oua uncovered: 2010- 2011 year in review

The Official E-Magazine of OUA

In this Issue 2010-11 Year in Review

Badminton p.10

Baseball p.12

Basketball p.16

Cross Country p.26

Curling p.29

Fencing p.36

Field Hockey p.40

Figure Skating p.42

Football p.46

Golf p.50

Hockey p.54

Lacrosse p.64

Nordic Skiing p.66

Rowing p.70

Rugby p.72

Soccer p.76

Squash p.86

Swimming p.88

Tennis p.92

Track & Field p.94

Volleyball p.100

Water Polo p.104

Wrestling p.106

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24 Off Court A Look behind the scenes of the Wilson Cup Final Four by Varsity Blues Andrew Wasik

F E AT U R E S

6 OUA’s Women of Influence

4 Canada’s Best

98 The Road to Success From Blue and Gold to Red and White Jamie Adjetey-Nelson shares how his time as a Lancer prepared him for the world stage

32 A Cinderella Story A look at Trent’s successful run at the men’s curling championship

62 The Longest Game

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The Canadian Men’s FISU Hockey team held its training camp in Ontario with a game which saw Canada’s best university players take on our Canadian Junior Team

84 The Perfect Pick Queen’s Soccer captain Sara Buckham looks back on her choice to play in OUA with no regrets

112 OUA Honour Awards

108 Our CIS Champions

On December 10, 2010, 31 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) men’s hockey players converged on London, Ontario to take part in the five day FISU t ra in ing camp in preparation for the 24th Universiade in Erzurum, Turkey. The camp featured seven invitees from Western, five from

McGill, three from Carleton, Lakehead, and Waterloo, two from Guelph and one each from Brock, Concordia, Ottawa, Wilfrid Laurier, and Windsor. Led by coach Clarke Singer from Western, the players were put through four consecutive days of practice at Thompson Arena, as well as the Western Fair Sports Centre. The fifth and final day of the training camp saw the FISU training camp team travel to the Mastercard C e n t r e f o r Hockey Excellence in Toronto for an exhibition game against the


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Canadian National World Junior team. Team Canada was in preparations for what would be a silver medal performance at the World Junior Hockey Championships. Using the exhibition game as a final chance to impress decision makers, the FISU training camp team fell to Team Canada by a score of 6-2. The FISU team goal scorers were C h a r l e s - A n t o i n e Messier (Concordia) and Maxime Lengelier-Parent (McGill). The game served as an excellent chance for each teams’ respective coaches to see the players in game action prior to making final roster decisions. Although the FISU training camp team came up

short in their exhibition game, the training camp would prove to be beneficial. The Canadian team completed the Universiade with a 4-2 record. After losing a tough semifinal game against Russia 4-2, Canada rebounded against Kazakhstan the following day with a 3-1 win to capture the bronze medal.


Women of Influence

Ontario University Athletics (OUA) recognized the top female student-athletes from across the province at the eighth annual Women of Influence Luncheon on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The event honours female student-athletes who have excelled in their chosen sports, fields of study and community involvement. This year's guest speaker was tennis star Venus Williams. Acknowledged as one of the most successful female athletes of the 21st century, Williams’ tennis career earned her 41 singles titles over her continuing 17-year career on the pro circuit. As the first African American to be ranked at No. 1 on the pro tour, her community involvement and charity work have allowed Williams to be involved at the grass-roots level of tennis and makes her an exceptional advocate of female athletics. Williams captured her first Grand Slams at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2000. The same year, she won the gold medal at the Olympics in Sydney, Australia and from there Williams began her domination of the pro tour. Within the decade, Williams captured seven Grand Slams and another 26 titles on the tour. Ten doubles Grand Slams were won playing with her sister Serena Williams and together they became the most celebrated female tennis players of the decade. Off the court, Williams is a successful author, creative designer, entrepreneur and fashion icon. In December 2007, Williams received

By: Lindsay Franco

her associate degree in Fashion Design. From there, she launched her EleVen fashion line and is the chief executive officer of her interior design firm “V Starr Interiors”. Williams' further projects include her role as founding ambassador for the WTA_UNESCO Gender Equality Program. After meeting with officials in 2005 about Wimbledon’s and the French Open’s refusal to pay equal prize money for men and women, Williams published an essay in The Times in 2006 arguing the important of gender equality. Williams was successful at Wimbledon and later the French Open announced in February 2007 that it would award equal prize money in all rounds of the Open. OUA recognizes the following sponsors for their support of this event; belairdirect., Centaur Products, Pioneer Petroleums, Wilson Sports Equipment of Canada, and the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity.

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2010-11 OUA WOMAN OF INFLUENCE Brock Badgers: Jasmine Mian

Carleton Ravens: Gillian Turnbull Guelph Gryphons: Brienne Stairs

Lakehead Thunderwolves: Daphne Haggarty Laurentian Lady Vees: Katie Goggins McMaster Marauders: Jessica Pearo

Nipissing Lakers: Lessa Church UOIT Ridgebacks: Shannon Galea Ottawa Gee-Gees: Brittany Harrison

Queen's Gaels- Charly Thivierge-Lortie RMC Paladins - Laura Gray

Ryerson Rams - Stefanie Webster Toronto Varsity Blues - Jen Rossiter

Trent Excaliber - Maija Robinson Waterloo Warriors - Reanne Holden

Western Mustangs - Hayley Nell Wilfrid Laurier - Liz Knox

Windsor Lancers - Noelle Montcalm York Lions - Amber Aquin


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Photos by Jing-Ling Kao-Beserve of Imajing Photography


Badminton

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The University of Western Ontario captured the 2010-2011 OUA Badminton championship at home at Thames Hall. The Mustangs dethroned the reigning champions from the University of Waterloo to earn their fourth gold medal in the past five years and their sixth championship banner in the decade.

University of Toronto Medical student, Melissa Hill (Oakville, Ont.), formally of McMaster University earned her ninth OUA All-Star award. The three day event saw seven teams take to the court. The championship

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consisted of five events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. Each event consists of a qualification draw and a main event championship draw. The Mustangs finished the event with 78 points. The defending champions Waterloo Warriors earned the silver medal with 62 points. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues

claimed bronze with 28 points. The University of Waterloo tied the University of Western Ontario with nine OUA All-Star Awards. The University of Toronto’s Melissa Hill also received an OUA All-Star selection.

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Female Rookie of the Year: Surabhi Kadam (Waterloo)

Male Rookie of the Year: Kirk Hansen (Toronto) Coach of the Year: Rob Fowler (Western)


Baseball

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Story by Todd Devlin. Photos by Michael P. Hall The Brock Badgers baseball team captured their third Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Championship in school history after defeating first place Western Mustangs by the score of 5-1 at Labatt Park in London, Ontario. With the win, the Badgers earned their first league title since 2004 and their 20th victory of the season. Jason Champ, who kept the Western offense at bay for most of the af-ternoon, picked up the win for Brock earning Pizza Pizza player of

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the game honours. Western starter Adam Paish, the 2010 OUA Pitcher of the Year, suffered the loss giving up four runs -- three earned -- on six hits in 4 2/3 innings, Despite putting runners on base in all but one inning, the Mustangs were unable to push runs across due to some solid defensive play by the Badgers, who recorded four double plays on the afternoon - including one each in the final three innings. The Badgers opened the scoring in the fourth inning. Justin Parro led off the frame with a single to short and advanced to second on a throwing error. He then scored when the Mustangs threw the ball away at first on a sacrifice bunt attempt by Jeff Kosta. The fifth proved to be the big inning for the Badgers, as they put up three runs in the frame to take a comfortable 4-0 lead. A trio of B rock s ing les loaded the bases with nobody out. Paish got a line out to left field for the first out, but Parro quickly followed with an RBI infield single.


Most Valuable Hitter : Shaun Valeriote (Brock) Most Valuable Pitcher: Adam Paish (Western) Rookie of the Year: Nathan Loehle (Laurier)

Coach of the Year: Matt Griffin (Guelph)


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Shaun Valeriote, the 2010 OUA Most Valuable Hitter presented by KR3 Custom Bats, then provided the big hit with a single to left cen-tre that scored a pair. The Mustangs finally got on the board in the sixth on a wild play. Leading off the inning, centre fielder Andrew Thomson reached on an infield single and then advanced to third base on a throwing error by the second baseman. The ensuing throw to third was also wild, which allowed Thomson to come home with what turned out to be Western's lone run of the day. The Badgers then pushed across an insurance run in the seventh through a combination of a single by Craig Jacques and an uncharacteristic error by the Western outfield. Right-hander Justin Ayles, the OUA Wilson Sports Equipment all-star at the reliever position, came in to shut the door on the Mustangs, working a pair of hitless innings to secure the victory.


Men’s Basketball

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Story by Ian Speers. Photos by Michael P. Hall

A field goal by OUA second-team all-star Venzal Russell with 0.9 second remaining in regulation gave the Lakehead Thunderwolves their first trip to a Wilson Cup championship game in team history, defeating the Ottawa Gee-Gees 71-69 in semifinal action of the OUA men's basketball Final Four. Lakehead had held a comfortable 42-29 lead at halftime, but saw their advantage evaporate in the fourth quarter as the Gee-Gees tied the game, then claimed a two-point lead in the final two minutes of play. A pair of free throws by OUA first-team all-star Jamie Searle with 12 seconds remaining, followed by Russell's bas-ket, secured the Lakehead victory. The Thunderwolves finished the 2010-11 OUA regular season atop the conference's west division with a 17-5 record.

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Russell, from Detroit, Michigan, led Lakehead with 17 points, connecting on eight of 20 field goal attempts. For the Gee-Gees, fifth-year centre and Ottawa native Louis Gauthier led the scor-ing with 18 points, followed by a 14 point performance by Nemanja Baletic. In the second semifinal game, the Carleton Ravens earned a berth in their fifth consecutive Wilson Cup final with a come-from-behind 83-76 victory over the Laurier Golden Hawks. The Ravens, ranked first in the CIS Top Ten poll and undefeated in conference and playoff competition this season, were out-scored

by Laurier in the first three of four quarters before finally taking the upper hand in the final quarter. Carleton's Philip Scrubb, winner of this year's OUA East Rookie of the Year award, earned Porter Player of the Game honours, amassing 23 points, including eight field goals and a perfect seven-of-seven on free throw shooting. OUA East Player of the Year Tyson Hinz tallied another 18 points for the Ravens, and


East Player of the Year – Tyson Hinz (Carleton) East Rookie of the Year – Phil Scrubb (Carleton)

East Defensive Player of the Year – Cole Hobin (Carleton) East Ken Shield Award – Nemanja Baletic (Ottawa)

East Coach of the Year – Dave Smart (Carleton)

West Player of the Year – Isaac Kuon (Windsor) West Rookie of the Year – Patrick Donnelly (Laurier)

West Defensive Player of the Year – Greg Carter (Lakehead) West Ken Shield Award – Andre Smyth (Windsor)

West Coach of the Year – Scott Morrison (Lakehead)


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grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds. For Laurier, OUA West first-team all-star Kale Harrison had a team-leading 26 points, including 10 field goals. Jamar Forde and Matthew Buckley added 11 points apiece, with Buckley claiming 10 rebounds. The Wilson Cup final would then see the Thunderwolves captured their first Wilson Cup title in club history, unseating the reigning

three-time OUA-champion Carleton Ravens with a 77-62 victory in the 94th Wilson Cup, the climax of the OUA men's basketball Final Four, hosted by McMaster University. Lakehead's Jamie Searle, a fifth-year guard from Belleville Ontario and OUA first-team all-star, was named the Porter Player of the Game and awarded the Keith Macpherson Trophy as the outstanding player in the Wilson Cup final. Searle posted a team-leading 23 points, including 14 points in the fourth quarter. He connected on eight of 15 field goal attempts, and was a perfect six-for-six on free throws. "Carleton's an amazing team, but we knew this was our night," said a jubilant Searle. "We knew we were the only team to have a chance against them, and we worked for 40 minutes to get it done." A 31-point fourth quarter lifted the Thunderwolves over a Raven team that had kept the score largely in check for the first 30 minutes of play. "We got up by ten [in the fourth quarter],

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and we just kept hitting shots," said Lakehead head coach Scott Morrison, this season's OUA West Coach of the Year. "I told the team that this was our time."

Third-year guard Joseph Jones amassed 15 points for Lakehead, connecting on four of five attempts from outside the arc. Also in double-digit scoring for the victors were Ryan Thomson, with 12 points, and Yoosrie Salhia, with 10. Salhia added a team-leading nine rebounds. Carleton's offence was led by second-year forward Tyson Hinz, who posted 19 points, eight of which were sunk in the final quarter. Elliot Thompson grabbed 11 rebounds, all coming off the defensive glass. Lakehead, which joined the OUA men's basketball circuit in 1988-89, had never previously appeared in a Wilson Cup championship game. Carleton, which was appearing in its fifth consecutive conference final, now boasts a 6-4 all-time record in Wilson Cup games. The Ravens, had posted a previously unblemished record in 2010-11, including an undefeated 22-0 regular season to lead the OUA East division. Lakehead, 17-5 in conference play, finished atop the OUA West. The Wilson Cup, first presented in 1908-09, is emblematic of the Ontario university men's basketball championship, and is in its 94th season of competition. Both Carleton and Lakehead advanced to the CIS men's basketball Final 8, hosted at the Halifax Metro Centre on March 11-13.


