OUA Uncovered: 2013-2014 Year In Review

OUA UNCOVERED

2013-2014 YEAR IN REVIEW

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Photo Source: Michael P. Hall

Table of Contents Badminton ...................................... 4

Baseball ......................................... 6

Basketball - Men ......................... 8

Basketball - Women ................. 10

Cross Country ......................... 12

Curling .......................................... 14

Fencing .......................................... 16

Field Hockey ................................ 18

Figure Skating ............................ 20

Football .................. 22

Golf .......................... 24

Hockey - Men ......... 26

Hockey - Women .. 28

Lacrosse ................. 30

Nordic Skiing ...... ... 32

Rowing .................... 34

Rugby - Men ........... 36

Rugby - Women .... 38

Soccer - Men ....... ... 40

Soccer - Women .... 42

Squash ..................... 44

Swimming ............... 46

Tennis ..................... 48

Track and Field ......................... 50

Volleyball - Men ...................... 52

Volleyball - Women ................ 54

Water Polo - Men ..................... 56

Water Polo - Women ............... 58

Wrestling ................................... 60

CIS Champions Recap ................ 62

OUA Honour Awards ................. 74

Growing the Gridiron .............. 76

Front Cover:

Womens Basketball's graduating OUA All-Stars set the bar high

for future All-StarsPhoto by: Michael P. Hall

Waterloo, Ont. - The Western Mustangs dominated the 2014 OUA Badminton Championship to claim the team gold medal at the Physical Activities Com-plex in Waterloo on Sunday, March 9th. The title is Western's 10th since OUA badminton moved to the team format.

The Mustangs cleaned up in the points system with 86 overall points. In their inaugural OUA season, the Ottawa Gee-Gees performed well picking up 34 points to claim the silver medal. The host Warriors rounded out the top three winning their third straight OUA bronze with their 29 team points.

The Mustangs were represented in four of the five event finals including two events (women's doubles and men's singles) that were all-Western finals.

In men's singles, Martin Giuffre of Western met fellow teammate and OUA rookie of the year Danny Paulson in the gold medal contest and walked away with the straight set win (21-15, 21-11). Giuffre dropped only one set the entire championship in men's singles competition and was named the OUA MVP. The women's singles gold medal match featured Vivian Kwok of Ryerson and Qufei Chen of Ottawa. Chen earned the upper hand

Photo Source: Waterloo Sports Info

BADMINTON

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Male Most Valuable Player ................................. Martin Giuffre (Western) Male Rookie of the Year ................................... Danny Paulson (Western)

Female Most Valuable Player .................................. Alex Bruce (Western) Female Rookie of the Year ....................................... Qufei Chen (Ottawa)

Coach of the Year ................................................... Rob Fowler (Western)


in the early going and held the advantage throughout sweeping Kwok in straight sets (21-13, 21-17). Chen was dynamite throughout the entire championship and was named the OUA rookie of the year for her efforts.

In men's doubles Giuffre was at it again with partner Allen Chee up against Waterloo's Nathan Lee and Wesley Marr. After Lee and Marr took the opening set (21-19) Giuffre and Chee put it into cruise control winning the final two sets 21-15, 21-8 to capture the gold medal.

In yet another all-Western final for the women's doubles event it was Alex Bruce and Adrianna Giuffre grab-bing the gold medal in convincing fashion defeating teammates (and sibling) Christina Giuffre and Margaret Cameron.

In the final event of the day, Alex Bruce joined Martin Giuffre as a double gold medalist winning the mixed doubles event with partner Allen Chee, who won double gold. The Western pair took down the mixed doubles team of Qufei Chen and Kevin Tseng of Ottawa and Bruce was named the OUA MVP collecting the most tour-nament points winning both the women's and mixed doubles events.

Source: Western Sports Info

Photo Source: Waterloo Sports Info


Guelph, Ont. – The Laurier Golden Hawks claimed the Jason Guindon Memorial Cup at the 2013 OUA baseball championships Sunday, October 20th at Hastings Stadium hosted by the University of Guelph Gryphons. The Golden Hawks defeated the Brock Badgers 5-3 in the championship final to claim the title. The Golden Hawks went 3-0 overall at the tournament with a win over Brock in the opening game by a score of 5-3 on Friday, October 18th and then earned a victory over the Guelph Gryphons in their second game by a score of 3-2 which was played on Sunday morning. In the championship final, left fielder Daniel Murphy got things started early and often for the Golden Hawks going 3-for-5 with an RBI and a pair of runs scored. The lead off hitter got the Golden Hawks on the board early with a first inning single, stolen base and run scored on Jeff Hunts double. In the fourth Murphy sin-gled again, later stole third and scored on an Adam Raithby single. Third baseman Jeff Hunt also had a big game going 2-for-5 with an RBI, run scored and a pair of stolen bases. All eight runs were scored in the first four innings with the Golden Hawks getting 6.1 innings of four-hit ball out of starter Ian Filion who gave up three early runs before settling in. Fillion gave up three runs and turned it over to the bullpen duo of Andrew Ziedins (1.2 innings) and Mitch Clarke (1.0 inning) who yielded no runs, no hits while striking out five. Clarke pitched a perfect ninth striking out the side to earn the save. Phil Steer led the way for the Badgers going 1-for-2 with a pair of runs scored and a pair of stolen bases. Starting pitcher Luke Miller was roughed up for five runs (4 earned) over 3.2 innings as the Badgers couldn’t ride the momentum from their 12 inning victory over the Gryphons to earn a spot in the champion-ship game.


Most Valuable Hitter .......................................... Justin Interisano (Guelph) Most Valuable Pitcher .................................... Brendan Sorichetti (Guelph) Rookie of the Year ........................................ Michael Clouthier (Waterloo) Coach of the Year ...................................................... Matt Griffin (Guelph)

BASEBALL

The home team Gryphons ended their championships with a record of 1-2. On Sunday morning the Gryphons fell 3-2 to the eventual champion Golden Hawks. After a short break they were back on the field for a game against the Badgers, with the winner earn-ing a spot in the finals. The Badgers took 12 innings of work but eventually defeated the Gryphons 3-2. Kevin Winters led the bats for the Gryphons in the loss going 2-for-4 with an RBI while Matt Forer and Dean Mariani put the Gryphons on the scoreboard with a run scored each. The heartbreaking 12 inning loss was an unfortunate low point for an otherwise impres-sive season for the Gryphons. Guelph finished the regular season with a team record 17-7 finish, tied for second in the OUA and earned three of the top four OUA major award winners.

Source: Guelph Sports Info

Photo Source: Guelph Sports Info - Joe D'Angelo


BASKETBALLMENToronto, Ont. - A two-pointer by Johnny Berhanemeskel with five-tenths of a second remaining gave the Ottawa Gee-Gees their second Wilson Cup title in school history, upsetting the defending-champion Car-leton Ravens in a thrilling come-from-behind 78-77 victory at the OUA Men's Basketball Final Four Cham-pionship hosted by Ryerson University at the Mattamy Athletic Centre, presented by Recharge with Milk on Saturday, March 1st.

Berhanemeskel's game-winner capped a 30-point performance for the fourth-year guard from Ottawa, which earned him the Kitch MacPherson Trophy as the outstanding player in the Wilson Cup game. His tally included connecting on 13 of 28 attempts from the field, two from beyond the arc.

The Gee-Gees had trailed by 10 points with just over three minutes remaining in regulation, but a run of 11 unanswered Ottawa points obliterated the Carleton lead.

Terry Thomas ranked second among Gee-Gee scorers, tallying 17 points, including a trio of three-pointers, and a team-high nine rebounds. Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue added 12 points to the score sheet.

For the Ravens, Tyson Hinz posted 25 points and 10 rebounds, followed by Thomas Scrubb with 21 points and Philip Scrubb with 13 points.

Photo Source: Blake Chorley

West Player of the Year .................................................................... Lien Phillip (Windsor) West Rookie of the Year ...................................................................... Dani Elgadi (Brock) West Defensive Player of the Year ........................................ Dwayne Harvey (Lakehead) West Ken Shields Award (Outstanding Student-Athlete) ...... Quinn Henderson (Western) West Coach of the Year .......................................................... Amos Connolly (McMaster)

East Player of the Year ................................................................ Philip Scrubb (Carleton) East Rookie of the Year ................................................... Jean-Victor Mukuma (Ryerson) East Defensive Player of the Year ........................................... Thomas Scrubb (Carleton) East Ken Shields Award (Outstanding Student-Athlete) ........... Kevin Churchill (Carleton) East Coach of the Year .................................................................. Dave Smart (Carleton)

Kitch MacPherson Trophy (MVP of Wilson Cup) ........... Johnny Berhanemeskel (Ottawa)

Ottawa's only previous Wilson Cup title came 21 years ago, when they defeated the Western Mustangs 88-48 on March 13, 1993.

The loss snapped Carleton's 49-game winning streak against CIS opponents in regular season and playoff competition, and a two-year reign as Wilson Cup champions. The Ravens' last loss against a Canadian school came on November 9, 2012.

Ottawa fought Carleton equally in the early going, holding a lead of 24-22 after the first quarter. Carleton steadily began to build its lead in the second frame, pulling ahead 40-35 by halftime.

The Gee-Gees entered the final quarter on the short end of a 62-56 score, and Carleton's offence had Ottawa pinned 75-65 with 3:05 remaining on the cock. A basket by Berhanemeskel ig-nited an 11-point Ottawa rally, with him contributing seven points and Gonthier-Dubue the remaining two. Gonthier-Dubue sunk a two-pointer with 22 seconds left to give Ottawa a 76-75 lead. Carleton regained the upper hand with 6.8 second remaining on a field goal by Tyson Hinz, setting the stage for Berhanemeskel's game-winner.

The McMaster Marauders took the OUA bronze medal earlier in the day with a 93-89 overtime win over the Windsor Lancers. Source: OUA.ca



WOMENWindsor, Ont.- The Windsor Lancers women's basketball team claimed its second-straight con-ference banner on Saturday, March 8th at the St. Denis Centre, defeating the Queen's Gaels 73-48 in the OUA Final, presented by ArcelorMittal Dofasco.

Windsor claims its fifth OUA title in the last six seasons, and joins Toronto and Laurentian as the only women's basketball programs to have claimed at least five Ontario confer-ence championships since it was first awarded in 1971-72. The Lancers improve their OUA Final record to 5-1 over the last six years.

Miah-Marie Langlois recorded a game-high 25 points and tallied eight as-sists, six rebounds and two steals, earning herself the Porter Airlines player of the game honour. Jessica Clemencon scored 21 points and added eight rebounds for Windsor, who extends its playoff winning streak to 12 games. Korissa Williams tallied 14 points and rookie Cheyanne Roger grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds.

Veterans Liz Boag and Jenny Wright each scored a team-best 17 points for the Gaels who last won the conference title in the 2000-01 season. The Laurier Golden Hawks defeated Carleton 70-65 in double-overtime in the bronze medal match earlier on Saturday.

The Lancers jumped out to a 9-0 lead in the opening quarter. After a slow start in the first two minutes, Williams notched back-to-back transition lay-ups off a pair of Gaels turnovers. Langlois then went to work, as the OUA defensive player of the year followed a running jumper down the middle with a baseline fade-away. Another mid-range jumper from the Windsor native gave the women a commanding 17-3 lead at the 3:30 point of the first.



BASKETBALL

West Player of the Year ............................................................ Jenny Vaughan (Western) West Rookie of the Year ...................................................... Mackenzie Puklicz (Western) West Defensive Player of the Year .................................... Miah-Marie Langlois (Windsor) West Joy Bellinger Award (Outstanding Student-Athlete) ........ Hailey Miligan (McMaster) West Coach of the Year ............................................................. Chantal Vallee (Windsor)

East Player of the Year ........................................................... Elizabeth Roach (Carleton) East Rookie of the Year .......................................................... Heather Lindsay (Carleton) East Defensive Player of the Year ............................................ Maddie Stephen (Ottawa) East Joy Bellinger Award (Outstanding Student-Athlete) ................. Kayla Pongos (York) East Coach of the Year ................................................................. Dave Wilson (Queen's)

Williams made good on another transition basket on a fast-break outlet from Kristine Lalonde. Clemencon nailed a deep two at the buzzer, and led all players with eight first-quarter points as Windsor took a 23-7 lead into the second.

The Gaels offence came alive early in the second, as Wright's three-pointer helped the visitors go on a mini run. The Kingston, Ont. native then picked up two more points on a strong drive to the basket while being fouled and converted her ensuing free-throw to cap off an 8-2 run.

However, Clemencon continued her potent perimeter shooting, knocking down two more jumpers to stem the Gaels tide. Boag picked up her first three-pointer of the game, but Langlois responded with two more baskets of her own to keep Windsor's offence rolling through the first half.

