The Warriors badminton team came away with a fifth place finish at the 2018 OUA Championship, winning three matches and losing two.

On Friday, the Warriors went 2-1, falling to Toronto 9-1 but bouncing back with big wins over Carleton (10-0) and Ottawa (8-2).

In the Ottawa match Natalie Lam (Richmond Hill/) and Emily Lam (Toronto/) won both their singles matches and doubles matches (as partners) while Martin Law (Mississauga/) won his singles match over William Zhao of Ottawa.

The win put Waterloo into the quarter-finals against McMaster and the black and gold fought tooth and nail in the knock-out match but fell to the Marauders 6-4.

Natalie Lam (Richmond Hill/) again won both her matches while Justin Law (West Hill/) and Robbie Thomas (Victoria/) won an epic three set battle in their men's double match. 

With the loss Waterloo took on Ryerson in the 5th place match and came away with a big 6-2 win to finish fifth overall.

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Final Standings

Gold – Toronto
Silver – McMaster
Bronze – Western
4th – Ottawa
5th – Waterloo
6th – Ryerson
7th – Queen's
8th – UOIT
9th – Carleton

Most Valuable Players

Bethany So – Toronto
Jack Hall – Western

Rookie of the Year

Cara de Belle – Western
Liam Woodside – Ottawa

Coach of the Year

Jackie Yeung – Toronto

All-Stars

Giselle Chan – Toronto
Cara de Belle – Western
Vivian Kwok – Toronto
Tammy Lai (Mississauga/) – Waterloo
Emily Lam (Toronto/) – Waterloo
Natalie Lam (Richmond Hill/) – Waterloo
Bethany So – Toronto
Samantha Zheng – Western
Nathan Cheng – Ryerson
Phillip Choi (Markham/) – Waterloo
Jack Hall – Western
Jacob Kao – McMaster
Sean McGowan – Western
Minh Pham – Ottawa
Marcus Waskiw-Ford – Toronto
Liam Woodside – Ottawa