Women’s Basketball

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The OUA West Finals saw the Windsor Lancers come away with a 65-59 victory over the Laurier Golden Hawks to advance them to the OUA Championship. In the win, Windsor got a strong perform-ance from second year guard Miah-Marie Langlois (Windsor, Ont.) who finished with 18 points, ten rebounds and six assists en route to being named the Wilson OUA Player of the Game. In the east, the Carleton Ravens women’s team made history bringing home the OUA East title for the first time after defeating the host University of Toronto Varsity Blues, 50-47 in a tight game. The Lancers Women's Basketball team then captured the OUA Championship in dramatic fashion as they defeated the Ravens 46-44 at the St. Denis Centre in Windsor, Ont. The Lancers needed a late rally and some stingy fourth quarter defence to secure the Ontario title



in front of a raucous capacity crowd in Windsor. Incredibly, it is Windsor's third straight OUA title. Windsor got 17 points and eight rebounds from OUA player of the year Jessica Clemencon as they rallied in the fourth quarter to earn the win. The visiting Ravens got off to a fast start as they built an early 16-6 lead in the first quarter. Carleton used some hot outside shooting to gain the early advantage on the road. The Ravens continued to apply pressure to the Lancers throughout the half which seemed to upset Windsor's momentum at the offensive end. The visitors also used some aggressive offensive rebounding that led to a number of second chance opportunities and points.


East Player of the Year - Hannah Sunley-Paisley (Ottawa)

East Rookie of the Year - Jill Stratton (Toronto) East Defensive Player of the Year - Katie Goggins (Laurentian)

East Joy Bellinger Award - Katie Goggins (Laurentian) East Tracy McLeod Award - Sarah Nolette (Ottawa) East Coach of the Year - Michèle Bélanger (Toronto)

West Player of the Year - Jessica Clemencon (Windsor)

West Rookie of the Year - Felicia Mazerolle (Laurier) West Defensive Player of the Year - Matteke Hutzler (Western)

West Joy Bellinger Award - Renata Adamczyk (Laurier) West Tracy McLeod Award - Ali Dzikowski (Guelph)

West Coach of the Year - Paul Falco (Laurier)



The result was a low scoring first half that saw Windsor shoot only 27% from the field and 1-of-10 from long range as they went into the locker room trailing 27-20 at the break. The second half continued to be a defensive struggle; however, the Lancers picked up their scoring attack in the paint. Clemencon began to make her mark inside as Windsor cut into Ravens lead and trailed only 38-34 after three quarters. With the OUA Championship on the line in the final 10 minutes, Windsor cranked up their defensive intensity and limited Carleton to only six points in the entire fourth quarter. Still trailing in the final minutes, the Lancers got a big three-pointer from Bojana Kovacevic to tie the game at 42-42 and send the crowd into a frenzy. From there, Windsor worked the ball inside to their all-star Clemencon who sealed the victory at the free throw line as the Lancers won 46-44.

In addition to C l e m e n c o n , the Lancers got 12 points and 3 assists from Emily Abbott while v e t e r a n Heather Angus added some valuable minutes as she chipped in with 7 points and 4 r e b o u n d s .


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For the first time Ontario University Athletics (OUA) basketball brought the top four teams in the province to one spot to battle for the Wilson Cup. This year’s Final Four saw a lot of excitement on the court with last-second shots, a cross over, and an upset. Basketball fans from across the nation watched on The Score Television Network as the Lakehead Thunderwolves celebrated as they hoisted the Wilson Cup after a 77-62 win over the previously undefeated Carleton Ravens. What fans didn’t see was the group of OUA all-stars that came to town to participate in the Wilson Cup Final Four weekend off the court. Andrew Wasik, 2010-11 first team all-star from the Toronto Varsity Blues, shares his experience with OUA Uncovered. Upon arriving in Hamilton as an all-star for the OUA Men’s basketball Final Four I had no idea what to expect. At first I had thought I would have a lot of free time to relax and kick back at the hotel (which had possibly the most comfortable beds I have ever slept in); however, due to some great organizing by the OUA staff, us all-stars were taken care of for the entire weekend. I arrived Thursday night, checked into the hotel and was treated to a huge Italian dinner at La Piazza; we couldn’t tackle all the food there was so much. The next morning, all the all-stars joined the guys from

By: Andrew Wasik, Photos by Michael P. Hall

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Laurier, Lakehead, Carleton and Ottawa for a breakfast honouring all the award winners and all-stars from the 2010-11 season. From there we were received like celebrities as we attended a couple of schools in the Hamilton area. Our time at the schools allowed us to mingle with students of various ages and share with them our experiences as university basketball players. Early Saturday morning, the OUA alongside the OBA, organized a basketball clinic for over 100 exuberant young basketball players. Here, fellow all-stars and I were joined with some of the best high school players in Ontario to pass along a little bit of our basketball knowledge to the youth. Although it was early in the morning the kids came to the gym eager and ready to learn. This made all of our jobs that much easier in making the clinic enjoyable as well as rewarding for everyone involved. The most rewarding experience for me during the weekend was the visit to the McMaster Children’s Hospital where we spent some time with several kids. A lot of them seemed to be big basketball fans and enjoyed the basketballs and other gifts provided by Athletes for Africa for us to hand out and sign for the youth. To tie it all up, the main event headlined by the Final Four games were amazing. With all games coming down to the wire and an upset in the final, the Wilson Cup provided some of the best basketball Canada had to offer. The entire weekend far exceeded my expectations as it was an experience I will never forget. I would like to thank everyone in the OUA for making an event like this possible. My only wish is that next year our team can take part in the Wilson Cup on court action.


Cross Country

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The Guelph Gryphon men’s and women’s cross country teams once again dominated the OUA Championships. The Gryphon women’s squad won its seventh straight team title, while the men earned their sixth consecutive banner Saturday afternoon in Guelph in front of an excited hometown crowd. The Gryphons proved they’re in a class of its own. “It was a good day for us. The women ran a little harder than planned, they got excited with the hometown crowd. Our guys went out on a progression, so early on they didn’t open it up as hard as they could and then they pushed off the backend, and that was the plan. So the guys stuck right to the plan and it played out well,” said Guelph head coach Dave Scott Thomas. On the men’s side, the Gryphons swept the medal podium and had five of the top six runners. Alex Genest (Lac Aux Sables, QC), led the Gryphons after finishing the 10 kilometre course in a time of 30:30.5 and was named the men’s OUA MVP. Genest transferred to Guelph this year from the Universite De Sherbrooke. He is the 2007 CIS champion and the 2006 CIS rookie of the year.

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“It feels really good to be here in Ontario now and training with this amazing group. It was a great day for the Gryphons. I didn’t know if I would win, I was going for the win that’s for sure, but you never know. The guys here are really fit and anybody could have won this race. I guess it was my turn today, and I’m really happy I won here in Guelph,” said Genest.

Finishing nine seconds behind Genest was teammate Kyle Boorsma (Guelph, Ont.) who won back-to-back OUA silvers with a time of 30:39.5. Allan Brett (Ottawa), the two-time defending OUA champion finished third with a time of 31:00.5. Finishing fourth for the Gryphons was first year Ross Proudfoot (Sudbury) with a time 31:19.0, Proudfoot was named the OUA men’s rookie of the year for his performance. Only Anthony Berkis of the Windsor Lancers was able to infiltrate the lead Guelph pack, finishing in fifth at 31:25.5. Rounding out the top seven were Gryphon Andrew Nixon and Dave Weston from the Windsor Lancers who were sixth and seventh respectively. The Gryphons earned 16 points for the OUA team title, their sixth straight and tenth since 1999. The Windsor Lancers finished second with 42 points


Women’s MVP – Jessica Pearo (McMaster)

Women’s Rookie of the Year – Emily Driedger (Guelph) Men’s MVP – Alex Genest (Guelph)

Men’s Rookie of the Year – Ross Proudfoot (Guelph)


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while the Western Mustangs were third with 86 points. On the women’s side, the Gryphons may have claimed the overall team banner but it was McMaster’s Jessica Pearo (Richmond Hill, Ont.) who captured the overall i nd i v i dua l go ld medal. The fourth-year, three-time All-Canadian has gone undefeated this sea-son, and finished today with a time of 17:00.04. The Gryphons completed the next two spots on the podium. After leading for most of the race, Rachel Cliff (Vancouver) was passed by Pearo in the last minutes of the race to capture the silver medal with a time of 17:13.5. This is Cliff’s best OUA finish after earning third place last year. Rounding out the top three was Guelph’s Courtney Laurie (Toronto) with a time of 17:43.6. McMaster’s Victoria Coates finished fourth, while Gryphon’s Emily Driedger (Georgetown, Ont.) and Genevieve Lalonde (Moncton, Ont.) were fifth and sixth respectively. Driedger was named the OUA rookie of the Year. The Gryphons earned 24 points for the OUA title, their seventh consecutive OUA women’s title, winning ten of the last 12. The McMaster Marauders gave the Gryphons a good challenge and finished with the silver medal with 24 points while the Queens Gaels grabbed third with 110 points. Overall the Gryphon women and men’s teams claimed six OUA all-star honours apiece.

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The Trent Excalibur men’s curling team and Laurier Golden Hawks women’s curling team were crowned 2011 OUA Curling Champions at the Guelph Curling Club. 2011 marks the first time Trent has ever won the OUA Curling Championship while the Laurier women’s squad won its fourth title. Trent avenged a round robin loss to the Hawks to capture gold by a score of 8-6 while the Lady Hawks earned a come from behind victory to win 10-4 over the Guelph Gryphons who claimed silver. The men’s bronze medal went to Guelph while the Brock Badgers won third spot on the women’s side. The University of Waterloo played host to 11 schools as they competed for the top OUA curling prize. The event took part over a five day span with each school playing in a total of eight draws with the top four teams in the men’s and women’s divisions moving on to the playoff round. Both the men’s and women’s Golden Hawk teams went undefeated in the round robin with an 8-0 record. The Trent men’s team, wearing their colourful plaid shirts went 6-2 in the round robin finishing third overall.

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The Guelph Gryphons men’s team had a strong round robin showing going 7-1 and earning a second place finish heading into the playoffs. Laurentian and Waterloo each finished with 5-3 records and faced off in the tie-breaker. Laurentian earned the final playoff berth winning the men’s tie-breaker by a score of 6-5 over the Warriors setting up a semifinal m a t c h u p w i t h Laurier. The other men’s semifinal featured Trent and Guelph. The Hawks would continue their undefeated streak into the semifinals slipping past the Laurentian Voyageurs 6-5 with the last rock of the eighth and final end. The Voyageurs had set up several guards forcing skip Matt Mapletoft (Wallaceburg, Ont.) of the Hawks to make a spectacular shot to send his Hawks to the gold medal game. In the other men’s semifinal the Gryphons and Excalibur would need an extra end to decide who would punch their ticket to the OUA gold medal match. With Guelph holding the hammer, Trent would steal one to win the game 6-5 setting up a Laurier, Trent gold medal game.

The men’s final featured some sharp shooting by Laurier (who bol-stered 3 of the 4 first-team all-stars) and Trent who battled back and forth all game. Trent scored three points in the fourth end off a beautiful shot by skip Michael Bryson (Pickering, Ont.) to take a 5-3 lead but Laurier responded with two of their own in the fifth to tie the game at five. Trent would once again post another two points with the hammer to take a 7-5 lead with two ends remaining. The Hawks could only score one of their own with the hammer in the seventh end and were forced to steal one in the eighth to send the game to an extra end. Following a freeze shot by Mapletoft, skip Bryson made a

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pressure shot to the button to take one point and the 8-6 gold medal victory. The Gryphons defeated Laurentian 9-3 in the men’s bronze medal game to earn the third and final berth to the CIS Championship. On the women’s side the Gryphons matched the record of their men’s squad going 7-1 throughout the round robin. Brock also had a strong showing going 7-1 and was ranked third going into the playoff round due to an 8-3 loss to Guelph in the round robin. The Western Mustangs earned the fourth and final playoff spot following a 7-4 victory over Laurentian in a tie-breaker. The women’s semifinal match-up’s featured two lopsided victories with Laurier defeating Western 7-2 and Guelph cruising past Brock 8-2. Skip Laura Crocker (Scarborough, Ont.) of the Hawks continued her strong play to lead her team to the gold medal match against Clancy Grandy and the Gryphons. In the women’s final Guelph jumped out to an early 4-2 lead and seemed to have control of the game before Laurier stole four points in the fifth end to take a 6-4 lead with only three ends remaining. Laurier would steal four points in the next two ends and Guelph would concede to give Laurier a 10-4 gold medal victory

after seven ends of curling. Brock earned the bronze medal with an 8-5 win over Western to punch their ticket to the CIS Championship as the third qualifying team.