Boag followed another three with a lay-up, but Clemencon responded with a basket and foul shot. The St. Rambert, France native polished off an impressive first half with a jumper on Windsor's final second quarter possession, as Windsor took a 43-27 lead into the locker rooms.

Clemencon finished the half with 19 points, as the Lancers shot just under 53% from the field. Queen's was led by Boag's 12 points and worked at a 34.6% ef-ficiency.

Windsor used a 10-2 run through the first five minutes of the third quarter to extend its lead. Langlois pol-ished off the Lancers streak with two speedy penetrations inside to put the home team up 24. The offense slowed for both squads in the second part of the third, as the teams combined for just 18 points in the quar-ter, and the Lancers maintained a 20-point advantage heading into the final period.

The three-time defending CIS champions only padded their lead in the final 10 minutes of play to earn their second conference championship in as many year. Windsor shot 42.3% in the championship, compared to 31.6% from the Gaels. The Lancers also won the glass battle, totalling 52 boards to 33 from Queen's.

Source: Windsor Sports Info



CROSS COUNTRYHamilton, Ont. – The driving rain and resulting mud at the 2013 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Cross Country Championship may have slowed times on the Chedoke GC course, but it did not stop the Guelph Gryphons from repeating as men's and women's champions Saturday. The Guelph women won their OUA record tenth consecutive championship title and the men their ninth. The Gryphon women used their depth to secure this year's championship, but it was a pair of Queen's run-ners who stole the show topping the podium. Victoria Coates (Newmarket, Ont.) improved on her 2012 OUA silver medal finish with the McMaster Marauders by winning this year's event as a member of the Queen’s

Gaels finishing in a time of 21:50.2. Fellow Gael Julie-Anne Staehli (Luc-know, Ont.) followed Coates in a time of 22:01.8 to secure silver. The Gry-phons swept the next five spots with Carise Thompson's (Orkney, Ont.) 22:15.3 run securing bronze and the team title for Guelph. The Western Mustangs and Toronto Varsity Blues finished second and third on all-star runs from their top finishers. Heather Petrick was the top female rookie finisher. The Niagara on the Lake, Ont., native clocked in at 22:23.5 for the Gryphons. The Gryphon's swept the podium in the men's 10km race with Aaron Hen-drikx (Parkhill, Ont.) finishing in a time of 32:39.7, just over four seconds ahead of teammate and defending champion Ross Proudfoot (Sudbury, Ont.), to take the men's individual title. First-year Tristan Woodfine (Cob-den, Ont.) secured the podium sweep for Guelph placing third in a time of 33:03.3 and earned men’s rookie of the year honours.

McMaster’s Madeline McDonald (Toronto, Ont.) takes home the OUA community service award. The second-year kinesiology student is an executive member of the McMaster Athletes Care pro-gram. On top of her training, she finds time weekly to volunteer at the Hamilton Boys and Girls Clubs. This season, she organized a FAB (Fit-Active-Beautiful) activity day at the McMaster campus for at-risk, inner-city female youth. McDonald finished in 25th place at this year’s OUA championship.




Men's Most Valuable Runner ..................................... Aaron Hendrikx (Guelph) Men's Rookie of the Year ......................................... Tristan Woodfine (Guelph) Men's Community Service Award ............................... Chris Dulhanty (Guelph) Men's Coach of the Year ............................................. Rory Sneyd (McMaster)

Women's Most Valuable Runner .............................. Victoria Coates (Queen's) Women's Rookie of the Year ..................................... Heather Petrick (Guelph) Women's Community Service Award ............. Madeline McDonald (McMaster) Women's Coach of the Year ............................................ Bob Vigras (Western)

The men’s community service award recipient is Guelph’s Chris Dulhanty (Mississauga, Ont.) The bio-medical engineer-ing student is in his fourth year of eligibility for the Gryphons and is a three-time academic all-Canadian. In addition to his academic and athletic prow-ess, Dulhanty has a passion for media. Dulhanty recently used this skill to help young people adjusting to university life. He produced a series of videos for incoming students on residence life and living on campus for the Residences Admissions depart-ment, providing helpful informa-tion on the transition from home to university living.Bob Vigars, head coach of the Western Mustangs, has been named the OUA women’s cross country coach of the year. Vigars is the longest serving head coach among all coaches in all sports in Western Mustangs history; this is his 46th season with the school. He led the Mustangs to team this silver at the OUA champi-onship.

McMaster’s Rory Sneyd is the 2013 OUA men’s cross country coach of the year. Sneyd, in his eighth season at the helm of the Marauders, led the men’s team to a surprising second place finish. The Marauders were ranked No. 6 in the country, and managed to oust higher-ranked Windsor and Queen’s in the OUA champi-onship under Sneyd’s leadership.

Source: OUA.ca


Photo Source: Colin Dewar

Guelph, Ont. - The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women and the Toronto Varsity Blues men claimed the 2014 OUA Curling Champion-ship banners on Monday, February 17th at the historic Guelph Curling Club.

Laurier notched its third women's champion-ship in the last four years, topping the Carleton Ravens 4-3 in a tightly contested gold-medal match. Neither rink was able to muster more than a point through the first five ends of play, but the Ravens and skip Jamie Sinclair broke through for two in the sixth to take a 3-2 lead. The Golden Hawks evened the match in the seventh, setting up a dramatic final end of play that came down to the final stone.

Laurier skip Carly Howard stuck her last rock behind a guard in the four-foot, forcing Sinclair into a tough play to the button for the win. The Ravens skip had her final shot just graze off the guard, allowing the Golden Hawks to come away with the victory.

The Varsity Blues men's team won their first provincial banner since the 2000-01 season and fifth overall in program history, defeating Laurier 8-1 in the gold-medal match. Toronto won the first-ever OUA champion-ship back in the 1955-56 season.

After taking an early 2-1 advantage in the contest, skip Evan Lilly and the Blues exploded for a critical four points in the fifth end of play to take a commanding 6-1 lead over Laurier, who was bidding for its seventh overall title and first since 2007-08 where the Golden Hawks also claimed the CIS championship. In the en-


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CURLING

Men's Coach of the Year ...................................... Gary Crossley (Laurier) Women's Coach of the Year ................................. Scott Jenkins (Toronto)

suing sixth end, skip Richard Krell's final stone came up just short of the house, allowing the Varsity Blues to steal two more points and put the contest on ice.

Toronto's women's team clinched a spot in the CIS national championships by defeating the Guelph Gry-phons 7-5 in the bronze medal match. The Gryphons were looking to claim their second bronze medal in

as many years at the championships, but the Blues and skip Danielle Bourque managed to tie the match in the eighth before stealing a pair in the extra end to book a trip to Re-gina, Sask.

The Brock Badgers men's team earned a berth in the CIS championships, hanging on for a 7-6 victory over the Carleton Ravens in the bronze-medal match. The Badgers and skip Scott Brandon stole a single in seventh end to go up by two, and held Brett Lyon-Hatcher and the Ravens to just one in the final end.

Source: OUA.ca


FENCING

Desjarlais Trophy (Men’s Epee Champion) ....... Sebastien Dubois-Didcock (Ryerson) Charles Walter Trophy (Men’s Foil Champion) ...................... Philip McCully (Carleton) Schwende-Tully Trophy (Men’s Sabre Champion) .................. Andrew Wang (Toronto) George Tully Trophy (Most Proficient Male Fencer) ................ Andrew Wang (Toronto)

Hamilton, Ont. - The Carleton Ravens ended the three-year title run of Queen's University and captured the 2014 OUA men's fencing championship, held at McMaster University in Hamilton from February 1st to 2nd.

Carleton finished with 273 points surpassing defending champion Queen's, which finished second with 218.

Epee Team Foil Team Sabre TeamGold: Carleton Gold: Carleton Gold: TorontoSilver: Ryerson Silver: Toronto Silver: Queen’sBronze: Queen's Bronze: Queen’s Bronze: Western

The Charles Walters Men’s Championship Team Trophy and OUA Championship banner are awarded to the winner of the Men’s Fencing Championship.

1st place: Carleton University 2732nd place: Queen's University 2183rd place: University of Toronto 188

Source: McMaster Sports Info


Dr. Allan English Trophy (Women’s Epee Champion) ....... Isabelle Gauthier (Carleton) Maître Ken Wood Trophy (Women’s Foil Champion) .......... Jenn Akerman (McMaster) Fred Wach Trophy (Women’s Sabre Champion) ........................... Lily Jiang (Queen’s) Dave O’Donnell Trophy (Most Proficient Female Fencer) .. Jenn Akerman (McMaster) Coach of the Year ................................................................... Carol Christie (Western)

Kingston, Ont. - The Queen's Gaels won the Kay Aoyama Women's Cham-pionship Team Trophy in convincing fashion at the OUA women's fencing championship on the weekend of Feb-ruary 8th. They earned medals in four of the six events in the process, includ-ing gold in both individual and team sabre. Carleton finished second, after having won three of the previous four champi-onships, while host RMC finished third overall.

Carol Christie from Western was also named recipient of the Christian Vidosa Trophy for Coach of the Year.

Epee Team Foil Team Sabre TeamGold: Carleton Gold: Ottawa Gold: Queen’sSilver: Ryerson Silver: Toronto Silver: RMCBronze: Ottawa Bronze: Queen’s Bronze: Carleton

The Kay Aoyama Women’s Championship Team Trophy and OUA Champi-onship banner are awarded to the winner of the Women’s Fencing Cham-pionship.

1st place: Queen’s University 2512nd place: Carleton University 1823rd place: RMC 167

Source: RMC Sports InfoPhoto Source: Steven McQuaid



Toronto, Ont. - The University of Guelph Gryphons won the 2013 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) field hock-ey championship with a 4-1 victory over the University of Waterloo Warriors on Sunday, October 27th at York Stadium. The title is the team’s first since 2010 and fourth overall in program history, and avenges back-to-back silver medals in each of the last two seasons. Earlier in the day, the University of Toronto Varsity Blues won the bronze medal with a 3-1 victory over the Western University Mustangs, ending the tournament on a positive note after getting upset by the Warriors in the semifinals on Saturday. The result of the gold medal game was never really in doubt as the Gryphons dominated play throughout the contest. They got on the board first 11 minutes in on a goal by Crysta Stubbs (Whitney, Ont.), and extended their lead in the 22nd minute when Allison Chute (Greenfield Park, Que.) found the back of the net for the 2-0 lead at the half.

Guelph continued to control the pace of the game in the second and added to its lead in the 42nd minute on a goal by Ciara Condon (London, Ont.). Jacqui Amy Tonkin (Esperance, Australia) rounded out the Gry-phons scoring in the 57th minute on a goal off a corner. Waterloo tallied its only marker of the game just before time expired when Vanessa Guido (Newmarket, Ont.) put the ball in the back of the net in the 69th minute.



FIELD HOCKEY

Player of the Year ............................................................................ Amma Easty ( York) Rookie of the Year .................................................................. Shanella Fernando (York) Gail Wilson Award (Most Outstanding Contribution to Sport) ...... Kara Pogue (Queen's) Coach of the Year ................................................................. Mary-Anne Reid (Queen's)

In the bronze medal game, the Varsity Blues scored the game winner in the 25th minute off the stick of Lauren Sudac (Burlington, Ont.) en route to the victory. Also scoring for Toronto were Emma Stairs (Kitchener, Ont.) in the sixth minute and Alex Thicke (North Vancou-ver, B.C.) in the 52nd minute. Western’s lone goal was courtesy of Megan Duffy (Ilderton, Ont.) in the 18th minute.

The Gryphons and Warriors will compete in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) championships tournament at the University of Victoria October 31st to November 3rd.

Source: York Sports Info


Photo Source: Jessica Raymond

FIGURE SKATING

Toronto, Ont. – The Guelph Gryphons dethroned the three-time defending Western Mustangs to win the 2014 OUA Figure Skating Championship on Friday, February 14th at the Mattamy Athletic Centre on the campus of Ryerson University.

Guelph finished with 102 total points over the two-day event hosted by the Ryerson Rams and the Gry-phons picked up medals in 13 of the 14 events throughout the competition.

It was a battle for the silver medal between the Western Mustangs and host Ryerson Rams all afternoon on Friday as the teams exchanged their grasp on second place on several occasions. The Mustangs won the team synchro event, the final event of the competition, to leap frog the Rams one final time to claim the silver with 77 total points while Ryerson took the bronze with 72 points.

Guelph and Ryerson led the gold medal count on day two as each school finished atop the podium on three occasions. Ryerson's Lisa Makeeva won the Gold Free Skate and Alysha Gjos followed that with a win in the Sr. Silver Solo Free Skate before the duo of Karen Urquhart and Julia Withers won the Gold Creative Dance. Guelph's Rebecca Wong won the Sr. Silver Solo Dance, Francis Adamo won the Men's Open Skate and the Gryphons also won the Pairs Fours event. Western's win in the synchro rounded out the gold med-als on Friday.

