson and David Mill. Henderson, the top seeded Mustang dropped just one match while Mill playing in the second spot was nearly perfect, dropping just one set the entire championship.
Patrick Morkus of McMaster had himself a stellar championship, losing just one match to Mohamed Hamour of Brock but was able to get by Henderson of Western in their day one match. Morkus would be named the men's most valuable player for his efforts. Rookie Ravi Seth was a big contributing factor to Waterloo's bronze medal dropping just two matches and was named the men's rookie of the year.
Individually on the women's side, Ali Richmond was unstoppable going undefeated as the top seeded player. There was no surprise Richmond was named the women's MVP after beating last year's women's player of the year Evelyn Moorhouse of Toronto. Moorhouse finished her championship with a 4-1 record.
Olivia Waite, of McMaster was rewarded for her outstanding play in the top spot, winning two of her five matches and was named the women's rookie of the year.
The coaches of the year went to Vinit Kudva of Waterloo on the men's side, his fourth straight coach of the year recognition, while Lisa Coates was named the top women's coach for the second time in three years.
Men's Standings (record)
1) Western (44-4)
2) McMaster (37-11)
3) Waterloo (30-18)
4) Toronto (22-26)
5) Brock (17-31)
6) Queen's (16-32)
7) Guelph (2-46)
Women's Standings (record)
1) Queen's (40-0)
2) Western (26-14)
3) Brock (18-22)
4) McMaster (16-24)
5) Waterloo (11-29)
6) Toronto (9-31)
Men's MVP
Patrick Morkus (McMaster)
Women's MVP
Ali Richmond (Queen's)
Men's Rookie of the Year
Ravi Seth (Waterloo)
Women's Rookie of the Year
Olivia Waite (McMaster)
Men's Coach of the Year
Vinit Kudva (Waterloo)
Women's Coach of the Year
Lisa Coates (Queen's)
Men's All-Stars
Mohamed Hamour (Brock)
Patrick Morkus (McMaster)
Ravi Seth (Waterloo)
Matt Henderson (Western)
Cameron Butler (Queen's)
David Mill (Western)
Women's All-Stars
Ali Richmond (Queen's)
Evelyn Moorhouse (Toronto)
Andrea Chaves (Brock)
Charlotte Copas (Waterloo)
Olivia Waite (McMaster)
Alysha Anzik (Queen's)