A Cinderella Story

Trent Excalibur Men’s Varsity Curling Team

By Kathryn Verhulst-Rogers

Equipped with the talent, the passion and the determination, the Trent University men’s varsity curling team spent the 2010/11 season waiting for the perfect shot – the chance to show everyone what they all knew they were capable of. That moment came in the gold medal final at the OUA Curling Championships in Guelph in February where the team captured their first OUA banner. “We knew we could win the province if everything came together,” said team second Simon Barrick. “For the first time in the history of the Trent University curling program, the stars aligned. We athletes are very proud

of our accomplishments and are glad that we could bring a banner back to Trent athletics.” Trent Coach Steve Whitehill, who shares team coaching duties with Dave Farnell, echoed his athlete’s sentiments remarking on every-thing coming together at the right time. He said, “We had the talent to compete amongst the best, but how do you ever find the secret to get them to peak at the right time?” That secret was found in the final end of the final game with the OUA banner on the line, as Trent skip Mike Bryson made a perfect

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last-rock draw to the four-foot circle to win the final against Wilfrid Laurier, thereby securing Trent’s first-ever OUA gold medal in men’s curling. “The guys were awesome, especially given a line up that was not struck until the week before the championship. Hard to believe a line up they've never tried in competition, could emerge as champions in a very strong field of men,” said Coach Farnell, explaining that the championship was the first time the team played with Mike Bryson skipping, Tyler Jones at vice, Simon Barrick at second, and Behn Lane at lead. Chris Whitehill and Trevor Brewer played fifth and sixth respectively. “There were a couple of very tough shots under immense pressure I'll never forget ... and I've seen a lot in recent years. What a performance representing Trent University!” Making the win even more memorable is the fact that this is Trent’s first OUA team championship banner of any kind in more than 25 years. Another memorable piece of the competition for Trent was the

shirts. Unveiled only after a disappointing loss in game one in the OUA tournament, the colourful plaid shirts were the players’ idea. “They were simply a fun statement at first, meant as a team spirit booster, just something a little different. But wearing the shirts, the Trent men began to accumulate key wins,” recalled Coach Farnell. “The men wore those shirts game in and game out for the rest of the OUA event. Rumors spread that the shirts seemed to be very effective good luck charms, and maybe they were. The team would probably disavow any sense of superstition, insisting the shirts had nothing to do with their impressive run to a first-ever banner, but not one of the Trent men stepped on the ice again without the plaid shirt, from their first win right through to the final rock in the last end of the gold medal final.” Back home at Trent, after competing and placing fourth at CIS nationals in Newfoundland, the team was celebrated at the 2011 Athletic Awards Banquet in March with the OUA banner and trophy proudly on display.


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Fencing

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The University of Toronto Varsity Blues won the 2011 Ontario University Athletics women's fencing championship hosted by the Royal Military College of Canada. The Varsity Blues edged the defending champion Carleton Ravens for the overall title by a mar-gin of 24 points. Toronto has now won three of the past four OUA women's fencing titles. Toronto’s Kelly Doyle (Troy, NY), who won gold in the individual sabre, was named recipient of the Dave O'Donnell trophy, awarded to the female fencer most proficient in skill, style and sportsmanship. Teammates Julia Barette (Montreal, Que.) won silver in the individual épée, and Kristina Han (Burlington, Ont.) took silver in the individual sabre, for the Varsity Blues. Toronto also took the silver in the team foil and gold in the team sabre en route to winning the championship banner. The Carleton Ravens were led by Kelleigh Ryan (Ottawa) who won gold in the individual foil, Gillian Turnbull (Winnipeg) who took the bronze in the individual épée and Katrina Ross (Winchester, Ont.) who captured bronze in the individual sabre. The Ravens also earned gold in both the foil and épée team events.

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Kay Aoyama Championship Team Trophy: (Toronto) Maître Ken Wood Trophy: Kelleigh Ryan (Carleton)

Dr. Al English Trophy: Joanna Kolbe (Ryerson) Fred Wach Trophy: Kelly Doyle (Toronto)

Dave O'Donnell Trophy Kelly Doyle (Toronto)

MEN The Charles Walter Trophy - Joshua McGuire (Toronto)

The Desjarlais Trophy - Karl Gardner (Queen's) The Schwende-Tully Trophy - Francois Beaucage-Gauvreau (Queen's)

The George Tully Trophy - Francois Beaucage-Gauvreau (Queen's) The Christian Vidosa Trophy - Alice Lu (Ryerson)

N i c o l e S a p e r a (Edmonton, Alta.) of the host team from RMC won silver in individual foil to help her team to third place overall. The Paladins were also the only team to earn medals in all three team events, taking the silver in épée, and bronze in foil and sabre.

Joanna Kolbe (Mississauga, Ont.) from Ryerson University won individual gold in épée, while Anna Rogers (Calgary, Alta.) from Queen's University won individual bronze in foil. The Queen's University Men's Fencing Team captured gold at the 2011 OUA Championships hosted by Brock University. This is the fourth time in school history that the Gaels captured the Charles


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Walter Men's Championship Team Trophy, the first time since 2003-04. Leading the Gaels was OUA individual champions Karl Gardner who received the Desjarlais Trophy awarded to the Men's Epee Champion and Francois Beaucage-Gauvreau who received the Schwende-Tully Trophy which goes to the Men's Sabre Champion. Queen's captured gold in both the Epee and Sabre team events. Beaucage-Gauvreau also received the George Tully Trophy which goes to the fencer most proficient in skill, s t y l e a n d s p o r t s m a n s h i p . Two-time Olympian Joshua McGuire from the University of Toronto received the Charles Walter Trophy as the Men's Foil Champion. The Christian Vidosa Trophy, which goes to the OUA Coach of the Year, was presented to Alice Lu from Ryerson University.


Field Hockey

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The University of Guelph Gryphons field hockey team successfully defended its OUA Championship with a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Varsity Blues in the gold medal game. The banner is the team’s second in a row and third in the last four years.

Both teams had already booked their place in the CIS national championship tournament , which was hosted by Guelph. The Gryphons and Varsity Blues were joined by the Waterloo Warriors, who knocked off the Western Mustangs by a score of 3-1 in the bronze medal game to earn the final OUA spot.

The first half was played almost entirely amid snow flurries and blustery conditions. The Gryphons, who finished tied with the Varsity Blues atop the OUA standings but got the first seed thanks to a higher goal differential, got on the board first with a goal just two minutes into the game off the stick of Brittany Seidler (Oliver, B.C.). Tegan Stairs (Kitchener, Ont.) pushed the lead to two with an action goal 12 minutes later. Despite numerous chances for the Varsity Blues, including several corners in which they couldn’t capitalize, the game remained 2-0 for the Gryphons until just before the half, when Natalie Provenzano (Richmond Hill, Ont.) got the Varsity Blues on the board with an action goal of her own.

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Player of the Year - Brienne Stairs (Guelph) Rookie of the Year - Alli Nelson (Western) OUA Gail Wilson Award - Jessica Lawson

Coach of the Year - Laurent Fayen

The Gryphons regained their lead in the 42nd minute when Samantha Anderson (Delta, B.C.) fired the ball past goalkeeper Samantha Lyzun (West Vancouver, B.C.) after a series of passes off a corner. The Varsity Blues would get one more goal before time expired, from Kelley Lusk (North Vancouver, B.C.) in the 58th minute, but the Gryphons held on for the victory and celebrated at midfield when the final horn sounded. Amy Wise (Surrey, B.C.) was named Guelph’s player of the game, while Kaelan Watson (Richmond, B.C.) earned the honour for Toronto. In the bronze medal contest, the Warriors struck first with a goal by Jaimie Wey (Kitchener, Ont.) in the 14th minute. Wey added her second of the game just before halftime off a corner and the

Warriors led 2-0 at the break. Western narrowed the gap to one when Megan Scraper (West Vancouver, B.C.) scored on a penalty stroke early in the second half. However, the Warriors recaptured a two-goal advantage just two minutes later thanks to an action goal by Melissa Lewis (Waterloo, Ont.). Both goalies stood tall after that until the end of the game. Winnie Huynh (Mississauga, Ont.) and Scraper earned player of the game honours for Waterloo and Western, respectively.


Figure Skating

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The Western Mustangs captured the 2011 OUA Figure Skating Championship hosted by Waterloo at RIM Park. The Mustangs held a commanding lead after day one and were able to hold off a day two push by the Guelph Gryphons who finished second to claim the silver medal. Western finished with 87 points while Guelph finished seven behind with 80 points. The Queen’s Gaels mounted a comeback to finish in third with 63 points winning the bronze medal. The final day of the OUA Figure Skating Championship got under-way with the Western Mustangs holding a comfortable 22 point lead over second place Guelph. The host Warriors held the third place spot one point behind Guelph but could not hold on for the bronze medal. Day two kicked off with the intermediate similar pairs with Guelph claiming the top spot with a strong skate by Lillian Rieck (Airdrie, Alta.) and Amanda Sproule (Keswick, Ont.). The Queen’s Gaels jumped up to the third overall spot following a stellar performance by Charlotte MacDonald (Halifax, N.S.) and Renee Tse (Markham, Ont.) to win the silver medal. The Toronto Varsity Blues picked up the bronze medal with the duo of Gillian Saunders (Reston,

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Coach of the Year - Alma Moir (Western) & Janet Gibson (Guelph)

V i r g i n i a ) and Ju l i e Hommik (To ron to , On t . ) . Following the intermediate similar pairs was the senior silver solo dance which saw the Ryerson Rams captured their fourth medal of the championship. Katherine Bilinsky (Toronto, Ont.) put together a strong performance to win the gold for her Rams. Catherine McLean (London, Ont.) kept her Mustangs on pace for a first place overall finishing earning the silver medal while Sanda McCubin (Barrier, Ont.) finished third to claim her second bronze medal of the Championship. The Gryphons continued their run to catch the Mustangs in the pairs fours dance skating their way to first place with the team of Christine Kucava (Guelph, Ont.), Laura Stratton (Milton, Ont.), Lauren Black (Peterborough, Ont.) and Krista Ricciatti (Guelph, On t . ) ea r n ing the gold. The Toronto Varsity Blues advanced into third overall with a silver medal performance while the Gaels won the bronze medal. Western bounced back with a strong performance in the gold creative dance with the skating duo of Katie Dortono (Niagara Falls, Ont.) and Stephanie Buono claiming first. The gold medal was the Mustangs’ fifth of the championship. Waterloo earned their fifth medal of the competition with a


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silver medal in the creative dance by Katherine Brown (Markham, Ont.) and Ali Greenhow (London, Ont.). The Gaels finished third with creative skates by Gwendo lyn Eadie (Kingston, Ont.) and Emily Young (Calgary, Alta.). The second to last event saw the Queen’s Gaels capture the gold in the senior similar pairs with Nicole

Grenon (Calgary, Alta) and Martha Carruthers (Markham, Ont.) skating their team back into third place with 58 points heading into the synchro event. The Blues won the silver medal with solid performances by Amanda Tully (Barrie, Ont.) and Veronica Hall (Dryden, Ont.) to sit in fourth with 53 points going into the final event. Steph Waldron (Hamilton, Ont.) and Diane D’Alessandro (Newmarket, Ont.) won the bronze medal to give McMaster their second medal of the Championship. Heading into the synchronized event, Western sat in first place with 80 points with Guelph in the silver medal position at 65 points. In the synchronized event Guelph capped off their successful day two winning the gold medal to come within seven points of overall champion Western Mustangs. The host Warriors showed their poise to capture the silver medal in the synchro event and finish fifth overall in the Championship. The champions of Western finished third in the exciting synchronized event.

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A last-minute, 34-yard field goal by placekicker Lirim Hajrullahu lifted the Western Mustangs to a 26-25 victory over the Ottawa Gee-Gees in the Yates Cup game, presented by Pioneer Petroleums, Saturday November 13 at Frank Clair Stadium before a boisterous crowd of 7,194. The Mustangs, who had led 23-10 at the end of the third quarter, struggled in the final frame, facing 15 unanswered points from the Gee-Gees. Ottawa took a brief 25-23 lead with 1:14 remaining in the game from a 14-yard field goal courtesy of Michael Falvo of Welland Ont. “The last few minutes standing on the sidelines were excruciating,” said Western head coach Greg Marshall. “But I am proud of these guys. This was a great team victory.” Mustang running back Jerimy Hipperson, of St. Catharines, Ont., was the winner of the Dalt White Trophy as the Yates Cup game MVP, presented by Porter Airlines, gaining 162 yards on 18 carries and scoring one touchdown.

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Most Valuable Player – Brad Sinopoli (Ottawa)

President's Trophy – Giancarlo Rapanaro (Laurier) J.P. Metras – Matt O’Donnell (Queen’s)

Norm Marshall – Sam Sabourin (Queen’s) Russ Jackson Nominee – Dillon Heap (Laurier)

Dave “Tuffy” Knight Award – Greg Marshall (Western) Volunteer Coach of the Year – Bob Vespaziani (Queen’s)

Officials Award of Merit – Murray Drinkwalter

“Nobody believed in us at the beginning of this season,” said a jubilant Hipperson. “But we believed in each other.” The victory gave W e s t e r n a conference-record 29th Yates Cup victory, and was the third title for the team in the past four seasons.

The Mustangs amassed 501 yards of total offence, led by London native and quarterback Donnie Marshall, who completed 14 of 25 passes for 228 yards and one passing touchdown. Hajrullahu, a native of St. Catharines, Ont., kicked four field goals for Western. In the losing effort, 2010 OUA MVP and Ottawa quarterback Brad


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Sinopoli led his Gee-Gees with 341 passing yards, connecting on 24 of 39 attempts. Receivers Steven Hughes and Cyril Adjeitey each posted 100-yard games, amassing 118 and 103 yards respectively. The Mustangs struggled to get into an early rhythm, blocking an early Ottawa field goal but also tossing a pair of interceptions in their first two possessions. The Gee-Gees capitalized on the second pick, taking an early 3-0 advantage from a Falvo field goal. Western took the lead on the next possession, scoring their first major of the afternoon on a 13-yard pass from Marshall to Nick Trevail. A pair of field goals by Hajrullahu augmented the West-ern lead to 13-3 midway through the second quarter. Taking advantage of an intercepted pass by Western kicker Darryl Wheeler on a field goal attempt, Sinopoli and the Gee-Gees offence responded with a six-play, 90-yard drive late in the second frame, capped with a 40-yard passing major from Sinopoli to Ottawa-native Steven


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Hughes. The score closed the Mustangs lead to 13-10. Western secured an additional field goal in the final sec-onds of the half, entering the intermission with a 16-10 advantage. Defensive stalemate dominated the third quarter, with both teams’ punters making regular appearance. With the

sole sustained drive of the quarter, Western added seven points off a six-yard rushing touchdown by Hipperson. Ottawa’s fourth-quarter resurgence was sparked by recovering a Mustang fumble in the frame’s early moments. A six-play, 65-yard Ottawa drive followed, culminating in a one-yard rushing touchdown by Brendan Gillanders, of Orleans, Ont. Western proceeded to concede a safety touch, and the Gee-Gees increased their advantage with a pair of field goals from Falvo, securing a 25-23 lead going into the final minute of play. Marshall engineered a controlled drive down the field, setting up Hajrullahu’s game-winning kick.