Source: Ryerson Sports Info

Photo Source: Jessica Raymond

Gold Ladies Singles Lisa Makeeya (Ryerson)

Senior Silver Ladies Singles Alysha Gjos (Ryerson)

Short Program Alyxandra Martin (Brock)

Open Men Francis Adamo (Guelph)

Senior Similar Pairs Kelsey Sobkowich, Leeann Duncan (Guelph)

Intermediate Similar Pairs Amanda Sproule, Chelsea Mulvale (Guelph)

Pairs Fours Amanda Sproule, Anjuli Dabydeen,

Kelsey Sobkowich, Leeann Duncan (Guelph)

Open Solo Dance Jazz Smyl Joly (Carleton)

Senior Silver Solo DanceRebecca Wong (Guelph)

Senior Silver Similar Dance Carly Smith, Lauren Malott (Western)

Bronze Rhythm Dance Elizabeth Liao, Micheala Botsford,

Jennifer Pickering, Kelsey Valentine (Queen’s)

Junior Silver Similar Dance Aysha Thomas, Clarissa Luo (Western)

Starskate Gold Creative Dance Karen Urquhart, Julia Withers (Ryerson)

Synchronized Skating Western



Photo Source: Michael P Hall

London, Ont. - The Western Mustangs captured the 30th Yates Cup title in club history with a 51-22 thrashing of the Queen's Gaels before 5,805 onlookers at London's TD Stadium in the 106th edition of the Yates Cup, presented by Pioneer Energy. Western tallied 45 unanswered points in the sec-ond and third quarters, taking full advantage of a forceful and constant wind in its favour. Western slotback Matt Uren won the Dalt White Trophy as the game MVP, and was named the Porter Airlines player of the game, catching seven passes for 127 yards and a pair of touch-downs. "It's great to come to such a high point", said Uren. "I've had some tough times, some trials and tribulations, but I've kept at it, done my job, and got the win." Western quarterback Will Finch completed 20 of 27 pass attempts (74.1%) for 252 yards, connecting on three touchdown passes. He also accounted for 77 yards on the ground on 12 carries. Brian Marshall ac-counted for one receiving major and 43 yards on five receptions. On the ground, the Mustangs amassed 220 rushing yards, led by a 20-carry, 98-yard performance by Yan-nick Harou, who ran in two major scores. The Western defence held Queen's to 94 yards rushing, and made five sacks, with a pair at the hands of Dylan Ainsworth and 1.5 from Daryl Waud. "This team is one of the best teams that I've had the pleasure to coach, and it's a really good football team that played a great game today," said Western head coach Greg Marshall. "The defensive line had a chal-lenge: don't let Queen's run the football. And they shut them down. That was as big and as solid a team vic-tory as we've had here in a long time." The victory gave Western's Greg Marshall his eighth Yates Cup championship as a head coach, tying him with J.P. Metras (Western), Frank Tindall (Queen's), and Larry Haylor (Western) for most lifetime Yates Cup titles as a head coach. In the losing effort, Queen's pivot Billy McPhee amassed 275 yards through the air, completing 21 of 35 passes and throwing two majors and a pair of interceptions. Receivers Justin Chapdelaine and Doug Corby each amassed 82 yards receiving and a touchdown apiece.



FOOTBALLOpening the game playing against the wind, the Mustangs mounted an eight-play opening drive from their own 15-yard line, capped by a 23-yard field goal by Lirim Hajrullahu. Western conceded a safety rather than punt from its own end zone, giving Queen's its first points of the afternoon, and Dillon Wamsey added a field goal to give the Gaels a 5-3 advantage. Western took the wind in the second quarter, and soon capitalized on a Jesse McNair interception in the dying second of the first quarter with a 31-yard field goal from Hajrullahu. The Mustangs scored on their three subsequent pos-sessions, in turn getting a three-yard rushing major from Yannick Harou, a 49-yard field goal by Hajrullahu, and an acrobatic 16-yard touchdown catch by Uren. Hajrullahu added a pair of singles by driving both post-touchdown kickoffs through the oppos-ing end zone. Western's 22 second-quarter points were unanswered by Queen's, leaving the tally at 25-5 at the intermission. Western continued to augment its lead in the third quarter, Finch connecting with Brian Marshall and Uren for majors, and Harou adding a second rushing TD on the ground. Hajrullahu pounded two further kickoffs past the deadline to give the Mustangs a 48-5 lead after three quarters. Although ultimately proving to be too little, too late, Queen's offence finally found its rhythm in the fourth quarter against Western's reserve players, McPhee connecting with Chapdelaine and Corby for two passing touchdowns, and also succeeding on a pair of two-point converts.

Source: Ian Speers for OUA

Most Valuable Player ................................................................... Will Finch (Western) J.P. Metras Trophy (Lineman of the Year) ............................ Ettore Lattanzio (Ottawa) President's Trophy (Outstanding Stand-Up Defensive Player) .. Paul Kruba (Western) Norm Marshall Trophy (Rookie of the Year) ............... Daniel Vandervoort (McMaster) Russ Jackson Award Nominee ........................................ Aaron Gazendam (Queen's) Dave 'Tuffy' Knight Award (Coach of the Year) ...................... Greg Marshall (Western) Dalt White Trophy (Yates Cup MVP) ............................................. Mat Uren (Western)


Photo Source: Laurier Sports Info

GOLFWaterloo, Ont. - The Western Mustangs men's golf team and Toronto Varsity Blues women's golf team successfully defended their OUA Championship ban-ners on Tuesday, October 22 as competi-tion wrapped up at Grey Silo Golf Course and Cambridge Golf Club. At Cambridge, the Varsity Blues narrowly hung on as the final group scores were calculated, edging out the Waterloo War-riors by one stroke. Toronto, which post-ed a second round total of 245 in windy and cold conditions, finished the two-day tournament with a total of 47-over par 479, just ahead of Waterloo's 48-over par 480. The Warriors, who trailed by five strokes entering the day, pushed hard for the team title at the end of the day thanks to Devon Rizzo. Rizzo fired a two-over par 74 on Tuesday to successfully capture the individual gold medal but it wasn't enough to help her team track down a strong Varsity Blues squad. Rounding out the individual medalists were Western's Jessie Mercer who finished at 10-over par 154, seven strokes behind Rizzo, to capture silver, while Ottawa's Kiersten Klekner-Alt won bronze at 11-over par 155. Laura Upenieks was Toronto's top finisher as she slid into fourth place at 13-over par 157. Over at Grey Silo, it was a similar story for the men's event as it was for the women's. The Toronto Varsity Blues made a big push on Day 2, shooting a team total of six-over par 290 but it wouldn't be enough to catch the Mustangs. Western's 11-over par 295 al-lowed them to hold their Day 1 lead and retain the Ruttan Cup. In the end, the Mustangs finished at 14-over par 582 with the Varsity Blues only two strokes back at 16-over par 584.



Men’s Indivdual Champion ................................................... Chris Hemmerich (Guelph) Men’s Coach of the Year ................................................................. Jim Waite (Western) Women’s Individual Champion .................................................. Devon Rizzo (Waterloo) Women’s Coach of the Year ..................................................... Chris Tortorice (Toronto)

Guelph's Chris Hemmerich, whose play helped the Gryphons finish third in the team standings, won individual gold thanks to a second consecutive two-under par 69 leaving him as the only player under par at the event. His four-under par 138 was four shots better than Western's Harris Bundy and Toron-to's Truman Tai, who tied for second place at even-par 142. As for the host Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, the women's team finished ninth in the ten team tournament as they com-peted at the OUA Championships for the first time. Rookie Skylar Turkiewicz put in a strong showing for the Hawks as she finished tied for 16th at 28-over par 172. For the men, the Hawks moved up one position from Day 1 and tied for seventh with the Queen's Gaels. Gordon Elder and Sameer Kalia finished as the top individual golfers for Laurier as each player finished at nine-over par 151.

Source: Laurier Sports Info



MENWindsor, Ont.- For the first time in 16 seasons, the Windsor Lancers have taken their place on the OUA men's hockey throne after defeat-ing the McGill Redman 3-2 in the 103rd Queen's Cup Final, present-ed by ArcelorMittal Dofasco, at South Windsor Arena on Saturday, March 15th.

On a day when the women's bas-ketball team earned a spot in their fifth-straight CIS Finals a few ki-lometers up Huron Church Road at the St. Denis Centre, it was the Cinderella men's hockey story that took the spotlight in the evening to conclude a historic date in Wind-sor Lancers athletics history.

The Lancers first OUA banner since the 1997-98 season didn't come easy, as their opponents from McGill put together a sub-stantial late third period run after going down by three goals, and nearly sent the game into overtime with under a minute remaining in regulation.

However, an incredible 50-save performance by Queen's Cup player of the game Parker Van Buskirk and a two-goal outburst in the second period of play proved to be enough for the Lancers to win their second OUA banner in their last three trips to the Queen's Cup Final. Van Buskirk back-stopped his team to conference gold by holding a formidable .952 save-percentage in eight post-season matches where he averaged just over 35 shots against per game.

Few had predicted Windsor's run at the outset of the post-season, as the Lancers came into the playoffs ranked fourth in the OUA West division with a 17-11-0 record but had played .500 hockey throughout the second-half of the season. However, after earning a victory over the bitter rival and top-seeded Western Mustangs in the divi-sion semi-finals where Windsor came back from one-game down to win the best-of-three, it was full-steam ahead for the Lanc-er men. They dominated the division finals against Lakehead, another higher seed in the West, winning the series by a combined score of 13-3 in two-straight games.

Their efforts came full-circle on Satur-day evening in front of a sell-out crowd that packed the intimate stands, rails and boards of South Windsor Arena to capacity to share in the moment. Windsor also de-feated McGill, one of the behemoths in the CIS men's hockey circuit who had claimed four of the last six OUA banners heading into Saturday night's contest.

The Lancers wasted no time in opening the scoring as Evan Stibbard lit the lamp just

17 seconds into regulation to put Windsor up 1-0. That would stand as the only goal through the first 20 minutes of play.

After a strong 16-save first period, Van Buskirk was stellar throughout the middle stanza, making several key saves that kept the Lancers up by one before Wind-sor broke out offensively. The hometown native robbed the Redmen with a goal-line pad save a few minutes into the sec-ond and continued turning away several shots as McGill pressed for the equalizer. He would turn aside 36 Redmen shots by the second intermission.

This proved crucial as the Lancers capital-ized on a rare chance early in the second period to double their lead. After Spen-cer Pommells did some hard work on the forecheck to get the puck towards the Redmen goal, it squeaked out to an open part of the net. Mac McDonnell jumped on the loose puck, and snuck it in beside the far post before Redman goaltender Jacob Gervais-Chouinard could recover.

McGill then took a cross-checking penalty



HOCKEY

West Most Valuable Player ...................................................... Zach Harnden (Western) West Rookie of the Year ...................................................... Domenic Alberga (Ryerson) West Defenceman of the Year ......................................................... Ken Peroff (Guelph) West Goaltender of the Year ......................................................... Josh Unice (Western) West Most Sportsmanlike ......................................................... Steven Reese (Western) West Randy Gregg Award (Outstanding Student-Athlete) ...... Matt Abercrombie (Brock) West Coach of the Year ............................................................ Graham Wise (Ryerson)

East Most Valuable Player ........................................................... Kevin Bailie (Queen’s) East Rookie of the Year ............................................................... Kevin Bailie (Queen’s) East Defenceman of the Year .................................................. Ryan McKiernan (McGill) East Goaltender of the Year ......................................................... Kevin Bailie (Queen’s) East Most Sportsmanlike ............................................................... Joey West (Carleton) East Randy Gregg Award (Outstanding Student-Athlete) ....... Olivier Hinse (Concordia) East Coach of the Year ............................................................... Brett Gibson (Queen’s)

Jack Kennedy Trophy (Outstanding Player in Championship) ....... Parker Van Buskirk (Windsor)

just over a minute after Windsor's sec-ond-goal, giving the Lancers an opportu-nity to take a stranglehold on the contest. The hosts did just that as Kenny Bradford snuck in from the point and took a feed in the slot from captain Drew Palmer. The St. Catharines, Ont. native had his first shot stopped by Gervais-Chouinnard, but he jumped on the rebound which poked out to the right of the McGill goalie's left pad. Bradford shoveled it in to give Wind-sor a commanding 3-0 lead heading into the final period.

It looked as though Windsor would stroll to a Queen's Cup win, as McGill couldn't garner any substantial chances through the first three quarters of the final period. However, after the Redmen got one back on a short-handed goal from Vincent Bar-nard at the 14:32 mark, the Lancers took

a penalty, which seemed to rejuvenate the OUA East division-winners.

Van Buskirk made a tough save on a cross-ice one-timer, but McGill converted their next opportunity as David Rose com-pleted a give-and-go play, and suddenly a seemingly safe three-goal game turned into a tight one-goal contest with 3:43 left in regulation.

