The University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's tennis team defeated the three-time reigning champion Western Mustangs 5-2 to claim the provincial title as the 2015 OUA championships wrapped up Sunday evening (Oct. 18) at Mayfair Clubs Parkway.

With the win, Toronto earns their first OUA title since 2011 and third in the past eight years. It marks U of T's 33rd provincial title in men's tennis program history, dating back to Toronto's first win in 1912.

U of T opened the tournament with a 7-0 victory over the UOIT Ridgebacks on Friday afternoon. The Blues followed that up with another 7-0 victory on Saturday, this time over the Montreal Carabins, to earn their spot in the gold-medal match. 

OUA Final: Toronto 5, Western 2
Doubles:
No. 1: WES (Brent Moffatt/Vaughn Tonakanian) def TOR (Ivan Markovic/Cameron Chiang) 8-6
No. 2: TOR (Zain Manji/Sasha Obucina) def WES (Kurtis Alexandre/Andre Szilvassy) 8-6
No. 3: TOR (Nick Somody/Andrew Bourne-K) def WES (Sasha Leznoff/Aman Dhaliwal) 8-6
Singles:
No. 1: TOR (Zain Manji) def Wes (Andre Szilvassy) 6-2, 6-4
No. 2: WES (Vahagn Tonakanian) def TOR (Ivan Markovic) 6-2, 6-3
No. 3: WES (Brent Moffatt) def TOR (Cameron Chiang) 6-4, 7-5
No. 4: TOR (Sasha Obucina) def WES (Kurtis Alexandre) 6-4, 6-1
No. 5: TOR (Nick Somody) def WES (Brian Cheng) 6-2, 6-4
No. 6: TOR (Andrew Bourne-K) def WES (Rob Fung) 7-5, 6-3

Details to follow.

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