Golf

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The Waterloo Warriors women’s golf team, led by an outstanding second-day score of 72 by women’s champion Tiffany Terrior, came from behind to defeat the defending OUA champions and claim the 2010 team banner on Tuesday, October 19 at Angus Glen Golf Course. The Western Mustangs men held on to their narrow lead to defeat the men’s team from Waterloo in an exciting Day 2 of action. A native of Kingston, Jamaica, Terrier, along with teammates Devon Rizzo of Brantford, Ont., Calgary native Mandy Wong and Jane Tang of Toronto earned Waterloo’s first-ever OUA women’s golf title with a final team score of 480, four strokes ahead of the host and silver medalist Toronto Varsity Blues (484). The Queen’s Gaels finished third with a combined team score of 497. A four-time OUA all-star, Terrier eagled the 16th hole and birdied the 17th to push past day one leader Laura Upenieks of U of T with a final score of 151 (79, 72). Upenieks earned the silver medal,

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Men’s Coach of the Year - Dave Hollinger (Waterloo)

Women’s Coach of the Year - Chris Dickson (Western)

shooting a two-day total of 153 (75, 78), while teammate and fellow Toronto native Julia Pilliar picked up the bronze with a score of 156 (77, 79). The trio are OUA first team all-stars, along with fourth-place Casey Ward of Queen’s (157). Western’s men’s combination of Johnny Hall (Langton, Ont.), Toronto native Charles Fitzsimmons, Bryan Killeleagh (London, Ont.), Traynor Trukiewics of Brantford, Ont., and St. Thomas, Ont., native Cole Fulton held on to their narrow lead to claim the men’s team title with a final score of 591. The Warriors finished second with a combined team score of 594, while the Guelph Gryphons and Queen’s Gaels tied for the team bronze medal with identical scores of 598. Waterloo went on to sweep the individual titles as Elmira, Ont.


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native Garrett Rank came out on top of a tight men’s race, finishing with a final score of 145 (68, 77). Scarborough, Ont., Richard Persaud of U of T, Western’s John Hall and Queen’s Sean Lackey of Kingston, Ont. finished in a three-way tie for second, all with a final score of 146. They along with Laur ier ’s Bret t Murray of Newmarket, Ont., and Eric Pattenaude (Sarnia, Ont.) of the Guelph Gryphons were named OUA first team men’s all-stars. Stratford, Ont., native Meaghan Pototschnik and Ali Stinson (Prince George, B.C.) of the Windsor Lancers, as well as Waterloo’s

Devon Rizzo of Brantford, Ont., and Queen’s Hailey Ingleson of Oakville, Ont., were all named OUA second team women’s all-stars for their top eight individual performances. Chris Hemmerich (Kitchener, Ont.) of the Guelph Gryphons, Windsor’s Mike Ayotte of Oshawa, Ont., Taylor Henderson ( G o r m e l y , O n t . ) o f Queen’s and W e s t e r n ’ s F i tzs immons were named OUA second team men’s all-stars for their top 10 i n d i v i d u a l finishes.


Men’s Hockey

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The McGill Redmen defeated the Western Mustangs 6-2 to claim the 100th Queen’s Cup at Thompson Arena in London. This is the 16th Queen’s Cup victory for McGill, the second most championships to Toronto’s 41 victories. To mark the historic event The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, presented McGill captain Evan Vossen the Queen's Cup championship trophy. Patrick Belzile,

Andrew Wright, Evan Vossen, Alex Picard-Hooper, Simon Marcotte-Legare and Max Langelier-Parent scored for McGill. Jason Swit and Jason Furlong netted Western’s two goals. Belzile scored the first goal of the contest as Western’s K e a t o n T u r k i e w i c z struggled to clear the puck as the last defender back. Belzile grabbed the puck and walked in, beating Mustangs goa l tender

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East Most Valuable Player – Alexandre Picard-Hooper (McGill)

East Rookie of the Year – Luc Olivier Blain (Ottawa) East Defenceman of the Year – Marc-André Dorion (McGill)

East Goaltender of the Year – Hubert Morin (McGill) East Most Sportsmanlike Player – Evan Vossen (McGill)

East Randy Gregg Award Nominee – Jon Lawrence (Queen’s) East Coach of the Year – Kelly Nobes (McGill)

West Most Valuable Player – Ryan Daniels (Laurier) West Rookie of the Year – Matt Abercrombie (Brock)

West Defenceman of the Year – Kyle Sonnenburg (Waterloo) West Goaltender of the Year – Ryan Daniels (Laurier)

West Most Sportsmanlike Player – Chris Ray (Waterloo) West Randy Gregg Award Nominee – Nathan Spaling (UOIT)

West Coach of the Year – Clarke Singer (Western)

Anthony Grieco for a 1-0 lead at the seven-minute mark. Only 30 seconds later, Western’s Jason Furlong was called for interference after wiping out a McGill attacker in front of both benches. The Redmen wasted no time on the man-advantage as Guillaume Doucet threaded a pass from the top of the slot to the right of Western’s net and Wright one timed the puck past Grieco. McGill’s third goal came at 11:37 as the Redmen jumped into an offensive rush. Vossen broke free from Western’s back-checker and slipped the puck behind Grieco. Redmen’s Francis Verreault-Paul had a breakaway opportunity coming off a penalty, but Grieco held him off, holding McGill to a 3-0 lead after 20 minutes of play. Verreault-Paul led McGill in scoring with six goals in seven playoff games. Western notched their first goal of the game seconds after a McGill penalty


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expired. The Mustangs worked the puck around to the blueline where Swit fired a shot from the point that beat a screened Hubert Morin. McGill’s lead was cut to 3-1 with 14:34 left in the second period. McGill answered back as OUA East Player of the Year, Picard-Hooper jammed in a

loose puck in front of Grieco to extend the Redmen’s lead back to three goals at 4-1 with eight minutes remaining in the second period. Looking to bounce back from a three goal deficit, Western stripped the Redmen of the puck and broke out on a 2-on-1 shorthanded rush. Furlong streaked down the left wing as defenceman Adam Nemeth charged McGill’s net. Furlong skated through the slot and wired a shot to make it 4-2 McGill with 5:29 left. McGill added another powerplay goal just two minutes later. Marcotte-Legare recorded his sixth goal in eight games as McGill’s powerplay unit continued to dominate. Western netminder Josh Unice relieved Grieco to start the third

period and Unice and Morin turned away a number of chances for each team. Western pulled Unice with three minutes remaining but Western could not muster a comeback. The Redmen added an e m p t y n e t shorthanded goal with under three minutes remaining in the game to finish the game at 6-2.


Women’s Hockey

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After 32 long years, the OUA Women’s Hockey Championship is headed back to Queen’s as the No. 10 Gaels swept their best-of-three series against the No. 8 Guelph Gryphons with a 3-2 overtime victory Friday night at the Kingston Memorial Centre. Rookie defenceman Kelly Eustace of Oakville, Ont., scored the game winner with less than a second remaining in overtime on a goal that can only be described as shocking. With time winding down in the first overtime period, Eustace picked up a loose puck at the red line and fired the puck towards the net. Guelph goaltender Danielle Skoufranis of Thornhill, Ont., was caught out of position and was helpless to do anything as the puck slid into the empty net with less than a second on the clock to give Queen’s their first championship victory since 1978-79. “I was just trying to dump it in and it happened to be on net,” said an elated Eustace. “We knew we had to get shots…I guess it just happened to be the right one. It was amazing!”

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The goal was Eustace’s first of the playoffs and first in her career with the Gaels. The game started off in the exact same fashion as Queen’s previous five playoff games as the opposition was able to get on the board first. Just six minutes into the opening period, Kaitlyn Mora of Guelph, Ont., pushed a loose puck past Queen’s goaltender Mel Dodd-Moher of Stittville, Ont., to give the visitors a lead. Late in the frame, the Gaels were penalized for hooking and although Guelph couldn’t score before the period was out, they took advantage of the fresh ice early in the second. Off a face-off to the right of Dodd-Moher, Jenna Lanzarotta of Mississauga, Ont., fired a shot high over the shoulder of the Gaels goalie to stretch the lead to two and silence the home crowd of more than 600 fans. Down two goals for the first time during their playoff run, Head Coach Matt Holmberg said he knew he didn’t need to give his team a pep talk to get them back in the game. “You know what’s amazing about this team, I didn’t have to tell them too much,” said the second year head coach.


Player of the Year: Kelly Walker (Brock)

Rookie of the Year: Laura Brooker (Laurier) Marion Hillard Award: Autumn Mills (York) Coach of the Year: Jim Denham (Brock)


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“I knew the girls were still motivated and believed in each other. We rode that.” With the bench still upbeat, the Gaels veterans stepped up to get them back in the contest. Late in the second period, Kelsey Thomson of Martintown, Ont., skated over the blueline and wristed a shot up over the shoulder of Skoufranis to cut the Guelph lead to one heading into the third. Queen’s carried the momentum from the goal with them into the third and needed just seven minutes to tie the game up. Off a shot on goal from Elizabeth Kench of Gananoque, Ont., Game 1 hero Morgan McHaffie of Guelph, Ont., found a loose puck and flipped it over a sprawling Skoufranis for her third goal of the playoffs. With the game tied up and the crowd behind them, the Gaels pushed for the game winner in front of the home town fans but the Guelph defence stood tall with excellent position in the lanes and some strong shot blocking. At the other end, the Gryphons had their fair share of chances to end the contest themselves but Dodd-Moher once again came up big for Queen’s, turning aside more than one excellent opportunity for the Guelph forwards.

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With the two teams deadlocked at two, the game headed into over-time, the fifth straight game that the Gaels have gone to extra time. In the extra frame, fatigue began to slip into the play of both teams as a couple of soft passes and clearing attempts lead to opportunities for both clubs. Queen’s seemed to carry the majority of the play, buoyed by a boisterous home crowd and late in the game, they would once again find a way to win. After the a close chance in front by Gaels forward Kristin Smith of To-ronto, the Gryphons dumped the puck out to the neutral zone where the Gaels forced a turnover. The puck eventually fell to Eustace who shot it into the Guelph net to send the Gaels bench into a frenzy. “It’s just proof about shots on net,” said assistant captain Becky Conroy of Pembroke, Ont. “I stepped back out of the play because I was thinking ‘let’s play it safe’. We can’t score at this point, we might as well chip it in. That puck trick-led in, it was awesome. Just fire it on net and anything can hap-pen.” Dodd-Moher finished the game with 25 saves to earn the victory between the pipes and finishes the OUA playoffs with a remarkable 0.75 GAA and a 0.971SV%. Skoufranis turned aside 25 of 28 shots in a losing effort for Guelph. The only player in the game to finish with multiple points was Kench, who picked up assists on each of the Gaels first two goals. NOTES: Seven of the eight games played during the OUA women’s hockey playoffs were decided in overtime


The Longest Game

With files from the CIS When Morgan McHaffie scored at 17:14 of the sixth overtime period to lead the Queen’s Gaels to a 2-1 win over the host Guelph Gryphons in Game 1 of the best-of-three Ontario University Athletics women’s hockey final, she was making history. The game, which lasted 167 minutes and 14 seconds, including 107:14 of extra time, is the longest on record in CIS or NCAA hockey – women’s or men’s. The duel spanned over five hours and 15 minutes, starting at 7:37 p.m. and ending at 12:52 a.m. When compared to the NHL, it trails only a contest played on March 24, 1936 that saw the Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Maroons 1-0 after 176:30 of action (including 116:30 in OT). After battling for 60 minutes in regulation, the Gaels and Gryphons played a 10-minute overtime period, then four complete 20-minute OT frames, before McHaffie, a Guelph native playing in her hometown, ended the affair in the ninth stanza. Making the affair even more dramatic, the Gryphons were only five seconds away from victory in regulation but Becky Conroy of Pembroke, Ont., saved the day for Queen’s with the tying goal at 19:55 of the third. Tori Woods of Orangeville, Ont., had

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opened the scoring for Guelph 12 minutes earlier, at 7:29. Queen’s was 4-0 in the 2011 playoffs, all 2-1 victories that went to at least second overtime. The Gaels have skated for 168:43 of extra time in those four wins. -OUA quarter-final: Queen’s 2, Windsor 1 in 2OT (20:34 of OT) -OUA semifinal Game 1: Queen’s 2, Laurier 1 in 2OT (13:24 of OT) -OUA semifinal Game 2: Queen’s 2, Laurier 1 in 2 OT (27:31 of OT) -OUA final Game 1: Queen’s 2, Guelph 1 in 6OT (107:14 of OT) Morgan McHaffie (1-3-4) and twin sister Brittany (2-1-3) have tallied seven points on Queen’s four overtime goals in the post-season, scoring three of them. Morgan assisted on Kelsey Thompson’s game-winner against Windsor. Brittany scored both winners against Laurier, each time assisted by Morgan. And Brittany set up Morgan’s winning tally against Guelph.