The Redmen came to life throughout the ensuing couple of minutes and earned a face-off in the Lancer zone with 1:08 left on the clock. After a McGill timeout, Van Buskirk was called into action once again, making a glove save through traffic and following with a tough save on a low angle shot from the left side-board in which he did not surrender a rebound opportunity with the Redmen crowding his crease.

Those were the best two opportuni-ties for McGill, as a final defensive stand allowed the Lancers to clear the puck from danger and claim their second Queen's Cup in program his-tory.

The Lancers and Redmen both went 1-for-2 with the man-advantage. Gervais-Chouinard had a solid game in net for McGill, stopping 35 of 38 shots in a losing cause.While in Ottawa, the Carleton Ra-vens earned the final OUA berth in the national championships by de-feating Lakehead in the conference bronze-medal match which also took place on Saturday.

Source: Windsor Sports Info


HOCKEY"It feels amazing," added fifth year forward Devon Skeats of Whitby, Ont., who was named the player of the game for the Hawks. "We've had such a history with Queen's so it feels extra special. It's been a bit of a roller coaster, but there's no better way to finish my last year, so I'm really happy."

"It feels really, really good," commented head coach Rick Osborne, reiterating the thoughts of his players. "We've got such quality veteran players on this team and no one knows how hard they work and what we put them through to get to this point in the season. There's nothing that makes my heart warmer than two shutouts to finish off the playoff series. I love those ze-roes on the board."

In what was the highest paced contest of the series, both Laurier and Queen's brought their games to a new level on Sunday night. The Gaels got off to a quick start as they got the first eight shots on goal but Smith stood her ground and held off the early pressure.

The Hawks would respond with pressure of their own thanks to a couple of powerplay opportunities later in the period. With Gaels captain Morgan McHaffie of Guelph, Ont., off for tripping, the Hawks had two good chances against Queen's goalie Mel Dodd-Moher of Stittsville, Ont., but the fifth year netminder de-nied them on both occasions.

WOMENWaterloo, Ont. - For the 11th time in their storied his-tory, the No. 4 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's hockey team are OUA Champions as they defeated the No. 8 Queen's Gaels 2-0 in Game 3 of the best-of-three championship series at the Waterloo Recreation Complex.

The Hawks used goals 45 seconds apart in the second period from Danielle Im of Toronto, and Emily Keke-wich of Kingston, Ont., to grab a lead that goaltender Amanda Smith of Burlington, Ont., would not relin-quish. The rookie netminder made 38 saves to record her second consecutive shutout of the series to take home Finals MVP honours.

Laurier would continue to up the tempo in the second pe-riod thanks to the play of Skeats. The fifth year forward nearly opened the scoring just minutes into the middle

stanza but Dodd-Moher just directed her shot wide.Just minutes later however, Skeats would play a key role in getting the scor-ing started. With the speedy forward

driving the net, Im threw the puck on goal and it man-aged to slide through both Skeats and Dodd-Moher in the crease to give Laurier the 1-0 lead.With the crowd buzzing, the

"I'm so proud of these girls right now," said Smith fol-lowing the victory. "I just wanted to do everything I could for these girls. "They've worked so hard to get here and here we are, and I couldn't think of a better group to celebrate this with."



Player of the Year ................................................................. Jenny MacKnight (Windsor) Rookie of the Year .................................................................. Rachel Marriott (Waterloo) Marion Hilliard Award (Outstanding Student-Athlete) ................ Nicole Kesteris (Toronto) Coach of the Year ................................................................... Rachel Flanagan (Guelph)

Hawks came back strong after the goal and just 45 seconds lat-er, Kekewich poked a loose puck past Dodd-Moher to give the pur-ple and gold a two-goal edge.

Needing to settle his team down, Queen's head coach Matt Holm-berg called a timeout and tried to re-focus his team. The Gaels would play strong for the rest of the period but could not put a dent in the Hawks lead as they trailed 2-0 after 40 minutes.In the third, the Hawks went into shutdown mode and rush-after-rush, denied Queen's a clear path to the net. The Gaels would direct 11 shots on Smith but very few that gave the rookie goalie any trouble.

"Her rebound from game two at UOIT has been absolutely phe-nomenal," said Osborne of his goalie who was pulled in Game 2 of their opening round series against the Ridgebacks. She's come back and she's been so fo-cused and so like a veteran. She had to battle Kesteris and Dodd-Moher, two fifth-year goaltenders that are outstanding athletes and goalies. And if anyone thought

there was a big edge for the opposi-tion, it was in that position. And you know what, that position ended up being the MVP of the series."

Late in the game, McHaffie took an undisciplined penalty as she dumped Smith behind the play and from there, the Hawks controlled the final two minutes to claim their second OUA title in the last three years."We need to enjoy the moment and feel really good but then I have to get

them refocused and frame the next two weeks for them," commented Osborne when asked about prepar-ing for nationals. "We beat a hell of a team down there. They are really tough to play against, they're well coached and I have a lot of respect for that team. And now we have to get ready for the next task at hand, which is getting ready for our first shift at nationals.

Source: Laurier Sports Info


Kingston, Ont. - The Western Mustangs used a nine goal first half effort to secure their third consecutive OUA championship title beating the Guelph Gry-phons 13-8 on Sunday, November 3rd on Tindall Field in Kingston.

"The team played great, the preparation was excel-lent and that really was the difference here," said Mustang head coach Dave Hastings after the win. "I mean we came out flying up 9-1 at the half. We came prepared, we came ready to play and Guelph is a great team and we knew we were going to have to come out and play hard so it was a lot of fun to watch them play well."

The Mustangs attack came early and often as they got on the scoresheet seven times before Guelph scored their first marker. After adding two more the Mustangs set themselves up well heading into the second half up 9-1.

Guelph kept their composure however, and started to pick up their offensive game. Dana Skyvington, who finished with four goals and two assists on the day, added two quick strikes for the Gryphons to start the second half. Guelph scored five more times but Western kept just out of reach for the

Gryphons adding four goals in the second half to take a 13-8 victory.

Tawnie Johnson scored three times and added two assists while Michelle Farrugia tallied three of her own to power the Mustang offense. Cait Mancuso got the win in net. The Mustangs kept their winning streak alive, hav-ing not lost since the 2010 OUA Championship game against Laurier.

The Laurier Golden Hawks used overtime to complete their comeback of the Brock Badgers and earn them-selves an OUA bronze.

After trailing 11-8 late in the game Laurier rallied to score twice to bring the score to 11-10. Sara Hatch then took matters into her own hands and with 35 seconds remaining in the game scored her fifth goal of the day to even the score.

In overtime the only goal came from the Golden Hawks. Sarah Stanley notched her second of the game and after staving off a late Badger charge that saw them hit the goal post with under 10 seconds remaining, Laurier hung on for the win.


LACROSSE

Most Valuable Offensive Player ................................................ Teresa Mayo (Queen’s) Most Valuable Defensive Player ................................................ Maddie Curtis (Laurier) Rookie of the Year .................................................................. Kathryn Simpson (Brock) Coach of the Year ................................................................... Dave Hastings (Western)

The host Queen's Gaels were doubled up in the fifth place game by the Toronto Varsity Blues 8-4 on Sunday morning.

The Varsity Blues Sarah Jamieson scored three times to help carry her team to victory and a fifth place finish. The Gaels had goals from four sepa-rate players and could not muster up enough offense late to stay within striking distance of Toronto.

Trent squeeked past the McMaster Marauders early Sunday morning 12-9 to take a seventh place finish at the OUA Championship.

Trent scored seven times in the first half and were led by Leah Ogilvie who finished with five goals on the day. McMaster could only manage two goals by Kyra Reilly in the first half and were unable to make a comeback despite seven second half goals.

Source: Queen’s Sports Info


Photo Source: Gord Kerr

NORDIC SKIINGNorth Bay, Ont. - Weather had been a bit of a factor through the first two days of racing at the 2014 OUA Nordic Championships, hosted by the Nipissing Lakers from February 22nd - 23rd, but Mother Nature defi-nitely saved the best for last.

Almost perfect conditions allowed the skiers to hit the trails at the North Bay Nordic Ski Club today for the final races on both the men's and women's side. The men took part in the 15 kilometre pursuit, while the women's race – which was the same format – was slightly shorter at 10 kilometres.

There wasn't much of a surprise at the top of the standings, as the Lakehead Thunderwolves continued their domi-nance, winning six more individual med-als today, as well as winning both the men's and women's team gold.

On the men's side, Thunderwolves skier Greg Kilroy jumped past team-mate Harry Seaton by 12 seconds to claim the gold medal, while Seaton settled for silver. Kilroy put together a run of 39:11.3 and finished with a total of 58:51.3, which was just two seconds better than Seaton for the overall title. A third member of the Thunderwolves picked up the bronze as Victor Hopper rounded out the top three and made it a clean sweep for the Thunderwolves. All

Photo Source: Gord Kerr


Men’s Overall Champion .............................................................. Greg Kilroy (Lakehead) Women’s Overall Champion ............................................... Jennifer Jackson (Lakehead) Coach of the Year ................................................................. Toivu Koivukoski (Nipissing)

three Thunderwolves finished with a total time in the two races – Friday's classic and Sunday's pursuit – of less than one minute. Those three were the only ones to accom-plish that feat.

Jordan Cascagnette, representing the Nipissing Lakers put together a solid run and claimed the fifth spot overall.

On the women's side, much like the men, it was all Thunderwolves. Jennifer Jackson won the gold medal, Alannah MacLean took home silver and Erin Tribe earned the bronze medal, as they three who finished first, second and third in Friday's classic, finished top three again Sunday. Jackson's time on Sunday was impressive, as she fin-ished the race in 29:28.6 which was about 15 seconds ahead of MacLean. Overall, Jackson had a two race time of 51:47.6.

Kajsa Heyes and Jess Demers of the Lak-ers both cracked the top 10, while Shelby Dickey finished 11 th, just on the outside of being named an OUA all-star. Heyes finished fourth in Sunday's race and ended with a total time of 53:50.5, while Demers really impressed, closing out the two races with a time of 56:10.9. Dickey missed a top 10 finish by just three seconds.

To no one's surprise, the Thunderwolves won both the men's and women's team gold medals. The men finish with 49 points, while the women ended up with 67 points.

Behind the Thunderwolves, in second place on the men's side were the Carleton Ravens, then the Laurentian Voyageurs; followed by the Lakers and rounding out the top five were the Guelph Gryphons.

On the women's side, the Thunderwolves finished 40 points ahead of second place Carleton, while the Lakers took home third place, with Guelph and Queen's capping off the top five.

The Thunderwolves successfully defended their title and will look to do so yet again as the event returns to North Bay next year, as the Lakers will once again be the hosts.

Source: Nipissing Sports Info


St. Catharines, Ont. - At the 2013 OUA rowing championships the Western University Mustangs swept both the men's and women's banners. The event was hosted by Brock University at the St. Catharines Henley Island.

The Western men topped the standings with 129 points to capture their 26th title in school history. Capturing the silver medal were the Brock Badgers with 90 points and taking home the bronze were the Queen's Gaels with 71 points.

The Mustangs women won the OUA title for the 22nd time in school history finishing with 114 points. The Queen's Gaels claimed the silver medal with 88 points and the host Badgers earned the bronze with 35 points.

Western men dominated the field capturing gold in five events including the Heavyweight 8+, Heavy-weight 4+, Lightweight 8+, Lightweight 4+ and

Heavyweight single. They also placed second in both the LWT and HWT doubles events.The Brock men captured golds in the Lightweight and Heavyweight double races while Queen's Matthew Christie, the 2013 OUA Oarsman of the Year, won the Lightweight single. This past year Christie rep-resented Canada at the U23 World Championships and Team Ontario at the Canada Summer Games.

The Mustangs women took home five gold medals winning the Lightweight 8+, Lightweight 4+, Heavy-weight 4+, Lightweight double and Lightweight single. They also captured silver in the Heavyweight 8+ and Heavyweight double.

Queen's women captured gold in the Heavyweight 8+ and Laurentian's Carling Zeeman, the 2013 OUA Oarswoman of the Year, finished first in the Heavy-weight single to capture her third straight OUA gold. This past year Zeeman represented Canada at the U23 World Championships and Senior World Cham-pionships.

Source: Brock Sports Info


ROWING

Oarsman of the Year ............................................................ Matthew Christie (Queen's) Men's Coach of the Year ............................................................ Andrew Jago (Western) Men's Novice Coach of the Year ................................................ Robert James (Guelph) ........................................................................ & Andrea Wilson/Gabriel Veilleux (McGill)

Oarswoman of the Year ..................................................... Carling Zeeman (Laurentian) Women's Coach of the Year ................................................ Matthew Waddell (Western) Women's Novice Coach of the Year .................................... Robert Alexander (Western)



RUGBYMEN Kingston, Ont. – The Queen's Gaels are back to back champions after a 40-10 victory over the Western Mustangs in the 2013 OUA Men's Rugby Championship on Saturday, November 2nd. Eight man Matt Mul-lins (Belleville, Ont.) and fly half Adam McQueen (Canmore, B.C.) led the Gaels with ten points each, with Mullins scoring two tries and McQueen kicking five for six successful conversions.

