The Warrior squash team captured the bronze medal in both the OUA Women's and Men's Squash Championships this past weekend at Western University.
The tournament started off with pool play, both the men and women against McMaster. On the women's side, wins from
Natasha Seth (Fergus/) (3-0),
Keeley Levitt (St. Catharines/) (3-0) and
Marisa Seth (Fergus/) (3-0) and on the men's side, a win from
Cameron Seth (Fergus/) (3-0).
Next up, the women faced Queen's.
Natasha Seth (Fergus/) (3-0),
Marisa Seth (Fergus/) (3-1) and
Hannah Dabrowski (Waterloo/) (3-0) were victorious bringing in points for the Warriors. The men followed with a strong performance against Toronto, with wins from
Cameron Seth (Fergus/) (3-0),
Jeff Muirhead (Waterloo/) (3-0) and a huge win from
Andrew Kane (Waterloo/) (3-2).
Day 2 was structured differently with players competing individually based on their performance on Day 1.
Hannah Dabrowski (Waterloo/) and
Andrew Kane (Waterloo/) were up first and lost their tough semi-final matches against Western.
Jeff Muirhead (Waterloo/) and
Marisa Seth (Fergus/) also had tough matches on Day 2 but ended with a strong 4th place within their division.
Keeley Levitt (St. Catharines/) played well against the top-seeded Toronto but lost 3-1 in the semis.
Natasha Seth (Fergus/) and
Cameron Seth (Fergus/) both won their semi-final matches 3-0 to move onto the finals.
Jeff Porter (Toronto/),
Hussein Salemwalla (Maple/),
Diego Caballero (Bucamaranga/),
Grace Leung (Markham/) and
Simran Lyall (Nairobi/) won their consolation matches to place 5th overall in their division and adding points to the Warrior team score. The wins continued with
Hannah Dabrowski (Waterloo/) coming back from 2-0 to win in 5 and
Keeley Levitt (St. Catharines/) beating Western 3-1 to place third in their division.
In the finals,
Natasha Seth (Fergus/) outplayed Toronto 3-0 to win the gold in her division.
Cameron Seth (Fergus/) followed suit beating Western 3-1 in a spectacular match to win gold in his division. Cameron and Natasha were also named OUA MVPs and on the All-Star team.
Overall, the points were tallied and the Warriors placed an outstanding bronze in both the men's and women's! The success didn't end there as head coach
Vinit Kudva was named the OUA Men's Coach of the Year.
See the full recap of scores here:
http://oua.ca/news/2014/2/9/SQH_0209145757.aspx?path=squash
Great weekend for the Warriors, up next is CIS from Feb 28 - Mar 2 at Northfield Racquets and Fitness Club.