LONGEST GAMES IN CIS WOMEN’S HOCKEY (on record): - 107:14 of OT (167:14 total): Queen’s 2, Guelph 1 6OT (March 2, 2011, Guelph, Ont.) - 65:07 of OT (125:07 total): Toronto 2, York 1 5OT (February 12, 2000, Toronto, Ont.)

- 59:20 of OT (119:20 total): Carleton 5, Ottawa 4 4OT (February 22, 2008, Ottawa, Ont.) - 55:04 of OT (115:04 total): McGill 2, UQTR 1 6OT (February 19, 2000, Montreal, Que.)

LONGEST GAMES IN CIS MEN’S HOCKEY (on record):

- 61:53 of OT (121:53 total): UNB 3, Acadia 2 4OT (Feb. 26, 2011, Fredericton, N.B.) - 55:50 of OT (115:50 total): Alberta 6, Sask. 5 4OT (Jan. 21, 1977, Saskatoon, Sask.)

- 50:13 of OT (110:13 total): Lakehead 3, York 2 4OT (Feb. 14, 2007, Thunder Bay, Ont.)

LONGEST HOCKEY GAMES IN OTHER LEAGUES: NHL: 116:30 of OT (176:30 total): Detroit 1, Montreal Maroons 0 6OT

(March 24, 1936, Montreal) NCAA Men: 90:22 of OT (150:22 total): Quinnipiac Univ. 3, Union College 2 5OT

(March 12, 2010) NCAA Women: 85:35 of OT (145:35 total): New Hampshire 3, Providence 2 5OT

(March 10, 1996) AHL: 82:58 of OT (142:58 total): Philadelphia 3, Albany 2 5OT

(April 24, 2008)


Lacrosse

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The Laurier Golden Hawks won their sixth OUA championship in seven seasons with a 7-5 win over the Western Mustangs at City Wide Fields in London, Ont. Golden Hawks goalkeeper Hanna Burnett, named the OUA's most outstanding goalie, and Mustangs goalkeeper Cait Mancuso, the rookie of the year, stole the show as they traded saves back and forth and frustrated shooters at both ends. In the end, Burnett's squad came out on top thanks to four goals in a six-and-a-half minute span in the second half. Burnett made two point blank saves on Mustangs snipers Nicole Pullen and Lauren Crape in the second half as Western struggled to connect on scoring chances. Western trailed 7-4 with 10 minutes remaining and undisciplined Hawks' play gave Western a chance to climb back into the game. Emmi Morris scored to make it 7-5 with just over two minutes left but Burnett and the Golden Hawks defence shut the door. Megan Austriaco led Laurier with two goals and one assist, while singles came from Amanda Groothuis, Ashley Rutz, Allie Brogan,

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Jory Gabrialdi and Sarah Stanley. Emma Pink added an assist.

Morris led Western with two goals and an assist, while Pullen also tallied twice. Kristen Stafford scored the other Western goal. Burnett gave full credit to her defence. "That was the best half we've played all year," the junior goalkeeper said. "The defence, they just talked to each other and we communicated very well. It made my job easier." And Burnett's great goalkeeping did not stop at making saves, she was a key part of Laurier's successful transition game which scored five of the seven Hawks' goals. Burnett was accurate with breakout passing to find open players. The transition game and ability to score quickly off loose balls won on face-offs and off turnovers was a key to the Hawks win, according to OUA coach of the year Lynn Orth. She said she was really pleased with her team's play, especially with Burnett's MVP performance. "Our goaltending was stellar, in that last five minutes especially when we were down players with (penalty) cards," Orth said. "All season our goals against has been the best in the league. Our defence and our goaltending has been great. We gave up very few settled goals all year, and tonight as well."


Harrow Sports Most Outstanding Player - Hanna Burnett (Laurier)

T Litzen Most Outstanding Rookie - Caitlin Mancuso (Western) Coach of the Year - Lynn Orth (Laurier)


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Carleton University men and Lakehead University women are the 2011 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Nordic Skiing champions. Overall mild weather and fair skiing conditions welcomed teams from Carleton, Guelph, Lakehead, Laurentian, Nipissing, Queen’s, Toronto and Waterloo to the two-day championship that took place February 5 and 6 at Laurentian University. The Carleton men captured the overall team title with a field-best 43 points. Lakehead took the team silver with a score of 84 and Guelph won the bronze with a total of 150 points. Greg Kilroy (Powassan, Ont.) took home gold for Lakehead University in the Men’s Classic with a 27:05.2 finish and fastest lap of the day at 7:59.7. Finishing a mere 4.3 seconds back, Matthias Purdon (Owen Sound, Ont.) from Carleton University received the silver medal with a 27:09.5 race time. The bronze medal went to Carleton’s Peter Beisel (Owen Sound, Ont.) with a 27:57.4 race time, 52.2 seconds behind the leader. Finishing just shy of a medal ranking was Carleton’s Kyle Power (Labrador City, N.L.) with a 28:00.7 overall time and in fifth place, Lakehead’s Ben Jones

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(Pembroke, Ont.) finished with a race time of 28:05.9. The Men’s 7.5 km Freestyle once again had Kilroy leading the way, as he captured his second individual gold of the weekend for Lake-head with a time of 24:42.1. Making it a close race to the finish was Carleton’s Purdon who finished only 4.4 seconds behind Kilroy with a final time of 24:46.5. Capturing bronze was Lakehead’s Jones who crossed the finish with a time of 24:50.7. Rounding out fourth and fifth were Laurentian University’s Evan Odell (Mississauga, Ont.) and Carleton’s Beisel who finished with times of 25:08.7 and 25:13.6, respectively. The repeat champion Carleton Ravens had a very successful day overall out on the trails, finishing eight racers in the top 20 of the Men’s Classic Race and seven skiers finish in the top 20 of the Men’s Freestyle. The Lakehead women dominated the weekend, taking OUA gold with 28 points. Finishing second overall with a score of 73 points was the host team from Laurentian Univer-sity. The women’s team from Guelph rounded out the podium with a third place finish overall, scoring 131 points for the weekend. Andrea Lee (Black Creek, B.C.) led the charge for Lakehead winning the Women’s Classic with a time of


Men’s Overall Champion - Greg Kilroy (Lakehead) Women’s Overall Champion- Andrea Lee (Lakehead)


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21:07, an entire 1:13 faster than her second place teammates Daphne Haggarty and Kara Jaspers, both from Thunder Bay, Ont., who finished tied with a time of 22:20. Lakehead also took fourth as Britt Bailey (Thunder Bay, Ont.) finished with a time of 22:31 and Laurentian’s Karyne Carriere (Pembroke, Ont.), finished in fifth with a time of 0:22:42. In the Women’s 5 km Freestyle, Lakehead’s Lee won individual gold again with a time of 19:03.9. Recording the fastest lap of the day at 8:11.7 she completed the race 55.3 ahead of Haggarty who captured silver with a final time of 19:59.2. Laurentian's Janel Sauder (St. Mary's, Ont.), captured bronze with a time of 20:16.6. Rounding out the top five were Lakehead’s Jaspers and Laurentian's Candace Ball (Bolton, Ont.).


Rowing

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The 2010 OUA Rowing Championships saw two close races in both the men's and women's team results with the Brock Badgers men's team capturing their first OUA title since 2004 and the Queen's women capturing their sixth OUA title over the past eight seasons. The Brock men finished one point ahead of Western with 108 points for the men's crown. The Badgers were impressive on the men's lightweight side capturing gold in the double, four and the eight. Also placing for the Badgers was the men's heavyweight four who placed second overall and the men's heavyweight eight, men's heavyweight double and men's heavyweight single who all captured

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bronze. The Western Mustangs men captured three gold in the heavyweight finals including the eight, four and double. The Queen's women finished three points ahead of Western with 103 points for the women's title. On the lightweight side, the Gaels crews dominated the day c a p t u r i n g g o l d i n lightweight eight, four and single. The Queen's heavyweight crews also came up big capturing gold in the single and silver in both the

eight and the four. The Western women captured three gold in the heavyweight races including the eight, four and double. The B r o c k w o m e n captured silver in three of the four l ightweight races including the eight, four and double.


Novice Men's Coach of the Year - Pia Eastwood (McMaster)

Novice Women's Coach of the Year - Jennette Lunenberg (UOIT) Men's Coach of the Year - Mike Purcer (Brock)

Women's Coach of the Year - Nicole Bobbette (Queen’s)


Rugby

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The McMaster Marauders are the new OUA men’s rugby champions after destroying Western’s perfect season with a 20-19 win. The OUA men’s rugby championship, presented by Gilbert Canada, marked the sixth Marauder finals win in ten years. Western opened up the scoring with a try from All-Around Player award winner Andrew Crow (Victoria, B.C.). Fullback Tom Bridger (Victoria, B.C.) added the conversion for a 7-0 lead nine minutes into the match. Just past 22 minutes into the game, McMaster would score their first try. Fourth-year Chris Dickenson (Oakville, Ont.) would score the try. Veteran Marauder Shawn Windsor (Stoney Creek, Ont.) would kick the convert for the seven points. The score would be all tied up half way through the first. Windsor would also score his first of two penalty goals at the 25 minute mark. After a McMaster turnover, Western would put on the pressure. Wing Chris Gordon (Pickering, Ont.) would pick up an interception off a

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Western pass deep in the Mustangs zone. Windsor would kick of his second convert of the day to put the Marauders up 17-7. Before half, McMasters fly half Windsor would kick his second penalty goal to put the Marauders up by 13 points. After the half, the Mustangs would finally respond with a try from Centre Conor Trainor (Alliston, Ont.). Western would put on the pressure in the last five minutes but it wouldn’t be enough as Coach of the Year Shaun Allen led the Marauders to the win, and his first as head coach. For the Mustangs, Trainor was named player of the game. The Marauders would name Windsor as their game MVP as he scored 10 of McMaster’s 20 points in the game. Last years champions, the Queen’s Gaels defeated the Brock Badgers earlier in the day to capture the OUA bronze medal.

The Badgers would go up 10-0 early with a try, a convert and a penalty goal. Queen’s would respond with a try and a convert to get within 3. The Gaels would score a try to take their first lead of the game but would miss the convert. Queen’s would eventually take the game on the rainy Sunday and beat out the Badgers for the

second time this season with a score of 29-20.


Gilbert Canada Most Valuable Player – Rory Tomlinson (Western) Gilbert Canada Rookie of the Year – Andrew Ferguson (McMaster) Gilbert Canada Most All-Around Player – Andrew Crow (Western)

Gilbert Canada Coach of the Year – Shaun Allen (McMaster)


Women’s Rugby

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The No. 2 Guelph Gryphons won their third straight OUA Championship over the No. 6 Queen's Gaels by a score of 54-5 at Kingston Field Saturday afternoon. The victory also marks the eleventh time that the Gryphons have won the OUA title since it was first competed for in 1994. For Queen's, it was their second time playing in the championship game and the first time since 1995. Both times the Gaels have won the silver medal. Early in the match, the Gryphons came out and showed why they are considered a favourite at this year's CIS Championship. Guelph ran the ball hard, making life diffi-cult the Queen's defenders, and they quickly jumped out to a 12-0 lead off trys from Caitlin Beaton of Hepworth, Ont., and Britt Benn of Napanee, Ont.

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The Gryphons would continue to take the play to Queen's and scored three more trys before halftime to give the team a 29-0 lead. Guelph would continue to control play early in the second half and score twice more before the Gaels found their game and made a

push for the Guelph try-line. Off a scrum, Ash Ward of Barrie, Ont., dove over the line to get the Gaels on the board. But the Gryphons proved to be too much for the Gaels on this day and came away with a 54-5 victory. Beaton led the Gry-phons with three trys for 15 points while Player of the Game Jacey Mur-phy of Alliston, Ont., finished with two trys for 10 points.


Shiels Most Valuable Player – Jacey Murphy (Guelph)

Shiels Rookie of the Year – Dominique Monaghan (Guelph) Shiels Coach of the Year – Jay and Leslie Shaw (Waterloo)

Russell Most Valuable Player – Natasha Turner (McMaster)

Russell Rookie of the Year – Claire Lockhart (McMaster) Russell Coach of the Year – Sandro Fiorino (McMaster)


Men’s Soccer

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The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeated the host York Lions 1-0 in a shootout to win the OUA men’s soccer championship at York Stadium. Toronto and York, who finished first in the OUA East and West divisions, respectively, were evenly matched throughout the game and a shootout was a fitting end. Kicking the winning shot for the Varsity Blues was Darragh McGee (Donegal, Ireland) in the sixth round. Their goalkeeper, John Smits (Mississauga, Ont.) then stepped up and made a huge save on a shot by Carlos Noguiera (Brampton, Ont.) for the win. The gold medal was sweet revenge for the Varsity Blues, who lost the championship final last year with a shootout loss to the McMas-ter Marauders. York and U of T earned their spots in the national tournament with their semifinal victories. Possession was even in the first half as both the Lions and Varsity

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Blues had multiple scoring chances, but for the most part were shut down by each other before either team could get close to the net. The two teams had four corners apiece in the first half but none proved to be very dangerous. The Lions had the best chance in the 37th minute. Selvin Lammie (Toronto) went into the box alone but was hauled down by McGee, who received a yellow card on the play, and the Lions were awarded a penalty kick. Striker Adrian Pena (Woodbridge, Ont.) took the shot and fired it to the right of Smits, who dove to his side to save the ball at the goal line. The game played out in similar fashion in the second half and into overtime. Toronto and York traded opportunities but could not find the back of the net, and it wasn’t until the shootout when action really picked up. Toronto’s Yannis Gianniotis (Toronto) made good on the first shot, but


East Most Valuable Player - Darragh McGee (Toronto)

East T Litzen Rookie of the Year - Ezequiel Lubocki (Toronto) East Coach of the Year - Ivan Joseph (Ryerson)

East Community Service - Lawrence Buchan (Toronto)

West Most Valuable Player: Adrian Pena (York) West T. Litizen Rookie of the Year: Alon Badat (York)

West Coach of the Year: Carmine Isacco (York) West Community Service: Andrew Firth (Guelph)


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York’s Branko Majstorovic (Mississauga, Ont.) bounced his shot off the post to give the Varsity Blues the early lead. However, the Lions got back into it right away when Sotiri Varlokostas (Toronto) made a great save on Geoffrey Borgmann (Mississauga, Ont.). Alon Badat (Thornhill, Ont.), Dominic Antonini (Winnipeg) and Daniel Fabrizi (Brampton, Ont.) all made good on their attempts for the Lions, while Ezequiel Lubocki (Winnipeg) and Alex Raphael (East York, Ont.) responded for the Varsity Blues. However, Nordo Gooden (Kingston, Jamaica) fired his shot well over the net, which gave Pena the opportunity to win it in the fifth round. He stepped up to the spot and tapped a weak shot into the corner, and Smits made the save.