Playing under less than ideal conditions at Nixon Field, the Gaels got off to a slow start. The Mustangs took advantage of this, kicking an early penalty goal kicked by Mike Turnbull (Oakville, Ont.), to give them a 3-0 lead over Queen's. The Gaels soon found their rhythm, and in the 29th minute Mullins scored his first try of the game, and McQueen kicked his first of six conversions, giving the Gaels a 7-3 lead over Western.

The Mustangs reorganized their defence, and pushed hard to find a gap in Queen's back lines. With min-utes left in the first half Western Captain Ade James Ojo (Whitby, Ont.) scored the first try for the Mus-tangs, with Turnbull kicking the conversion. Western had the lead 10-7 at the half.



Most Valuable Player ........................................................ Andrew Ferguson (McMaster) Rookie of the Year ................................................................... Lucas Rumball (Queen's) Trillium Award (Most All-Around Player) ................................. Ade James Ojo (Western) Coach of the Year ......................................................................... Phil White (McMaster)

The second half saw the Gaels gain mo-mentum and go on a 33 point scoring run. James Dent (Toronto, Ont.) scored the first try of the second half for Queen's, with McQueen kicking the conversion. Tommy Kirkham (Vancouver, B.C.) followed up Dent's try with a try of his own, further ex-tending the scoring margin between West-ern. Adam McQueen kicked the conversion. Brendan Sloan (Peterborough, Ont.) added another try to the Queen's score board, Mc-Queen kicked another conversion, slotting it between the uprights.

The Mustangs continued to try and find an opening in the Queen's back lines, but were never able to bring the ball over the line. In the last ten minutes of play Jacob Rumball (Scarborough, Ont.) contributed another try to Gaels score board, Adam McQueen nar-rowly missed his conversion. Matt Mullins scored his second and final try of the game in the 75th minute, while Adam kicked a successful conversion, bringing the Gaels to a 40-10 victory over the Western Mustangs and earning them their second back to back OUA championship.

The Gaels take home the Turner Trophy for the 19th time, and their second win since 2009. With the win, the Gaels finish the 2013 season with an undefeated record.

Source: Queen’s Sports Info



WOMEN Guelph, Ont. - The No. 3 Queen’s Gaels captured the 2013-14 Ontario Uni-versity Athletics (OUA) women’s rugby Championship title over the No. 2 Guelph Gryphons by a score of 19-15 at Varsity Field on Saturday, October 26th in Guelph, Ont.

The Gaels dethroned the five-time OUA reigning Gryphons to earn their first-ever banner and exact revenge after falling in last year’s championship to Guelph. Both teams now advance to the CIS Championships hosted by Laval from Oct. 31-Nov. 3.

The Gryphons started the first half strong, doing well to keep possession of the ball. There were a few drops, but Guelph did well to make sure that Queen’s was not able to capitalize on their mistakes. The Gryphons put the first points on the board after a big run by Shannon Spurrell that got the Gryphons up to the try zone. It would be Lindsey Yuen to get the try making it 5-0 in the first five minutes of play, after a missed conversion by Guelph.

The Golden Gaels battled back putting together a drive that would get them into Gryphon territory. Guelph was able to regain possession of the ball, but Queen’s quickly regained the ball after a scrum. It would be the strong Queen’s team that pushed the ball into the try zone with their scrum after being held up by the Gryphons on their first attempt. Gael player, Bron-wyn Corrigan (Waterloo, Ont.) would be the one to jump on the ball in the try zone making it 7-5 after a successful conversion by Lauren McEwen (Wasaga Beach Ont.). Queen’s would manage to score another try in the first half by Kayla Roote (Peterborough, Ont.), but a missed conversion



RUGBY

made the score 12-5 against the Gryphons going into the second half of play.

The Gryphons would get back into the game early on in the second half with Megan Lowry coming in clutch with three good plays that would put the Gryphons onto the goal line. It would be Devon Keys who ran the ball in for the Gryphons making it 12-10 for the Golden Gaels after another missed conversion by Guelph. Later on in the half, a missed penalty kick by the Golden Gaels would turn into an opportunity to get a try for Queen’s. The scrum was held back twice by the Gryphons, but Queen’s player Kayla Roote would find her way into the try zone to make it 19-10

Russell Division Most Valuable Player ................................. Lauren McEwen (Queen’s) Russell Division Rookie of the Year ....................................... Colleen Irowa (McMaster) Russell Division Community Service Award ...................................... Aisan Fazeli (York) Russell Division Coach of the Year .......................................... Cam Mitchell (McMaster)

Shiels Division Most Valuable Player ........................................ Caitlin McNally (Guelph) Shiels Division Rookie of the Year ...................................... Breanne Nicholas (Western) Shiels Division Community Service Award ................................. Steph Tibelius (Guelph) Shiels Division Coach of the Year .......................................... Collette McAuley (Guelph)

after another successful conversion kick by McE-wen.

The Gryphons were unable to get the ball out to the sidelines and could not find any space to run against a strong Queen’s team. Devon Keys would score a second try for the Gryphons, but after a missed conversion the score would be 19-15 at the end of the game.

Devon Keys led the offence, scoring ten points with two tries in the second half. Lindsay Yuen would score the other try for the Gryphons for their total of 15 points.

Source: Guelph Sports Info


SOCCERMEN Toronto, Ont. – One goal separated the No. 2 nation-ally ranked Ryerson Rams from their first ever OUA championship, losing the title game to the No. 3 York Lions, 1-0, on Sunday, No-vember 3rd. Each team punched their ticket to the CIS national tournament in Fredericton, N.B. after Saturday’s semi-final victories but the teams battled in a tightly contested game for the full 90 minutes on Sunday. Ryerson applied pressure early on, getting several opportunities on target and hemming the Lions in their own third of the field. Armin Tankovic (Mississauga, Ont.) had the Rams’ best opportunity but his shot from the right side of the box tipped off the York keeper’s hands and then off the post before rolling out of play.

Moments later it was Rams keeper Christian Maraldo (Mississauga, Ont.) show-ing why he was the first-team all-star keeper, diving across his box to deny Dylan Sacramento (Union-ville, Ont.) of a sure goal.

In the dying moments of the first half, Mark-Anthony Kaye (Toronto) took a shot from the edge of the 18 yard box which took a deflection off a Ryerson de-fender’s back and past Maraldo to give the Lions a 1-0 lead.

The score remained 1-0 and in search of a last minute goal, Ryerson’s Luka Lee (Toronto) found some space down the left side but his shot was smothered by York keeper Sotiri Varlokostas (Toronto) to preserve the 1-0 victory for the Lions.

The Windsor Lancers captured the OUA men’s soccer bronze medal on Sunday afternoon, scoring four unan-swered goals to defeat the Carleton Ravens 4-1.

Carleton’s Andrew Latty (Ottawa, Ont.) opened the scoring in the 54th minute when he tucked home a rebound off his own miss to give the Ravens a 1-0 lead.

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West Most Valuable Player ............................................................. Jonathan Lao (York) West Rookie of the Year ................................................................. Jonathan Lao (York) West Coach of the Year ............................................................... Carmine Isacco (York)

East Most Valuable Player .......................................................... Alex Braletic (Ryerson) East Rookie of the Year .......................................... Cameron Galea-Andrews (Ryerson) East Community Service Award ................................................. Andrew Latty (Carleton) East Coach of the Year ................................................................ Ivan Joseph (Ryerson)

Windsor responded just three minutes later when Mi-chael Pio (Windsor, Ont.) headed home a corner kick to tie the match at ones.

The Lancers continued to apply pressure in search of a go-ahead goal but a pair of point-blank saves from Carleton keeper Travis Chace (Calgary, Alta.) kept the game knotted at ones.

Windsor was finally rewarded for their pressure in the 73rd minute when Chris Lanni (Niagara Falls, Ont.)

fired a strike to the top corner for the go-ahead and eventual game winning goal.

Second-team all-star Cristian Mayorga (Windsor, Ont.) added two insurance markers in the 89th and 90th minutes to round out the scoring and nurse the Lanc-ers to the bronze medal.

Windsor goalkeeper Dejo Olagbegi (Windsor, Ont.) made 12 saves in the victory while Chace was pep-pered with 16 shots and made 12 saves.

Source: Ryerson Sports Info

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WOMEN London, Ont. – The Laurier Golden Hawks are the 2013 Ontario University Athletics Women’s Soccer Champions after defeating the Western Mustangs 3-1 on penalty kicks in the Gold Medal Game on Sun-day, November 3rd at Western’s Huron Flats Field. “It’s great,” said head coach Barry MacLean on capturing the OUA Championship. “Honestly we’re still going through a rebuilding phase with our program, to be at this level right now is fantastic. I thought today on balance of the game we were deserving of [the title].”



SOCCER

West Most Valuable Player ........................................................... Emily Brown (Laurier) West Rookie of the Year ............................................................. Jenna White (Western) West Coach of the Year ........................................................... Martin Painter (Western)

East Most Valuable Player ............................................................ Julia Francki (Ottawa) East Rookie of the Year ....................................................................... Alex Hogg (RMC) East Community Service Award ............................................ Caroline Murphy (Toronto) East Coach of the Year ............................................................. Steve Johnson (Ottawa)

The two teams met on the pitch to determine who would take this year’s provincial title after both squads defeated their Semi-Final opponents on penalty kicks on Friday. Given that Western and Laurier finished 1st and 2nd in the OUA West regular season standings it was no surprise that Sunday’s final proved to be a tightly played affair with neither team being able to solve the other through 120 minutes of action. Laurier claimed its seventh OUA title in school history after Kelsey Tikka (Thunder Bay, Ont.), Jacqueline Lence (Mississauga, Ont.), and Sarah Farano (Oakville, Ont.) all scored in the shootout. Earlier in the day the Queen’s Gaels won the Bronze Medal after edging out the Carleton Ravens 4-2 on penalty kicks. Micah Vermeer (Grimsby, Ont.), Alexis McKinty (Burlington, Ont.), Alex Blanchard (North Vancou-ver), and Tara Bartram (Vancouver) all scored in the shootout to clinch third place for the Gaels while Abby Nicastro (Ottawa) and Elizabeth MacDougall (Carleton Place, Ont.) countered for the Ravens. This year’s Final Four was a showcase of de-fence and goalkeeping as all four games required penalty kicks to decide a winner after no goals were scored in full 11-on-11 play. Source: Western Sports Info



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SQUASHLONDON, Ont. – The Western Mustangs men and Toronto Varsity Blues women captured the OUA men's and women's squash championships on Sunday, February 9th at the Western Student Recre-ation Centre's Jack Fairs Squash Courts. It's the 31st consecutive title for Western on the men's side, extending a streak that began in 1983 and is the 41st OUA title in university history. The Varsity Blues captured their first wom-en's title since 2005 and is the ninth time they've claimed the women's championship. "It's special," said Western coach Dave Morrish on what it meant to win the team's 31st consecu-tive title on the courts named after long time Western coach

Jack Fairs. "I know all the boys were happy to see Jack this weekend. With something like this all the boys are fighting to be in the top six, they really want to be here… It's been a fantastic performance, but it's not been easy."

"We've got a very strong team. We've played together and worked hard together, and it's good to come together today and win as a team," said Varsity Blues coach Dave Cooper. "The whole weekend and the whole season has been excellent. We've had a very good win-loss record the whole year, we've only dropped four matches, and we came good today."

Both Western and Toronto led the championship from wire-to-wire with both side sitting atop the standings after day one, and continued their suc-cess on Sunday with each team placing all six of their players into their respec-tive gold medal matches. On the men's side the Mustangs nearly made it a clean sweep, taking the gold in five of six flights while the Varsity Blues went 3-3 in gold medal matches in the women's bracket, winning flights two, three, and four.


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Men's Player of the Year ......................................................... Cameron Seth (Waterloo) Men's Rookie of the Year ........................................................ Mikale Reddy (McMaster) Men's Coach of the Year .............................................................. Vinit Kudva (Waterloo)

Women's Player of the Year ..................................................... Natasha Seth (Waterloo) Women's Rookie of the Year .................................................. Natalia Londono (Toronto) Women's Coach of the Year ................................................... Matt Easingwood (Brock)

Western finished the championship with 23 points, ahead of McMaster with 17, with Wa-terloo and Queen's tying for third with 9 points. Toronto earned the women's crown with 19 points over the two days, five more than the second-place Mustangs, and seven in front of the Waterloo Warriors. While the Mustangs and Varsity Blues took home the team honours it was a pair of Waterloo Warriors that earned the top spots as Player of the Year as Cameron and Natasha Seth both finished atop Flight 1 to pick up the individual awards.

