The Waterloo Warriors men's curling team walked away with a silver medal at the 2012 CIS/CCA Curling Championship hosted by Brock University at the Welland Curling Club.  The Warriors fell in the gold medal game 7-1 to the Alberta Golden Bears, their first national title.

Waterloo found itself in the gold medal game after an 8-5 win over the host Badgers in the semifinal game last night only a couple hours after falling to Brock in their final round robin game.  Waterloo went 5-2 in round robin play and looked poised to capture their first ever national title but were denied by a hot Golden Bears team who lost only one game the entire tournament.

Waterloo skip and 2010 Canadian Junior Champion Jake Walker (Minden/) led all skips with a 76 shooting percentage while third Edward Cyr (Haliburton/) was also a consistent force for Waterloo with 75%.  Both Walker and Cyr were named CIS first-team all-Canadians for their strong play throughout the championship.

“Before today, we played really well.” Walker admitted after Albert claimed the championship. “We obviously just couldn't make that happen in the final. It's obviously disappointing to lose a final, but really it just comes down to execution and we just didn't execute. We didn't make shots. They made a lot of good shots, we just missed. We just didn't have it today.”

Waterloo second Geoff Chambers (Innerkip/) was third best at his position with a 74 shooting percentage which earned him a CIS second-team all-Canadian nod while lead James Freeman (Brantford/) was at 70% for the championship.  Alberta skip Brendan Bottcher saved his best game for the end as he fired a sizzling 88% in the gold medal match, compared to Walker's 65%.

The Warriors should do nothing but hold their heads up high on a very successful curling season which saw the black and gold win 22 games and lose only six.