Women’s Soccer

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The OUA women’s soccer Final Four kicked off on Saturday, November 6, 2010 with two semifinal matches. In the first of the two semifinal games, the No. 1 nationally ranked Queen’s Gaels would beat the McMaster Marauders to advance to the OUA Championship. The Gaels earned a spot in the Final Four after a 2-1 overtime victory over the Nipissing Lakers. First-Team All-Star Kelli Chamberlain (North Bay, Ont.) opened the scoring for the Gaels in the 67th minute and it appeared that it would be enough for Queen's to advance; however, Shannon McLeod (Port Dover, Ont.) would answer for Nipissing with a goal in the 89th minute to force overtime. CIS leading scorer and OUA MVP for the 2010 season, Jacqueline Tessier (Peterborough, Ont.) would score the winner for the Gaels eight minutes into the overtime frame to keep the season alive. McMaster advanced to the semi-finals after winning the only OUA quarter-final game that didn't require overtime. The Marauders defeated the Windsor Lancers by a 1-0 score in regulation time. The lone goal of the contest came in the 72nd minute when Tara Dawdy (Burlington, Ont.) headed a free kick past Windsor's keeper.

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The goal held up for the remaining 18 minutes and the Marauders advanced. After a suspenseful OUA quarterfinal shootout win against the Laurentian Voyageurs, the Ottawa Gee-Gees would eventually fall to the Laurier Golden Hawks in the other OUA semifinal game. The Gee-Gees and Golden Hawks seem to have a history of meeting in the Final Four, having met each other in three different game scenarios in the past three years. Last year, the two teams met in the OUA bronze medal game and the Gee-Gees went on to defeat Laurier 3-2 in overtime to take home the bronze medal. In

2008, it was Laurier who overcame uOttawa in the OUA Finals to claim the OUA title, while back in 2007 the Gee-Gees conquered the Golden Hawks in the OUA semifinal game to advance to the finals. The final result of all three of these match-ups came down to either overtime or shoot-out play. In the final, the No. 5 Laurier Golden Hawks held off the No. 1 Queen's Gaels to win the OUA Women's Soccer Championship 1-0 at

Richardson Stadium in Kingston, Ont.


East Most Valuable Player - Jacqueline Tessier (Queen’s)

East T. Litzen Rookie of the Year - Lili Wong (Ottawa) East Coach of the Year - Dave McDowell (Queen’s)

East Community Service - Brittany Harrison (Ottawa)

West Most Valuable Player - Tania Pedron (Laurier) West Rookie of the Year - Kelsey Tikka (Laurier)

West Coach of the Year - Richard Barnett (McMaster) West Community Service - Alexandra Harris (Guelph)


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In a game featuring the top two teams in the OUA, the first half was close throughout, with both teams showing flashes of strong offen-sive flair and solid defending. The Gaels would manage to get the best chance of the first half when a loose ball in the box fell to Chantal McFetridge of Kelowna, B.C., but her shot sailed over the bar and the game remained scoreless. In the second half, the Golden Hawks began to press more in the Gaels half and the team was rewarded with seven corners. One of those corners would turn out to be the chance that the team needed as in the 78th minute, the Golden Hawks broke the deadlock when Ali McKee of Bracebridge, Ont., flicked a header past Queen's keeper Chantal Marson of London, Ont. The Gaels would attempt to even the score but each push forward was denied by the Laurier defence, anchored by Game MVP Tania Pedron of Maple, Ont.


Sara Buckham is the captain of the Queen’s women’s soccer team. This season, when Coach McDowell instructed his Gaels to set goals they aimed high and put the national championship on their list. Queen’s secured a CIS berth but weren’t able to obtain it as Ontario’s No. 1 seed after falling 1-0 to the Laurier Golden Hawks in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship. The loss prepared the team for Canada-wide competition, and when they faced the Hawks again in the CIS finals, Queen’s would be on the right side of a 1-0 match. Achieving the goal of being national champions is Sara’s p r o u d e s t a t h l e t i c accomplishment, but the future Master’s student at Queen’s University knew her post-secondary career was more than just her time on the pitch. Deciding where to attend university was a difficult decision, but one she looks back on with no regrets. Selecting a post-secondary institution to attend can be a daunting task. At seventeen I was overwhelmed with all of the factors I needed to consider in my decision making process; location, majors, programs, and finances are just to name a few. As an aspiring athlete, it had always been a goal of mine to play soccer at an interuniversity level; however, my athletics were yet another

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variable I had to account for and weighed heavily on my decision. Somewhere in all that mess I had to find a school that was a fit for me academically but also provided me with a sport league and environment that challenged me to reach my potential as both a student and as an athlete. After all of my exhaustive research on countless schools and a little soul searching, for lack of a better term, I chose to remain in Canada rather than venture south into the United States. In retrospect, I can honestly say that I made the right choice four years ago. During my time at Queen’s University I have had the opportunity to play soccer at the varsity level and I have had the honor of being named captain for three of my four years at university. More importantly, I have had the privilege to compete in Ontario University Athletics; a league, which has encouraged me to further develop invaluable life skills, and excel in all aspects of my university career. In other words, OUA has provided me with an exemplary interuniversity sport model within an educational context. I have thoroughly enjoyed being a part of a sport community that understands what it truly means to be a student-athlete. OUA places sport in an academic environment and struc-tures sport in a way that respects Ontario universities’ goals and expec-tations. From my experience over the course of four years, I have seen athletics and academics integrated to produce an all encompassing sport framework. My athletic community has motivated me to achieve excellence on the field and off. This past year, my team and I won the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) National Championship for Women’s Soccer. In all, we were proud of what we accomplished, but we were honored to have been representatives of our school and Ontario University Athletics.


Squash

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The Western Mustangs captured both the men’s and women’s titles at the 2010-11 OUA Squash Championships Sunday afternoon at Queen’s Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC). Western’s men’s victory marks the 28th consecutive season that the team has captured the OUA banner while the women won their fourth OUA championship in the last six years. The Mustangs dominated the men’s competition from start to finish, winning all 24 of their matches while only dropping two games. No. 1 seed Kimesh Chetty of Hamilton, Ont., was particularly strong for the Mustangs, dominating each of his matches from start to finish. In the women’s competition, the Mustangs had a strong performance on Day 2 to beat McMaster, Queen’s and Toronto. Western, who had just four victories after Day 1, got strong performances from No. 2 Holly Delavigne of Sarnia, Ont., No. 3 Giselle Delgado of Red Lake, Ont., and No.4 Erin Grand of Toronto on Sunday. Each player won two victories to help the Mustangs regain the title they lost to Queen’s last season. The host Queen’s Gaels earned the team silver medal in the men’s competition thanks to the play of OUA All-Stars Alex Ford of New Liskeard,

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Ont., and Amr Hamour of Courtice, Ont. Both players earned two victories in their respective divisions and Hamour was one of only two players to take a game from the champion Mustangs. Meanwhile, the Toronto Varsity Blues picked up team silver in the women’s draw with a strong Day 2 performance of their own. The Varsity Blues won six matches on the final day and were buoyed by the play of No. 5 Helena Whyte of Toronto, who won all four of her matches during the tournament. The McMaster Marauders won the bronze medal in both the men’s and women’s competitions. The men were led by No. 1 and Rookie of the Year Patrick Morkus of Barrie, Ont. Morkus won three of his four matches in his first appearance at the OUA Championships with his only loss coming to the Mustang’s Chetty. McMaster’s women were paced by No. 3 Shauna Wentzell of Mississauga, Ont., and No. 5 Melissa Song of North York, Ont., who each won three matches of their own. No. 1 Kristina Taylor of Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que., earned OUA All-Star status in her eighth appearance at the championships. The Waterloo Warriors, who finished fifth in the women’s tournament, had two athletes take home major awards at the championships. No. 1 Micaala Seth of Fergus, Ont., was named the women’s Most Valuable Player after going a perfect 3-0 in her division. Sister Natasha Seth of Fergus, Ont., Waterloo’s No. 2, took home the women’s Rookie of the Year honours with three vic-tories of her own. Both players were also named OUA All-Stars following the event.


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Most Valuable Player - Kimesh Chetty (Western) Men’s Rookie of the Year - Patrick Morkus (McMaster)

Coach of the Year (Tie) - Jack Fairs (Western), Darryl White (McMaster)

WOMEN Most Valuable Player - Micaala Seth (Waterloo) Rookie of the Year - Natasha Seth (Waterloo)

Coach of the Year - Dave Cooper (Toronto)


Swimming

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The Toronto Varsity Blues men’s team and Western Mustangs women’s team successfully defended their titles at the 2011 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Swimming Championships hosted by the University of Guelph at the W.F. Mitchell Athletic Centre. The Varsity Blues won their eighth straight OUA men’s title and tenth in the past 11 years with 793.5 total points. The Mustangs finished second with 652 points while McMaster was third with 618.5. On the women’s side, the Mustangs won their third consecutive title with 781.5 points while Toronto was second at 734.5 and McMaster third with 602 total points. Toronto coaches Byron MacDonald and Linda Keifer were named OUA men’s team coaches of the year, while Paul Midgley of Western was named the women’s team coach of the year. The opening event of the night was the women’s 200m medley relay. Capturing the gold medal were the Western Mustangs comprised of Jennifer Trung (Maple,ON), Katie Bell (West Vancouver, BC), Shannon Nell (London, ON), and Amber Hutchinson (Brampton, ON). The Mustangs finished well ahead of the competition with a time of 1.55.91. The McMaster Marauder’s finished second with a time of 1.57.58 followed by the Toronto Varsity Blues with a time of 2.00.73. Host Guelph Gryphons yet again show the competition their ability to take swimming to another


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level. With the entire crowd holding their breath, the Gryphons out touched the Western Mustangs to win the gold medal in the men’s 200m medley relay, erupting the crowd. The Gryphons finished in 1.41.67, just shy of the OUA record, an improvement from their bronze medal performance from last season. The Western Mustangs finished second with a time of 1.41.73 followed by Toronto with a time of 1.44.49. In the women’s 200m freestyle, Hayley Nell (London, ON) of Western defended her gold medal title in a time of 2.01.38. Paige Shultz (Toronto, ON) of Toronto gave Nell a great race to the finish second in a time of 2.01.43. Teammate Pamela Ruksys (Kingston, ON) finished third in a time of 2.02.13. In the men’s 200m freestyle, McMaster’s Cameron Bailey (Hamilton.ON) finished strong with a time of 1.49.90 out-touching Frank Despond (Hamilton, ON) of Toronto by one one-hundredth of


OUA Swimmers of the Year - Andrea Jurenovskis (Toronto), Matt Hawes (Ottawa)

Rookies of the Year - Shannon Nell (Western), Rob Wise (Western) Dr. Jeno Tihanyi Awards for Individual Medley Excellence -

Shannon Nell (Western), Cameron Bailey (McMaster) OUA Awards of Distinction - Brooke Buckland (McMaster), Bryn Jones (Western),

Hayley Nell (Western), Whitney Rich (Laurier)


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Breaking the OUA record and capturing the gold medal in the women’s 50m backstroke was Toronto’s Andrea Jurenovskis (Timmins, ON) in a time of 28.71. Last year’s winner Jennnifer Trung of Western finished behind Jurenovskis in a time of 29.37. Natasha Strass-Hundal (Markham, ON) of McMaster took the bronze. Guelph captain Ben Roberts took down Matt Hawes (Ottawa, ON) of the Ottawa Gee-Gees in the men’s 50m backstroke. Roberts was thirsty for a gold medal after finishing behind Hawes in the 100m. The 50m is Roberts’ better race and dominated from the start to finish, sealing the deal with an outstanding kickout. Finishing third was Adam Best (Ottawa, ON) of the Gee-Gees who also captured the bronze in the 200m earlier this weekend. In the 100m butterfly, Guelph’s Chantique Payne (Brantford, ON) captured the gold medal defending her title for a fourth year in a row with a time of 1.00.87. Payne crushed the OUA record in the event previously held by Sasha Theron of Toronto at 1.01.61. Finishing second was Shannon Nell of Western followed by Alisha Harricharan of the Guelph Gryphons. Both Nell and Harricharan are rookies to the OUA and have made quite the splash at this year’s championship.