Source: Western Sports Info



St.Catharines, Ont. - The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's and women's swimming teams were both crowned champions at the 2014 OUA championships on Saturday February 8th at Eleanor Misener Aquatic Centre in St. Catharines, Ont. The Blues men claim their 11th straight and an OUA-leading 62nd title since the Dougall Trophy was first presented in 1910. Toronto dominated the meet from start to finish, accumulating a combined team score of 959 points, ahead of the McMaster Marauders (746) and Western Mustangs (659)

Toronto's women reclaim the provincial title for the first time since 2008, finishing with 823 points, 131 points ahead of the five-time defending champion Western Mustangs (692). It marks the 25th time, also an OUA best, U of T has won the women's banner. "Winning is never easy and it's taken the women six years to get back on top of the OUA," said Varsity Blues head coach Byron MacDonald. "I am especially pleased as the women have been a bit in the shadow of the men's drive for their second national title, but now the women have a banner to boast too."



SWIMMING

Men’s Swimmer of the Year ......................................................... Zack Chetrat (Toronto) Men’s Rookie of the Year .............................................................. Hochan Ryu (Toronto) Men’s Dr. Jeno Tihanyi Award ............................................. Cameron Bailey (McMaster) Men’s Award of Distinction ............... Cameron Bailey (McMaster), Adam Best (Ottawa), .......................................................... Zack Chetrat (Toronto), Frank Despond (Toronto), .................................................................. David Hatch (Western), Rob Wise (Western) Men’s Coach of the Year .............................. Bryon MacDonald & Linda Kiefer (Toronto)

Women’s Swimmer of the Year ........................................... Vanessa Treasure (Toronto) Women’s Rookie of the Year ....................................................... Caitlin Hodge (Ottawa) Women’s Dr. Jeno Tihanyi Award ........................................ Vanessa Treasure (Toronto) Women’s Award of Distinction ................................................. Sarah Taylor (McMaster), ................................................................................. Alexandra VanOmmen (McMaster), ..................................................... Alisha Harricharan (Guelph), Shannon Nell (Western) Women’s Coach of the Year ......................... Bryon MacDonald & Linda Kiefer (Toronto)

Zack Chetrat and Vanessa Treasure were honoured as the 2014 male and female swimmers of the year. Chetrat swept the 50, 100 and 200 butterfly events and was awarded a Major Grand Slam award after winning his fifth OUA 200 butterfly title on Day 1. Treasure swept the 200 and 400 IM events and earned the Dr. Jeno Tihanyi award for individual medley excellence, while also winning the women's 200 breaststroke event. Hochan Ryu was named the OUA male rookie of the year, while Byron MacDonald was named both the men's and women's OUA coach of the year.

Source: Toronto Sports Info


TENNISMarkham, Ont. - The University of Toronto Varsity Blues and Western University Mustangs were crowned the 2013 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) women’s and men’s tennis champions, respectively, on Sunday, Oc-tober 13th at the Mayfair Parkway Tennis Club in Markham, Ont. The women’s title is the 10th in program history for the Varsity Blues and the first since winning four in a row from 2004-07. The Mustangs, meanwhile, won their second straight men’s title. Toronto cruised to the team championship in the women’s competition after an impressive showing in the finals. All four Varsity Blues who reached their respective singles finals were victorious on Sunday. Stefi Wong won the second flight 6-4, 6-1 over Karine Bourdages from Montreal, Jenny Cape took the third flight by a score of 6-0, 6-3 over Montreal’s Chloe Lafaix, Helen Goreski won the fifth flight 6-3, 6-4 over York’s Sonia Glushkovsky, and Shreya Nayak dominated the sixth-flight final to win 6-1, 6-0 over Victoria Iatorno from York. The showing came one day after the Blues swept the doubles finals. Aya Barra and Stefi Wong upset the top-seeded tandem of Valerie Ushanova and Julia Kedrzycki by a score of 8-6 in the top flight, and Jenny Cape and Goreski knocked off Kelsi Smith and Roxana Soica 8-5 in the second flight. Toronto’s Cecelia Pye and Jocelyn Luk won the third flight 8-7 over Western. In the top flight singles final, Montreal’s Kim Polisois won the gold medal over defending champion Valerie Ushanova from the Lions by a score of 7-6, 7-5. Both of them earned OUA all-star honours for their efforts, as did Wong for winning the second flight.

The battle was much tighter in the men’s competition as the Mustangs won the title by just half a point over the Carabins. Montreal actually won more singles finals, but the Mustangs had accumulated enough points heading into the final day to edge out the win.


Men's Player of the Year ................................................................. Zain Manji (Toronto) Men's Rookie of the Year ............................................................. John Chan (Waterloo) Men's Coach of the Year ....................... Cameron Cross & Anthony Glavanic (Western)

Women's Player of the Year ..................................................... Valeria Ushanova (York) Women's Rookie of the Year .................................................. Sonia Glushkovsky (York) Women's Coach of the Year ........................................................ Nabil Tadros (Toronto)

Western’s Eli Brown won the fourth flight 6-2, 6-4 over Jake Morris from the McMaster Marauders, while teammate Zack Harmath defeated Montreal’s Cedric Lacasse 6-2, 6-2 in the decisive sixth-flight match. Montreal’s winners on the final day of action were David Lemieux-Sarrasin 6-3, 0-6, 7-6 over Western’s Tomo Ono in the second flight, Jonathan Rioux 6-3, 0-6, 6-3 over Waterloo’s John Chan in the third flight, and Augustine Lazarus 6-2, 6-0 over Toronto’s Christian Krustev in the fifth flight. In the top flight singles final, Zain Manji from the Varsity Blues won the gold medal with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 victory over Vincent Chan of the Warriors. Manji, Chan and Lemieux-Sarrasin all earned OUA all-star honours.




Toronto, Ont. - The University of Guelph Gryphons women and University of Windsor Lancers men were crowned the 2014 OUA track and field champions on Saturday February 22nd at the Toronto Track and Field Centre.

The Gryphons women's team have now won back-to-back banners and claimed it with a score of 150.5 points, 14.5 points ahead of second-place Toronto Varsity Blues and Western Mustangs. The Lancers finished fourth with 101.5 points; while the host, York Lions rounded out the top five teams with 69. The Lancers re-claimed the men's banner, which is their 15th in the last 16 seasons. They finished the meet with 158 points, which was only five better than the Gryphons and 21 better than the host, Lions.

championships, a record previously held by the Mustangs from 1993. Brandon Wilhelm also found the top of the podium, as his jump of 2.04m was good for gold in the high jump.

The Gryphons got out to an early start on day two as Sarah Dougherty won the weight throw with a distance of 17.22m. Shortly after, Katelyn Ayers won the 600m gold medal with a time of 1:31.92, which was her second gold of the champion-ships. On the men's side, the Lancers were led to victory largely by the efforts of Alex Ullman who struck gold in the 600m with a time of 1:20.48. He capped off the day by running anchor for a come-from-behind victory in the 4x400m relay, where the top three teams all broke the previous OUA meet mark. Their time of 3:17.24 now stands as the best time in the OUA

Another meet record fell on the second day of competition as York's Khamica Bingham lowered the 60m mark she set last year to a blazing-fast 7.23 seconds. Another record was nearly set in the men's 60m race with York's Dontae Richards-Kwok tying the 6.66 seconds initially put up by former York runner Desai Williams in 1983. Their gold medals in the 60m were two of the six the Lions won on Saturday. Eric Brathwaite won his second gold of the week-end, this time in the shot put with a toss of 17.28m, finishing just ahead of teammate Umar Khan, who picked up the silver. Also in the field events, David McKay won his third straight title in the pole vault with a top height of 4.91m, and Richard Jansen fin-ished in first place in the triple jump with a distance of 14.46m.Photo Source: York Sports Info



TRACK and FIELD

Men’s Most Valuable Player ......................................... Dontae Richards Kwok (York) Men’s Rookie of the Year ......................................................... Tommy Land (Guelph) Hec Phillips Trophy (Outstanding Performer) .......................... Alex Ullman (Windsor) Men’s Community Service Award ......................................... Chris Dulhanty (Guelph) Bob Vigars Award (Men’s Coach of the Year) ....................... Dennis Fairall (Windsor)

Women’s Most Valuable Player ........................................... Khamica Bingham (York) Women’s Rookie of the Year .................................................. Katelyn Ayers (Guelph) Dr. Wendy Jerome Trophy (Outstanding Performer) .............. Katelyn Ayers (Guelph) Women’s Community Service Award ..................................... Rachel Jewett (Toronto) Sue Wise Award (Women’s Coach of the Year) ............ Dave Scott-Thomas (Guelph)

Rounding out the hosts gold medals was the women's 4x200m relay team, which finished atop the podium with a time of 1:39.95, the fastest mark in the CIS this season. The Varsity Blues were also busy on the top of the podium striking gold in the high jump (Katia Vasilyeva, 1.72m), 1500m (Gabriela Stafford, 4:28.71), and the women's 4x400m relay (3:45.50). The Gryphons won gold in the men's 4x200m relay with a time of 1:29.01, edging out the Lions who were 16 tenths of a second behind. Adding to the Gryphons' gold medal count was Ross Proudooft who ran 3:49.56 in the 1500m. Rounding out the OUA champions on Saturday was Caroline Ehrhardt of the Mustangs who won the triple jump with a leap of 12.83m, which was her second gold medal of the championships.



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VOLLEYBALLMENHamilton, Ont. - McMaster's middle hitters had their way with the Western Mustangs on Saturday, February 22nd, powering the Marauders to their fifth OUA title in the past seven years.

Set scores were 25-16, 21-25, 25-19 and 25-15 for the CIS no. 1-ranked Marauders, who defeated the Mustangs on home court for the title for the second consecutive year. The win makes McMaster the top-seeded OUA representative at next week's CIS Championship in Calgary.

Second-year outside hitter Jayson McCarthy was McMaster's top scorer in the victory, with 17 points on 12-21 hitting with one error (52.4 per cent), three aces and two total blocks. But it was Danny Demyanenko who rightly received player of the game honours for the Marauders, terrorizing West-ern on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball.

Demyanenko had 16.5 points on 11-17 hitting with no errors (64.7 per cent), one ace and four and a half total blocks. Fellow starting middle Tyson Alex-ander was similarly effective on both ends, totalling 15 points on 13-20 hitting with two errors (55 per cent) and two total blocks.

Western's leading scorer in a losing effort was Jus-tin Scapinello, who had 12 points on 10 kills and two aces, but was held by the Marauders to just eight per cent hitting on the night.

Play was tight to open the match, with the teams enjoying side-out volleyball until the middle stages of the first set. But the dominance of McMaster's middle attack was already being hinted at, and when Alexander pumped a quick through the seam, the Marauders led 13-10. McCarthy came up with an emotional block to send the teams into the technical timeout, stuffing Western's Doug Aus-trom for 16-11. There was no fightback to be had for the Mustangs, and after Alexander and McCar-thy combined for a block on the right to bring up set point, McMaster's ensuing serve went unreturned.

The early advantage in the second seemed to be with the Marauders, as the quick attacks through the middle continued to pay dividends. Demyanen-ko put an exclamation point on one such attack to give McMaster a 9-7 lead, but Western quickly



Most Valuable Player ............................................................. Jori Mantha (McMaster) Rookie of the Year ................................................. Adam Anagnostopoulos (Ryerson) Libero of the Year ................................................................. Erich Woolley (Waterloo) Dale Iwanoczko Sportsman Award .................................................... Greg Ivan (York) Coach of the Year ................................................................. Chris Lawson (Waterloo)

responded. Improved serving helped the Mustangs take a slim lead into the technical timeout, and they forced the Marauders to call time at 21-16. That lead would hold in the late stages, as Brandon Koppers and Stephen Maar were crossed up on a reception and a Mustang serve found the floor on set point.

McMaster didn't take the setback to heart, and instead jumped out to a quick lead in the third set. The middle matchups continued to favour the Marauders, and when Alexander once again got the better of Phil James, McMaster led 13-10. That lead carried into the technical timeout, when Scapinello fell into a Marauder double block for 16-14. But McMaster built upon the slender advantage after the break, and opened a five-point gap when Luke Sim couldn't dig up from the back court for 22-17. Maar did well to clean up a broken play for the Marauders and bring up set point, and the hosts sealed the third when Derek Kuiack went well wide with an attack from the left.The air seemed to have come out of Western's sails as the fourth set opened with McMaster winning four of the first five points. Errors only worsened the Mustangs' situation, as Scapinello's effort sailed wide cross court for 9-4. The hosts were in cruise control as they hit the technical timeout, with Demyanenko launching yet another quick past James in the middle for 16-8. McCarthy made a statement of his own as the match barreled toward its conclusion, firing down a savage kill from the right for 19-10 that ignited the Burridge Gym crowd. A service error from James brought up match point, and Demyanenko fittingly ended the night with an angled, cross-court kill for 25-15 and 3-1.

