The Toronto Varsity Blues continued their torrid pace to comfortably cruise into the semifinals, while the host Marauders staged a dramatic victory over the Western Mustangs to book their own bye on Day 2 of the OUA Badminton Championships.
Breezing through two head-to-heads on Saturday without dropping a single match, the Blues dispatched the Ottawa Gee-Gees and Guelph Gryphons by identical, perfect 10-0 scores to clinch top spot in Pool A and avoid playing in the night session's quarterfinals. Toronto lost just a single game across all 20 matches, with Bethany So once again providing the exclamation point. She opened her day with a 21-6, 21-2 thrashing of Ottawa's Dominique Lalonde, before teaming with Jim Zeng in the mixed doubles to defeat Guelph's Tsz Fung Chan and Inga Lo 21-9 and 21-8.
Play resumes for the third and final day of the championships with semifinals and placement matches at 9:00 a.m on Sunday.
Full Results, Standings and DrawsDay 3 Schedule
Semifinals and Consolation (9:00 a.m.)Semifinal 1: Toronto vs. Western
Semifinal 2: Waterloo vs. McMaster
Seventh place match: York vs. Queen's
Ninth place match: Carleton vs. Guelph
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Medals and Fifth-Place (1:00 p.m.)Gold: TBD
Bronze: TBD
Fifth: Ottawa vs. Ryerson
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Day 2 ResultsMorning Session (9:00 a.m.)Â
Toronto 10-0 Ottawa
Waterloo 7-3 York
McMaster 10-0 Ryerson
Western 8-2 Queen's
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Afternoon Session (12:30 p.m.)Â
Waterloo 9-1 Ottawa
Toronto 10-0 Guelph
McMaster 6-4 Western
Ryerson 10-0 Carleton
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Playoff First Round (4:00 p.m.)Â
Quarterfinal 1: Western 6-2 Ottawa
Quarterfinal 2: Waterloo 5-5 Ryerson (Waterloo advances on tiebreaker - points won/lost)
Placement 1: York 6-1 Carleton
Placement 2: Queen's 6-1 Guelph
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