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In the men’s 100m butterfly, Zack Chetrat (Oakville, ON) of Toronto broke the OUA record with a time of 53.86. The record was previously held by Brad Vanderkan of Western. Not far behind was Wil Wright of the Guelph Gryphons with a time of 54.51. Wright did not medal in this event last year, and has added another medal to his belt this weekend. In third was Mike Smerek (St. Catherines, ON) of Toronto with a time of 54.80. In the women’s 400 individual medley, Pamela Ruksys of Toronto displayed her talent and speed in one of the most difficult races this weekend. Ruksys improved her standing from last year’s bronze medal performance. Ruksys finished with a time of 4.49.65, ahead of rookie teammate Vanessa Treasure (Missisauga, ON) (4.51.20). Shannon Nell of Western finished third 4.54.59. Last year’s silver medalist Pauline Kilty (Newmarket, ON) of Western finished fifth. In the men’s 400m individual medley, Matt Hawes won gold with a time of 4.22.95, finishing off an outstanding performance at this year’s OUA championship. Jeremie Holdom (Toronto, ON) of Toronto finished second with a time of 4.24.84 followed by McMaster’s Ben Stubbs (Markham, ON) in a time of 4.28.84. In the final event of the meet, the Western Mustangs women’s team destroyed the final heat of the 400m freestyle relay in a time of 3:49.52. The Gee Gees captured the silver medal finishing in a time of 3.54.17. Toronto took the bronze in a time of 3.54.34. To cap off the night with a new OUA record, the McMaster Marauders men’s team took the gold in the 400m free relay with a time of 3.24.65. Toronto captured the silver with a time of 3.26.44, followed by the Ottawa Gee-Gees with a time of 3.27.29.


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The Montreal Carabins finished first in the team standings at the 2010 OUA Men’s Tennis Championships hosted by York University to win the program’s first gold medal in more than 40 years. The Toronto Varsity Blues captured the silver medal after finishing three points behind the winners, and the Western Mustangs won bronze. The Mustangs finished the weekend tied with the York Lions for third place with 10 points, but Western earned the bronze medal based on tiebreak rules. The Lions were unable to repeat as OUA champions, but they finished in a respectable fourth place ahead of three other teams: the McMaster Marauders, Waterloo Warriors and University of Ontario Institute of Technology Ridgebacks. The first semifinal match of the day was between Vincent Chan (Markham, Ont.) of the Waterloo Warriors and Jean-Philippe Trot-tier (Montreal) of the Carabins. Chan, the top-seeded player in the tournament, dispatched Trottier with ease in straight sets 6-2, 6-2.

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The second semifinal match of the day was between Lions rookie Nir Shumonyi (Toronto) and Stefan Srnic (Toronto) of the Varsity Blues. Despite a strong showing, Shumonyi could not outmuscle the hard-hitting Srnic, falling in straight sets 6-4, 6-2. With both semifinal matches decided, Chan and Srnic met later in the day to decide the individual winner of the tournament. Chan took the match in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, justifying his rank as the

tournament’s top-seeded player. On the Women’s side, the Montreal Carabins won their third straight OUA Women’s Tennis Championship. In team standings, the Western Mustangs took the sil-ver medal behind Montreal, and the Toronto Varsity Blues were awarded bronze.


Track and Field

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The University of Windsor Lancers men's and women's track and field teams both repeated as Ontario University Athletics (OUA) champions at the Toronto Track and Field Centre. Both squads dominated the team competition throughout the week-end. The women nearly doubled up the second-place University of Guelph Gryphons, amassing 224 points to 113 by Guelph. The men earned 220 points and the Gryphons were again second with 117.5. The host York University Lions men's team finished fourth after a strong second day on the track, while the women grabbed sixth place. The star of the day was third-year York sprinter Dontae Richards-Kwok of Mississauga, Ont., who earned three gold medals to go along with another he won on the opening day of competition. After winning the 300m on Friday, Richards-Kwok took top honours in the 60m with a time of 6.76 seconds. He then teamed up with Ingvar Moseley of Pickering, Ont., Olu

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Ogunde of Lagos, Nigeria, and David Mayer of Picton, Ont., to win the gold medal in the 4 x 200m relay, and later in the day ran the anchor leg for the gold-medal winning Lions in the 4 x 400m relay. Joining him on that team were Moseley, Mayer and Birko Mertinat of Toronto. The event proved to be a thrilling finish to the competition as the final race of the day. At the half-way point the Lions ran on par with both Queen's and Windsor, and heading into the final exchange


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Hec Philips Trophy (Outstanding Male Performer) – Dontae Richards-Kwok (York) Most Valuable Field Athlete – Tim Hendry (Guelph)

Most Valuable Track Athlete – Anthony Berkis (Windsor) Rookie of the Year – Ross Proudfoot (Guelph)

Student-Athlete Community Service Award – Rob Jackson (Guelph) Bob Vigars Award (Coach of the Year) – Dennis Fairall (Windsor)

WOMEN Dr. Wendy Jerome Trophy (Outstanding Female Performer) – Noelle Montcalm (Windsor)

Most Valuable Field Athlete – Neb Zachariah (Windsor) Most Valuable Track Athlete – Melissa Bishop (Windsor)

Rookie of the Year – Ashlea Maddex (Ottawa) Student-Athlete Community Service Award – Nancy Spreitzer (Waterloo)

Sue Wise Award (Coach of the Year) – Dennis Fairall (Windsor)

Windsor runner Jordan Lan-gridge of Wooler, Ont., edged ahead of Mayer. However, Richards-Kwok exploded from the line after the final handoff and drew well ahead Lancer Dustin Eldridge of Whitby, Ont., on the first turn. Eldridge nearly chased Richards-Kwok down by the finish line, with the Lions

ultimately claiming victory by just .16.


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Lancers runners Noelle Montcalm of Windsor, Ont., and Melissa Bishop of Eganville, Ont., both earned three gold medals at the meet in addition to the team championship. Montcalm finished atop the podium in the 60m and 60m hurdles and was also part of the gold-medal winning 4 x 200m team, while Bishop was the fastest in the 600m, 1000m and part of the 4 x 800m team that also crossed the finish line first. Montcalm's victory in the 60m was part of a Windsor sweep in the event. Nicole Sassine of Windsor, Ont., and Camille Wallace of Toronto finished second and third, respectively. The Lancers men won three gold medals on Saturday. Dwayne Harriott finished first in the triple jump, Jake Pfaff of Amherstburg, Ont., won the pole vault and Eldridge crossed the line in the 600m first. Teammate Mitch Tome of Windsor, Ont., came in just behind in third place. The day began with a victory for the host Lions as Cynthia Appiah of Etobicoke, Ont., won gold in the weight throw, adding to the silver medal she won in the shot put on Friday. Appiah's winning toss was recorded at 16.83m. Teammate Katie Klodnicki of Cranfield, Ont., also took a medal in her first OUA championship, claiming the bronze. York rookie Luke Durward of Port Perry, Ont., produced a surprise in the pole vault competition, earning the silver medal after entering the event as the fifth seed. His second-place height was 4.62m.


Road to Success

From Blue and Gold to Red and White By: Jamie Adjetey-Nelson Photo Credit: Dave Greig 2010 was a year to remember. I competed at the 4th TNT Fortuna in Kladno, Czech Republic with 2008 Olympic champion, Bryan Clay, and world record holder, Roman Sebrle. Talk about being in good company; I was surrounded by the best in the world and I felt I belonged. An unknown in the world of decathletes, but I was prepared because of where I had come from. Now, as an OUA Alumnus, I am challenging the best in the world. Asked by my athletic association to be an elite athlete on the world and Olympic stage, my journey began by winning a national decathlon title; a Commonwealth Games title and being ranked 12th in the World in 2010. This all happened in one year, but the preparation began in 2003 when I decided to become a Windsor Lancer. A demand of excellence from my teammates, coaches and myself prepared me to tackle many obstacles along the way. The years I was as an OUA athlete made me the fierce competitor I feel I am today on the world stage. I had a stern work ethic on the track, the field


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and in the classroom. As a freshman, I was quickly introduced to the high quality of c o m p e t i t i o n a n d veterans of OUA. I was not only competing for myself but I was competing for a team championship and felt the team pressure a l o n g w i t h t h e individual pressure. I was leading a legacy with the Windsor Lancers as one of the most dominating teams at the OUA level. By my second year, I was selected to captain the best team in the country. At the time that was the biggest pressure; I embraced the challenge not knowing the outcome but craving success. Five OUA Championships, three CIS team Championships, 2009 OUA and CIS Athlete of the Meet. I was a complete athlete. As I attempted to motivate my teammates I was helping myself cope with expectations that seemed farfetched but yet attainable with persistence and perseverance. I wanted to become a master of my event. My path was set and it was my turn to pave the road ahead of me. At the 2008 Olympic trials I was fearless in my attempt to become an Olympian. Two days of grueling competition - 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m, 110m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw and the 1500m. I finished second at the trials barely missing the 2008 Olympic team. I was disappointed in the outcome but proud of the steps I had taken to get there. It just was not my time at that moment, I wasn’t supposed to be at Beijing Olympics but my time will come. Each day I continue to create my destiny. I feel it’s by choice and not chance that I’ve ended up where I am. I chose the best school and the best coaches for me which lead to opportunities to compete internationally at World University Games, Commonwealth Games and soon to be Olympics. My experiences as an OUA athlete were stepping stones that have allowed me to continue my success as I surround myself with more successful athletes. Each day I train around football, volleyball, basketball and track and field athletes who strive to be the best in OUA and CIS as I prepare to be the best on the world stage.


Men’s Volleyball

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The McMaster Marauders are the 2011 OUA Men’s Volleyball Champions after defeating the Western Mustangs 3-1 at Alumni Hall.

Set scores were 17-25, 23-25, 25-18, 22-25. In the first set, the McMaster Marauders outplayed the Western Mustangs winning 25-17. They maintained a three-point lead at each technical timeout despite six kills from Mathieu Poulin and 27 total attacks from Western.

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The second set was much of the same. The Mustangs had an early lead, but could not hold on and the Marauders led 8-7 at the first technical. It was neck and neck to the second technical when the Marauders pulled ahead for good on a kill from OUA Final Four MVP Tyler Santoni. The Mustangs had a total of ten kills and 28 attacks in the set. By the third set, Western was down two sets and determined to come out with a win. They had a four-point advantage at the first technical, but McMaster came back

to tie at 15. Reid Halpenny came up with two solid serves followed by Phil James with a hard cross-court kill. Western then looked to have the motivation they needed and wrapped up the set 25-18. The fourth set was extremely tight, but McMaster came away with a 25-22 win that could just as easily have gone to Western. Both teams went point for point for the first half with McMaster pulling ahead just before the second technical. Western would not be able to come back from the deficit.


Player of the Year - Kyle Williamson (Windsor)

Rookie of the Year - Garrett May (Western) Libero of the Year - Pat Johnston (Western)

Dale Iwanocko Award Winner - Reid Halpenny (Western) Coach of the Year - Jim Sage (Western)


Women’s Volleyball

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The Western Mustangs were named the 2011 OUA Women’s Volleyball champions after defeating the Guelph Gryphons 3-1 at the University of Guelph’s W.F. Mitchell Centre. Set scores were 18-25, 25-21, 25-18 and 25-21. The Gryphons finished the regular sea-son as the OUA West Division leaders with a 16-3 record and earned the OUA silver medal to cap off a great season. In the first set, Western came out strong and grabbed a quick 5-1 lead but the Gryphons maintained their composure to come back and tie it up 5-all. By the first technical timeout the Mustangs led 8-6. However Guelph improved both offensively and defensively going up 16-12 by the second technical timeout and took the set 25-18.


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In a very evenly matched second set the Gryphons came out on top 8-6 by the first technical timeout. It was neck and neck all the way till the second technical timeout with the Mustangs up 17-16. Western setter Jenna Thompson (St. Mary’s, Ont.) played outstanding tallying four kills in the set and scored the winning point dumping the ball into the Guelph side as Western won 25-21. Kelly Frittenberg (Caledon, Ont.) had three kills for Western. Guelph’s Brooke Lloyd (Whitby, Ont.) led her team in scoring with six kills in this set. The Mustangs took an early lead in the third, going up 8-7 by the first technical timeout. The two teams traded points and by the sec-ond technical timeout the Mustangs had a two-point lead 16-14. At this point, the Mustangs outscored Guelph 6-2 to move ahead and finished with the 25-18 victory. Frittenberg led the Mustangs in the third with four kills. Guelph suffered from a low hitting average in this set on nine kills for 32 attempts. In what looked like to be a changing of the tide at the beginning of the fourth the Gryphons dominated the play and led for most of the set until the Mustangs tied up the game at 20-all. The Mustangs used outstanding serving and defence to secure the victory 25-21 and win the OUA Championship title.


West Libero of the Year - Claire Morrow (Western)

West Rookie of the Year - Meaghan Loveday (Waterloo) West Coach of the Year - Tim Louks (McMaster)

West Award of Merit - Tesca Andrew-Wasylik (Laurier)

East Libero of the Year - Claudia Seguin (Ottawa) East Rookie of the Year - Brandie Wilkerson (York)

East Coach of the Year - Lionel Woods (Ottawa) East Award of Merit - Sarah Sutton (York)


Water Polo

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The Toronto Varsity Blues men and Carleton Ravens women repeated as OUA water polo champions Sunday afternoon at the Athletics and Recreation Centre in Kingston, Ont. Toronto captured the men's championship for the third consecutive year while Carleton repeats for the second consecutive season. The women's final featured a rematch of the round robin game between the Ravens and the Toronto Varsity Blues. A back and

forth match saw the Ravens turn the tables on their rivals as they flipped the scoreline from their first meeting to win the gold medal by a score of 9-7. Anne Chinneck of Ottawa, was a difference maker in the match for Carleton, scoring three times and playing excellent defence on To-ronto's top players. Meaghan Broddy of Calgary, also played well for Carleton, scoring twice on Toronto goalie Danielle Zanardo of Toronto.