Source: McMaster Sports Info


WOMENToronto, Ont. - The McMaster Marauders defeated the Ottawa Gee-Gees 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-22) in the OUA women's volleyball gold-medal match to claim their second provincial title in program history on Sunday, February 23rd at the University of To-ronto's Athletic Centre Sports Gym. Marauders rookie Sophie Bukovec was named the OUA Final Four Mikasa most valuable player. The Etobicoke, Ont., native and OUA West first team all-star led all players with 14 kills, three aces and two blocks in the championship final win. She also notched a game-high 30 kills in McMaster's 3-1 semi-final victory over Toronto on Saturday. McMaster's Joanna Jedrzejewska added 12 kills and 11 digs, while Carly Heath had a team-high 16 digs. Amanda Weldon and Kayla Ng split setting duties with 11 and 18 assists, respectively.

Bukovec got the Marauders out to an early 4-0 lead, but the Gee-Gees battled back with a couple of kills from Kelsie English and two points from Kaly Soro to even the score at 9-9. McMaster regained the lead with a 7-2 streak and led 16-11 at the technical time out. Ottawa gained some ground and Sophie Chenail brought the game within four (23-19), but another kill from Bukovec sealed the first set for the Marauders, 25-20.

The second set saw the Gee-Gees off to a 6-1 start, until Sorensen notched three points in an 8-2 run and the Marauders built a 16-13 lead at the timeout. McMaster surged ahead 20-14, but Kayla Bell-Hammond led Ottawa on a 7-2 streak to bring the game within reach. It wouldn't be enough as a final kill from Bukovec took the second set 25-22 for McMaster.Another 4-0 start from Ottawa was answered by McMaster as the two teams exchanged points up to 12-12. Bell-Hammond and Kelsie English led a four-point run for the Gee-Gees as they took a 16-12 lead into the technical timeout. The Marauders showed great resilience, going on a 9-4 run, which included three aces from player of the game Kayla Ng, to take back the lead en route to the 25-22 win.

Ottawa was led by Kelsie English, who notched seven kills and eight digs, while her sister and OUA West player of the year Myriam English had six kills and 14 digs. Chenail ended the game with seven digs in the loss.



VOLLEYBALL

West Most Valuable Player ........................................................ Kaila Seguin (Windsor) West Rookie of the Year .................................................... Madison DeDecker (Guelph) West Libero of the Year ........................................................... Kristen Almhjell (Guelph) West Award of Merit .......................................................... Amanda Weldon (McMaster) West Coach of the Year ................................................................... Paul Funk (Guelph) East Most Valuable Player ....................................................... Myriam English (Ottawa) East Rookie of the Year ................................................................ Tessa Davis (Toronto) East Libero of the Year ............................................................ Julie Longman (Ryerson) East Award of Merit ............................................................... Shannon Walsh (Queen’s) East Coach of the Year ........................................................... Kristine Drakich (Toronto)

The host Toronto Varsity Blues defeated the Guelph Gryphons 3-0 (25-14, 25-23, 25-22) to claim their third straight OUA bronze medal earlier in the day. Fourth-year left side hitter Charlotte Sider of Ottawa led all players with 15 kills and nine digs, while fellow OUA all-star Jennifer Neilson notched eight kills and nine digs. Bojana Radan added five kills and a team-high three blocks, with Caleigh Cruickshank also adding five kills on the day. Malena Rapaport and Julia Bellehumeur split setting duies with 14 and 17 assists, respectively, while Denise Wooding led U of T with 15 digs in the win. Guelph's Alicia Combe-Dingwall had four kills and three blocks, while Kristen Almhjell added 22 digs in the loss.




MENToronto, Ont. - The Carleton Ravens defeated the host Toronto Varsity Blues 7-6 to claim gold as the 2013 OUA men's water polo championship wrapped up on Sunday, December 1st at Varsity Pool. The Ravens reclaim the title, last winning in 2012, to earn their third OUA banner in program history. The Varsity Blues, who have won eight of the last 12 titles, settle for silver in 2013. Dusan Boskovic and Rodrigo Rojas led the Ravens with two goals apiece. Boskovic notched the game winner late in the fourth quarter and was named the OUA championship most valuable player for his solid performance over the weekend.

WATER POLO


Most Valuable Player ......................................................... Dusan Boskovic (Carleton) Most Valuable Goalie ...................................................... Benjamin Bouwer (Carleton) Coach of the Year .............................................................. Zoltan Csepregi (Carleton)

Ravens netminder Benjamin Bouwer earned OUA most valuable goalie honours, while Zoltan Csepregi completed the major award sweep, being named the OUA coach of the year. Both Bos-kovic and Bouwer were also named OUA all-stars.

Carleton's Louis-Phillipe Brosseau, Ognjen Gutovic and Austin Stanton all added single tallies in the win. Emre Tali led all players with three goals for the Blues, while Tuna Tali, Alan Chung and Gorast Ta-sevki added one apiece in the loss. Tasevski and Marko Brasic also earned OUA all-star honours. The Ottawa Gee-Gees claimed the bronze medal with a 9-6 victory over the Western Mustangs earlier in the day.



WOMENToronto, Ont. - The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's water polo team defeated the Car-leton Ravens 10-4 to claim the gold medal as the 2013 OUA women's water polo championship wrapped up Sunday, December 1st at Varsity Pool. U of T second-year standout Stephanie Watson of Victoria led all players with four goals in the win and was named the OUA championship most valuable player. Third-year Blues netminder Breanna Gadzosa earned OUA most valuable goalie honours for the sec-ond time in her career, while Toronto's George Gross Jr. was named the OUA coach of the year. The Blues completed a perfect OUA season with three wins at the championship and claim third title in the past six years. U of T successfully avenged a 6-5 shootout loss to Carleton in last year's final. Watson's four goals topped the game, with Rosalee Brown, Ana Miroslavic, Marianne Tout, Julie Sz-para, Emily Bidinosti and Danielle Hirsh getting in on the action with single tallies in the win.


WATER POLO

Most Valuable Player ....................................................... Stephanie Watson (Toronto) Most Valuable Goalie ....................................................... Breanna Gadzosa (Toronto) Coach of the Year .............................................................. George Gross Jr. (Toronto)

Bidinosti and Gadzosa also earned OUA all-star honours for their stellar play over the weekend. Carleton's Meaghan Broddy led the Ravens with two goals, while Sara McIlveen and Samantha Litwinczuk added one apiece in the loss. McIlveen and Emma Opie earned all-star awards for the Ravens. The Ottawa Gee-Gees women edged the McMaster Marauders 4-3 in a shootout to claim the OUA bronze medal earlier in the day. Ottawa's Tara Histov and Chantell Ouellette were named OUA all-stars as well.



Toronto, Ont. - New champi-ons were crowned in wrestling at the Ontario University Ath-letics (OUA) championships on Saturday, February 16th as the Guelph Gryphons and Western Mustangs won the men's and women's banners, respectively, at the Tait McK-enzie Centre in Toronto.

The Gryphons tallied 78 points to claim their first men's title since 2011, putting an end to Western's two-year run as champion. The Mustangs did not go home empty-handed, however, as they won their

WRESTLING

first women's championship since 2007 with 62 points and ended the Brock Badgers' streak of titles at six.

The Badgers, whose teams entered the competition with the No. 1 ranking in the CIS, finished second in both the men's and women's events. Rounding out the top three were the McMaster Marauders on the men's side and the Gryphons on the women's.

Guelph won five of the 10 gold medals available in the men's weight classes to edge the Badgers by three points in the final standings. Tyson Frost was named the OUA's most outstanding wrestler after claiming gold in the 82kg division with a perfect 3-0 mark in the round robin and a 3-1 win over Matrixx Ferreira from the Badgers in the final.



Keegan Trophy (Outstanding Male Wrestler) ............................. Tyson Frost (Guelph) Men’s Rookie of the Year ............................................................... Sam Jagas (Brock) Men’s Community Service Award ................................... Dylan Galloway (Laurentian) Men’s Coach of the Year ............................................................... Doug Cox (Guelph)

Outstanding Female Wrestler ................................................ Brianne Berry (Western) Women’s Rookie of the Year ................................................... Anna McKee (Western) Women’s Community Service Award ......................................... Urshian Khalid (York) Women’s Coach of the Year ................................................. Ray Takahashi (Western)

Also winning gold medals for the Gryphons were Jake Jagas in the 76kg class, Ben Bradford in the 72kg division, Kevin Iwasa-Madge in the 65kg division and Jeremy Latour in the 120kg division.

Brock's Sam Jagas was named the OUA rookie of the year after winning the gold medal in the 54kg class, while Guelph head coach Doug Cox earned the coach of the year award after leading his team to the championship. Dylan Gal-loway from the Laurentian Voya-geurs earned the OUA community service award.

In the women's competition, Western had three wrestlers win individual gold medals, one less than the Bad-gers, but edged the defending champions by two points with more second-place finishes (three to two) as well as a pair of fourth-place results.

Brianne Barry earned the OUA's most outstanding wrestler award after winning the gold medal in the 55kg class. She was a perfect 2-0 in the round robin and followed that up with a 4-0 victory in the final over Kar-leah Bonk from the Lakehead Thunderwolves.

Also winning individual titles for the Mustangs were Anna McKee in the 59kg class and Larissa D'Alleva in the 63kg division. McKee was named the OUA's rookie of the year following her victory, and head coach Ray Takahashi earned the coach of the year award. Urshian Khalid from the host York Lions was named the recipient of the OUA community service award.

Source: OUA.ca


2013-2014 OUA

CAPTURED MOMENTS

The 2013-2014 season was a successful one for OUA athletes at the CIS Championships, with ten Ontario teams coming home with the national title. Here’s a recap of the action that took place at each of these gold medal matches, courtesy of CIS.ca.

2013-2014 CIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

2013-2014 CIS Championships

Women's Basketballl

Windsor, Ont. – The top-seeded Windsor Lancers earned their fourth-consecutive Bronze Baby Trophy in convincing fashion on Sunday, March 16th in front of a capacity crowd of just under 3,000 on their home court at the St. Denis Centre, defeating the No. 2 Saint Mary's Huskies 71-45 in the ArcelorMittal Dofasco championship.

Miah-Marie Langlois and Jessica Clemencon connected for an easy bucket to start the contest. After the Huskies dropped a three, Clemencon shook off some aggressive Huskies defence to score Windsor's first six points. Caitlyn Longmuir brought the crowd to its feet with a buzzer-beating three at the end of the first, giving Windsor a 17-9 lead. Justine Colley took the ball end-to-end on consecutive possessions to bring SMU within five early in the second period. However, after the Lancers responded with four quick points, both offences slowed as the first half came down to its final minutes.

Windsor's offence was charged coming out of the halftime break and spread the lead above 20. Becky Nash sank a baseline jumper in an attempt to spur on SMU, but Kristine Lalonde notched a lay-in after to keep the Windsor momentum alive. The Lancers took a 49-31 lead into final period.

Clemencon and Korissa Williams began the fourth with two points each and Windsor went up by 24 early in the period. Laura Langille answered for the Huskies with four-straight points. However, the Lancers offence remained potent throughout the fourth, wiping away any hope for an SMU comeback bid and started the countdown to the final buzzer.


Men's Basketballl

Ottawa, Ont. – The Carleton Ravens are still the best team in CIS men’s basketball team. The tournament’s second seed won their fourth straight W.P. McGee Trophy, and their record 10th in 12 years, thanks to a 79-67 gold-medal victory over top-ranked and cross-town rival Ottawa at the ArcelorMittal Dofasco championship at the Canadian Tire Centre on Sunday, March 9th.

The game opened on a defensive note as the teams traded chances, but failed to get any kind of offensive run going. Carleton led for most of the first quarter, but the Gee-Gees were never far behind . The Gee-Gees offence picked up some steam to open the second quarter opening on an 8-0 run thanks to big three pointers from Johnny Berhanemeskel and Terry Thomas. The Ravens answered with back-to-back three balls from Tyson Hinz and Scrubb. The stanza featured fast paced, back and forth action with the Ravens leading 37-35 at halftime.

Ottawa once again came out firing on all cylinders to open the third quarter, but Carleton had an answer every time the Gee-Gees had an offensive surge. The Ravens offence took over and opened up a lead the champs never gave up. Although they only extended their advantage by three points in the final quarter, the Ravens held off a potent Ottawa offence that led CIS with 96.4 points per game in the regular season. The victory makes Carleton the first team to win back to back championships as the host.


London, Ont. - The University of Guelph claimed both the women’s and men’s titles at the 2013 CIS Cross-Country Running Championships, marking the eighth consecutive year the Gryphons have captured both banners. The races were held at London’s Thames Valley Golf Course for the second straight season.

It was the ninth consecutive banner performance for the Guelph women and the eighth straight for the men’s squad, extending their own CIS records. The Gryphons have now racked up 23 team titles in their prestigious history, also a CIS mark, 10 more than Victoria.

“Every team is unique and every time we come out to race it is the most exciting thing we have ever been involved in,” said Guelph head coach Dave Scott Thomas. “We go through this journey together as a team and there is no better way to finish the year.”

In individual competition, Queen’s Julie-Anne Staehli captured the women’s gold medal in the six-kilometre event thanks to a time of 20 minutes and 51.4 seconds, while Aaron Hendrikx (30:49.3) of Guelph took top spot

Women's Cross Country


Men's Cross Country

in the men’s 10-kilometre race. Staehli’s victory was a first for the Gaels since a Beth Wightman triumph in 2003, while Hendrikx’s individual gold was Guelph’s fifth in the last six years.

In the women’s race, the Gryphons placed seven runners in the top 13, including a silver-medal performance by Carise Thompson (21:08.8), their five scorers giving them 31 points for a comfortable lead over Western (90) and Queen’s (115) in the team standings.

On the men’s side, Guelph runners claimed gold and silver, placed three runners in the top four and had six in the top 13 to finish with 22 points. Freshman Tristan Woodfine (30:51.1) chased his teammate Hendrikx down the home stretch and took second place in front of Laval’s Charles Philibert-Thiboutot (31:01.8).

Scott Thomas was named CIS men’s coach of the year for the third straight season. The women’s coach of the year award went to Western’s Bob Vigars, who led the Mustangs to second place finished in the last race of his coaching career, which spanned more than 40 years.


Women's Curling

Regina, Sask. - The 2014 CIS/CCA University Curling Championship women’s final was held Sunday, March 23rd at the Callie Curling Club in Regina and saw the University of Alberta Pandas (6-1) battle against the Carleton University Ravens (6-2). The Ravens secured a gold medal victory with a 9-4 victory in nine ends over the Pandas.

A clean and open first end left Alberta with a last rock hit but rolled out for a Carleton steal of one. Carleton took another steal making it a 2-0 lead for the Ravens at the end of the second. Carleton stayed aggressive in the third end and jumped ahead to a 4-0 lead. Late in the fifth end, a missed shot left a port open for Alberta. Kelsey Rocque came up tight to only score one and trail 4-1 going into the fifth end break. Carleton gave Alberta more chances in the sixth but Jamie Sinclair was able to plug up a hole making it a 6-1 lead for Carleton.

The seventh end left Alberta with a double opportunity on Rocque’s first shot, putting pressure on Carleton for one of the first times throughout the game. Rocque was able to hit and stick giving her Pandas two points to trail by three after seven ends. Giving up a steal of one, Carleton led 6-4 going into the ninth end with hammer. After climbing back from a five point deficit, Alberta was able to take control of the ninth end. But with a miss on Rocque’s first stone, Sinclair had a hit to sit two. With the championship on the line, Rocque’s draw came up short giving Carleton a draw for three points and a 9-4 victory.


Men's Swimming

Toronto, Ont. – The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men defended their national title at home, as the 2014 Speedo CIS swimming championships wrapped up on Saturday, February 22nd at the University of Toronto’s Varsity Pool.

The host Blues finished with 690 points, ahead of the Canada West powerhouse T-Birds (609.5) for the second straight year and earn a CIS-leading 18th national banner. UBC won the final 400 medley relay in a time of 3:34.10, but it was too little, too late for the Canada West powerhouses. The Calgary Dinos placed third with 405 points over the three-day meet.

“The comeback on Day 2 was almost historic,” said Byron MacDonald, who was named the CIS men’s team coach of the year. “... We were able to come up with those extra hundred points, which gave us enough of a comfortable lead. There would have had to been some major upsets for us not to win.”

UBC’s Coleman Allen was honoured as the CIS male swimmer of the year. Allen garnered seven medals over the three-day championship. Tristan Cote of the Calgary Dinos was named the CIS male rookie of the year after an outstanding first-place finish in the 1500 freestyle (15:06.02).


Women's Track and Field

Edmonton, Alta. – The York University Lions won their first CIS men’s track and field title in 30 years, while the Guelph University Gryphons claimed their first women’s banner since the 2008 season, as the OUA swept the team championship trophies at the 2014 CIS track and field championships, held at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

York finished with 103 total points to claim their first CIS track and field banner since 1984. Guelph, the 2013 CIS men’s champions, finished second with 97 points while the Windsor Lancers earned CIS team bronze with 81 points. The Lions now have three men’s team titles in program history, following back-to-back wins in the 1983 and 1984 seasons. York coach Colin Inglis was honoured with the Bob Boucher Award as men’s coach of the year at a banquet following the championship.

With 96 points, the Guelph Gryphons claim their second women’s team title in program history, after winning their inaugural championship following the 2007-08 season. The Toronto Varsity Blues finished second with 93, while the Canada West champions from Trinity Western finished third with 64 points.


Men's Track and Field

“It was a great weekend, right from Day 1 to Day 3,” said Guelph coach Dave Scott-Thomas, who was named the Sue Wise Award winner as the women’s coach of the year. “Even though the final team stand-ings came down to the results of the 4x400m, which is great because it’s an exciting event, we had done the math and knew that if we performed well in that event, we would win the title. I really thought that right from Day 1 our depth really carried us through. We had someone competing in every event, and for the most part we scored points in those events. Everyone on our team really contributed to this victory, which really vali-dates the work these athletes put into the season.”

The York Lions also swept the male and female outstanding athletes of the meet awards, with Dontae Rich-ards-Kwok earning the George Gemer Award, as the outstanding male athlete of the meet, for the second time of his career, while Khamica Bingham received the female outstanding athlete of the meet award. Rich-ards-Kwok placed on the top of the podium four times in Edmonton, winning the 60m and 300m individual races, and helping the Lions to gold medals in the 4x200m and 4x400m relays. Bingham earned gold med-als in the 60m dash, 300m run and the 4x200m relay event, and broke a CIS championship record when she wrote her name in the record book with a time of 7.26 in the 60m dash.


Women's Wrestling

Fredericton, NB – The Brock University Badgers completed their domination of the two-day CIS wrestling championships on Saturday, March 1st at UNB’s Richard J. Currie Center, returning home with both team banners as well as 12 individual medals, seven of them gold.

It marked the third consecutive national team title for the Brock women, and their fourth overall, while the men returned to the top of the standings for the first time since their magical 10-run championship run from 1999 to 2008. The Badgers now have a record 14 CIS titles in men’s competition. Brock had also swept the team banners back in 2001-02. The only other school to accomplish the feat since women’s wrestling was added to the CIS program 16 years ago was Simon Fraser, in 2009-10.

Individually, Brock was shut out of the athlete-of-the-year selections, but claimed both top-rookie and both coach-of-the-year trophies. Brianne Barry of the Western Mustangs was named female MVP. The fifth-year senior from London, Ont., finally claimed her first CIS gold medal, defeating Concordia’s Liz Sera in the 55-ki-logram final, after settling for silver in 2010, 2012 and 2013.


Men's Wrestling

Male-MVP honours went to Michael Asselstine of the Alberta Golden Bears, who had a thrilling last-second comeback in his opening match on Friday against former CIS MVP Vince Cormier of UNB. The Edmonton native went on to defeat Concordia’s Vincent De Marinis in the 61 kg title bout, one year after taking silver at 65 kg.

Jessica Brouillette (59 kg) and Sam Jagas (54 kg) of the Badgers were named top freshmen after they both triumphed in their CIS championship debut, while their coach Marty Calder was named women’s and men’s coach of the year.

“Our team performed remarkably this weekend,” said Calder. “We came into the championships having come second in the OUA on both sides, and ended up dominating both sides at the nationals. This program con-tinues to build champions by virtue of a strong commitment from our staff including coaches, strength and conditioning coaches and trainers that help to develop these student-athletes into champions."

Gravenhurst, Ont. – Carleton basketball star Philip Scrubb (Richmond, B.C.) and York's record-setting sprinter Khamica Bingham (Brampton, Ont.) were named the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Athletes of the Year, presented by Pioneer Energy, as a host of awards were given out at the 2014 OUA Honour Awards banquet. The event was held Tuesday evening at Taboo Resort in Gravenhurst, Ontario.


In just her second season of OUA competition, Bingham was blazing on the track for the York Lions. She set a new OUA championships record of 7.23 seconds in claiming gold in the 60m and added gold in the 4x200m relay en route to being named most valuable track performer at the meet. Bingham then followed up that accomplishment by setting the CIS championships record in the 60m (7.26), running on the gold medal winning 4x200m relay team, and adding a first-place finish in the 300m. Her efforts at the national championships earned her female MVP honours.

In his fourth year of eligibility, Carleton's Philip Scrubb made history. After being named the OUA East player of the year for the third time, he was named the top player in the CIS for a third consecutive season, becoming the first player ever to do so. Scrubb was also named a first team OUA East all-star and first team all-Canadian in 2013-14 on the strength of 18.6 points and 4.9 assists per game for Carleton. He led his team to a perfect 22-0 regular season mark, before claiming a fourth straight CIS title.

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Photo Source: Blake Chorely


OUA HONOUR AWARDSPioneer Energy, the presenting sponsor for the OUA Athletes of the Year, also provided a mone-tary award to each recipient to go towards educational expenses. After a dominant season in the pool, the Toronto Varsity Blues men's swim team was recog-nized as the OUA Team of the Year. In 2014, the Blues claimed their 11th consecutive OUA championship and followed it up with their second CIS title in as many years. The talented group featured 13 OUA all-stars, three first team all-Canadians and four second team all-Canadians. To-ronto was the cream of the crop among Canadian schools this year, going 9-0 in dual meets against CIS competition. Queen's Gaels women's rugby coach Beth Barz and Carleton men's basketball coach Dave Smart were hon-oured as the 2014 Fox 40 OUA Coaches of the Year. In her ninth season at the helm of the Gaels, Barz led her to team to the most successful season in program history. Queen's claimed top spot in the Russell Division after a 5-0 regular season, then added three more wins en route to the program's first ever OUA championship. The Gaels went on to earn the bronze medal at the CIS Championship; the first national medal for Queen's women's rugby. Barz's squad spent the entire season ranked in the CIS top 10, peaking at No. 2. Coach Smart added an eighth OUA East coach of the year and a seventh CIS coach of the year to his mantle following the 2013-14 season. His Ravens posted a perfect 22-0 regular season record. They wrapped up the year by winning their fourth straight CIS and record-setting 10th total national championship. Donnovan Bennett of Sportsnet is the 2014 recipient of the OUA Media Award of Distinction. A former OUA athlete, Bennett joined theScore television network immediately after graduating from Western University in 2007. In his seven years in broadcasting he has served multiple roles including sideline reporting and colour analysis during University Rush broadcasts of OUA football on theScore. He has also patrolled the sideline for each of the past two Wilson Cup Final Fours, including last year with theScore and this year with Sportsnet. He has also produced feature pieces on student-athletes, coaches and athletic programs that have aired alongside OUA and CIS national broadcasts.

Source: OUA.ca


Photo Source: Blake Chorely

GROWING the GRIDIRON


Hamilton, Ont. – Ontario University Athletics (OUA), in partnership with Ontario Football Alli-ance (OFA), announced the launch of Growing the Gridiron for the 2013-14 season. Growing the Gridiron is a program designed to help grow the sport of football at the grass-

roots level in Ontario. The program consists of a series of free clinics offer-ing youth between the ages of 7-14 a safe and fun introduction to develop-mental skills such as throwing, catching, punting and kicking. The program

is organized and lead by OUA with the support of volunteers and member institutions. “OFA is pleased to partner with OUA on this exciting proj-ect," said OFA executive director Tina Turner. “Growing the Gridiron is a great opportunity for Ontario youth to test drive touch, flag and tackle football. By making the sport more ac-cessible, we hope to see measureable participation growth among our members.” The Growing the Gridiron curriculum is derived from Foot-ball Canada’s Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) model and is designed to progress the participant through a series of evaluative levels. “Growing the Gridiron will provide Ontario youth with a safe and fun environment to learn the game, develop their skills and promote a healthy and active lifestyle,” said OUA in-terim executive director Bryan Crawford. “Simultaneously the program is adding an important step in the development process for future OUA stars.”


The Growing the Gridiron program is based off of four guiding principles:

Visit OUA.ca/growingthegridiron for more information or

to register for an upcoming Growing the Gridiron clinic.

Create a safe environment where children and adults can have fun with football.

Teach football skills, rules and strategy.

Promote active living and positive self-esteem to participants and volunteers of the program.

Model and teach competitiveness with an emphasis on good sportsmanship.

Growing the Gridiron has been made possible thanks to the funding provided by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Canada’s leading charitable grant-making foundation. The Trillium Foundation works with not-for-profit and charitable organizations to help create vibrant and healthy communities in Ontario.

Source: OUA.ca

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