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The Varsity Blues were led in the match by Ainsley Vittese of Calgary, who scored four goals, and Nicole Brown of Burlington, Ont., who scored twice. Following the match, Carleton goalie Evelyn Marshall of Ottawa, who made a number of key saves in the win, was named the winner of the Roy Gunnell Trophy as tournament MVP. In the men's championship match, the heavily-favoured Varsity Blues gave the surprising Western Mustangs little opportunity to pull off an-other upset after Western shocked Carleton in the semifinals. From the opening whistle, tournament MVP Alan Chung of Ajax, Ont., put on a show for the Varsity Blues fans, scoring three times in the open-ing half to stake Toronto to a 9-5 lead. In the third quarter, Chung continued to shine, adding three more goals as the Var-sity Blues cruised to an easy 17-11 win. Tournament all-star Luke Spooner of Auckland, NZ, scored three times in the championship match for Toronto as did Milos Radojcic of Belgrade, SRB. The Mustangs were led by tournament all-star Jason Carter of Vancouver, B.C., who scored four times for Western. Gregory Hoegy of Kitchener, Ont., also had a solid match for the Mustangs, scoring three times. The McMaster Marauders had a very successful championship as a team as both the men's and women's teams won the bronze medal. The women took down the host Queen's Gaels 12-0, thanks to three goal efforts from Chaneesa Ryan of Hamilton, Anne Marie Child of Hamilton, and Asmis. The Marauders men took home bronze after a very close match against the Carleton Ravens. Tournament all-star Richard Saunders of Hamilton, scored the game-winning goal with just under four minutes to play to help the Marauders earn an 11-10 victory.


Men’s Tournament MVP – Alan Chung (Toronto)

Women’s Tournament MVP – Evelyn Marshall (Carleton)


Wrestling

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Championships. After all was said and done, the Guelph Gryphons were named as OUA Champions, ending the 15 year championship reign by the Brock Badgers. The Western Mustangs came in second, losing by only a point to the Gryphons. Prior to 2011 the Badgers, who captured the bronze, had claimed 16 of the previous 18 championships. On the women’s side the Brock Badgers came out at the top of the field. The Badger victory marks 4 OUA Championships in a row and 11 of the past 13. Western claimed the silver with the host Lakehead claiming the bronze.

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Individual men’s championships were claimed by Steve Takahaski and Ilya Abelev of Western, Gaston Tardif, Jason Bresele of the host Thunderwolves, Nick Rowe of Brock, Ryan Blake and Kevin MacClellan of McMaster, Jacob Jagas, Korey Jarvis and John Fitzgerald of Guelph.

The women’s individual champions were Jasmine Mian and Diana Ford of Brock, Brianne Barry and Larissa D’Alleva of Western, Aislynn Torfason and Nicole Plummer of Lakehead, Allison Leslie and Kelsey Gsell of Guelph.


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Keegan Award (MVP) – Steve Takahashi (Western) Rookie of the Year – Steve Takahashi (Western)

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MVP – Jasmine Mian (Brock) Rookie of the Year – Kelsey Gsell (Guelph)


CIS Champions

Women’s Basketball 2011 marked a first for CIS women’s basketball, as the Windsor Lancers became the first ever team to win the Bronze Baby Trophy on home court after defeating the No. 2 ranked Saskatchewan Huskies by a score of 63-49. The Lancers victory also marked the first time a team outside of the Canada West conference has captured the title since 1991, when it was won by Laurentian. In the title game the Lancers were led by OUA and CIS Athlete of the Year Jessica Clemencon, who scored a game-high 18 points en route to earning game MVP honours. Lancers Miah-Marie Langois and Bojana Kovacevic were named tourna-ment all-stars, with Langois also being named tournament MVP.

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Men’s Basketball The Carleton Ravens men’s basketball team returned to the top of the mountain, capturing their seventh W.P. McGee Trophy in the past nine seasons with an 82-59 victory over the Trinity Western Spartans. Elliot Thompson scored a game high 19 points, while three other Ravens reached double digits. Carleton was led throughout the tournament by OUA and CIS Athlete of the Year Tyson Hinz, who received the Jack Donahue Trophy as tournament MVP for his efforts. Hinz, along with teammate Elliot Thompson, were named tournament all-stars. Cross Country For the fifth straight season, the Guelph Gryphons won both the men’s and women’s cross country titles. With the victories, the Gryphons have now captured a CIS-record 17 team titles. The women’s team, who celebrated their sixth straight championship, put together a total team race. 5 of the top 11 women’s runners were Gryphons. Although capturing the team title, the individual women’s title was captured by McMaster’s Jessica Pearo, who edged out the Gryphons Rachel Cliff in the final 750 metres. On the men’s side, they were able to match the women’s squad by placing 5 runners in the top 11. Guelph was paced by Kyle Boorsma, who won gold after capturing back-to-back silvers in 2008 and 2009.


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Women’s Curling The women’s curling CIS final featured a battle of two OUA teams, the OUA champion Laurier Golden Hawks (skip Laura Crocker, third Sarah Wilkes, second Jen Gates, lead Cheryl Kreviazuk, and fifth Pam Feldkamp) and the OUA Bronze medallist Brock Badgers. The Golden Hawks, led by a decisive 3 point 8th end defeated the Badgers by a score of 7-4. Brock had a chance to tie the match in the 10th end when a long runback attempt over curled, resulting in the Laurier victory. The win also gives the Golden Hawks the chance to represent Canada in a prestigious bonspiel in Karuizawa, Japan in January 2012. Field Hockey Two goals were all that the Toronto Varsity Blues women’s field hockey team needed to capture the 11th McCrae Cup in school history. Having lost the OUA championship to the Guelph Gryphons, the Blues were able to bounce back in the CIS tournament by posting a 5-0 record en route to capturing the national championship. Led by tallies from Alexandra Evanysnyn and Katherine McNeill the Blues outpaced the defending champion UBC Thunderbirds 2-1 in the final. Toronto defender Kaelan Watson was named tournament MVP. Women’s Soccer Riley Filion served played hero, as the Queen’s Gaels defeated the Laurier Golden Hawks in double OT to capture the CIS women’s soccer championship. Filion scored the go ahead goal three minutes into the second half of overtime. With Laurier unable to score in the time that remained, the Gaels defeated the Golden Hawks. The victory came eight days after Queen’s fell by the same 1-0 score to the same Golden Hawks team in the OUA championship. For their effort, Queen’s had three players named to the tournament all-star team; Riley Filion, Melissa Jung, and Kelli Chamberlain.

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Men’s Soccer For the second time in three years the York Lions captured the CIS men’s soccer national championship. The Lions got a tally from tournament MVP forward Adrian Pena in the 17th minute and then played a sound defensive game the rest of the way to earn a 1-0 victory over CIS powerhouse UBC Thunderbirds. Along with Pena, four of his teammates joined him on the tournament all-star team; goalkeeper Luigi Caruso, defenders Dominic Antonini and Gerard Ldaiyou, and midfielder Alon Badat. Track and Field The 2011 CIS Track and Field championships saw the Windsor Lancers men and women capture their record seventh and tenth titles respectively. The victories marked the second time in the past three years, and fourth time in school history, the the Lancers were able to sweep the national championship banners. On the men’s side, Windsor was able to avenge a narrow one point loss to Guelph in 2010 by defeating those same Gryphons, who finished in second. For the women, the Lancers were in control from the beginning of the meet and finished with a 55 point lead over the second place Gryphons. For his team’s efforts Windsor coach Dennis Fairall was named the CIS Coach of the Year.


OUA Honour Awards

Basketball players Jessica Clemençon (St. Rambert, France) and Tyson Hinz (Ottawa) were named the inaugural Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Athletes of the Year, presented by Pioneer Energy, at the 2011 OUA Honour Awards banquet at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario.

Clemençon, a 6-foot-3 post for the Windsor Lancers women’s basketball team, finished the regular season among national leaders in almost every statistical category - including an OUA-leading 19.0 points per game. Defensively she hauled in 8.2 r ebounds per game and finished second in CIS with 44 blocks. Clemençon scored a game-high 17 points in the OUA final as Windsor claimed its third consecutive championship banner. The 2009-10 OUA West and CIS women’s basketball rookie of the year, proved she wasn’t just a one hit wonder as she repeated as the OUA West and CIS women’s basketball player of the year this season. To add to her list of accomplishments, Clemençon was also named the University of Windsor’s athlete of the year, the CIS championship game MVP, and the CIS Female BLG Award. Hinz followed a solid freshman campaign with the Carleton Ravens, with a standout sophomore season as the team’s top scorer

From Left: Gord Grace, (OUA President ) Jessica Clemençon, Geoff Hogarth (Pioneer Energy)

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averaging 17 points per game as well as being the top rebounder averaging six per game. He led OUA with a 57.2 field-goal percentage, adding to Carleton’s 22-0 domination of OUA basketball. Hinz was named OUA East and CIS player of the year, becoming one of the youngest Mike Moser Memorial Trophy recipients in history at only 19 years of age. He was also named Carleton’s athlete of the year, the CIS championship tournament MVP, and the CIS Male BLG Award. Pioneer Energy, the presenting sponsor for the OUA Athletes of the Year, also provided a monetary award to each recipient to go towards educational expenses. The other inaugural award presented at the banquet was the OUA Team of the Year. This year’s recipient was the Windsor Lancers women’s basketball team. Ranked either first or second in the CIS Top Ten all season, the Lancers went an amazing 20-2 in the regular season to finish atop the OUA standing and earn a bye in the first round of the playoffs. After remaining undefeated through the West final four, Windsor narrowly beat out the Carleton Ravens 46-44 to win their third-straight OUA Championship. The Lancers held No. 1 rank heading into the CIS Championship on their own court, and made it to the final for the second straight year. A convincing 63-29 victory over the No. 2 Saskatchewan Huskies made history for the Lancers in numerous ways; Windsor won their first-ever CIS National Championship, became the first women’s basketball team to win the national championship on their home court, and also became the first team outside the Canada West Conference to win the Bronze Baby Trophy in the last 19 years. Windsor Lancers women’s basketball head coach Chantal Vallée and Queen's Gaels women’s hockey head coach Matthew Holmberg were named 2010-11 Fox 40 OUA Coaches of the Year.

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Once again Vallée lifted the Windsor Lancers women’s basketball program to new heights. After guiding her team to numerous school firsts in her pre-vious five seasons as head coach of Windsor, Vallée did it again in her sixth, leading the Lancers to their first CIS National Champion-ship title in the program’s 50 years. Coach Vallée has built one of the top women’s basketball programs in the country during her time as head coach of the Windsor Lancers and at the helm the two-time West Coach of the Year has led her team to three straight OUA championships. In his two seasons behind the bench for the Queen’s women’s hockey team, Holmberg led his Gaels to a 34-13-7 record in the regular season. In his rookie season, he was named

OUA Coach of the Year for leading Queen’s to a second place finish. After an injury-riddled first half of the 2010-11 season Holmberg and the Gaels won 12 consecutive games to capture Queen’s first OUA Championship since the 1978-79 season. Their 7-1 playoff record saw six overtimes wins, including the first of the championship series

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against Guelph that went to six overtime periods, the longest game in collegiate hockey. At the helm, his team went on to win CIS bronze in their first-ever national championship appearance, beating out the defending champion Alberta Pandas and OUA rivals, the Laurier Golden Hawks. Long time Toronto Varsity Blues baseball coach Dan Lang was this year's recipient of the John McManus Award, presented by Jostens,

given to a retired OUA coach who exemplifies the highest ideals and qualities of sportsmanship and service while engaged in coaching in university sport. In his thirteen seasons with the Varsity Blues, Lang produced more than 20 league all-stars. Since baseball became an OUA sport in 2001, Toronto’s longest standing basebal l coach won two coach of the year honours (2004, 2006) and led

the Varsity Blues to two OUA championships, and two OUA silver medals. Through successful fundraising, Lang initiated the development and implementation of building the Varsity Blues permanent baseball facility at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. He also organized the inaugural Varsity Blues high school classic in 2007, which is now an annual tournament for Toronto area secondary schools. Lang retired as head coach of the Toronto Varsity Blues baseball team in 2010. Lang was also presented with a commemorative ring from Jostens to mark the occasion.

From Left: Jim Cooper (Jostens), Beth Ali (U of T Athletic Director), Jim Lang


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Cecelia Carter-Smith of The Hamilton Spectator is the recipient of the OUA Media Member of Distinction Award. After a successful career as a world-record holding athlete, coach and teacher, Carter-Smith began a career in media as a television interviewer and writer. During her 12 years as a contributor to the Spectator, Carter-Smith said she has felt honoured to be able to inform her audience every Saturday about the tales of student-athletes and their pursuit of excellence both on and off the field of play. Carter-Smith was inducted into the McMaster Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. She coached the McMaster Marauders women’s basketball team in 1974-75 and in 1981-82, was assistant coach of the women’s track and field team from 1975-83 and head coach of the cross-country team in 1977-79.

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