The University of Toronto Varsity Blues badminton team claimed their second straight provincial title as the 2017 OUA championship wrapped up on Sunday afternoon (Feb. 19) at York University.
 
The Blues defeated the Western Mustangs 6-1 in the OUA final, including a thrilling 2-1 (21-18 18-21 25-23) victory for Kristy Chan and Jonathan Lai in mixed doubles action and a come-from-behind 2-1 (14-21 21-14 21-15) win for Jack Lin in men's singles action.
 
It marks Toronto's fifth OUA title since 1997, and third in five seasons.

Bethany So was named the female most valuable player at the end of the championship after going undefeated in six matches. In her four singles matches she outscored her opponents 168-53, including a 21-7, 21-5 triumph over Western's Claudia Tai in the championship match. 

The male rookie of the year award was given to Jonathan Lai from the champion Blues. He won two singles matches in the preliminary round and picked up three mixed doubles victories.

The Blues head coach, Stéphane Cadieux, won the coach of the year award for the second straight year after leading his team to defend their title in just his second year at the helm. 

Final Standings
Gold – Toronto
Silver – Western
Bronze – McMaster
4^th – Waterloo
5^th – Ottawa
6^th – Ryerson
7^th – Queen's
8^th – York
9^th – Guelph
10^th – Carleton
11^th – UOIT 

OUA Major Awards
Male Most Valuable Player – Clement Chow, McMaster
Female Most Valuable Player – Bethany So, Toronto
Male Rookie of the Year – Jonathan Lai, Toronto
Female Rookie of the Year – Jayme Carter, McMaster
Coach of the Year – Stephane Cadieux, Toronto

OUA Male All-stars
Clement Chow, McMaster
Andrew D'Souza, Ottawa
Austin Flannigan, Ottawa
Jack Hall, Western
Bryan Jok, Western
Muhammad Kamaruddin, McMaster
Jonathan Lai, Toronto
Andrew Wilkinson, Toronto 

OUA Female All-stars
Jayme Carter, McMaster
Giselle Chan, Toronto
Karissa Chan, Western
Joletta Cheung, McMaster
Vivian Kwok, Toronto
Emily Lam, Waterloo
Bethany So, Toronto
Samantha Zheng, Western

 

Order	Event	Toronto (Toronto)	-	Western (Western)	Score	Points
1	XD1	Kristy Chan	-	Bryan Jok	21-18 18-21 25-23	1-0
		Jonathan Lai		Samantha Zheng
2	XD2	Giselle Chan	-	Michelle Cheng	21-18 21-16	1-0
		Andrew Wilkinson		Jack Hall
3	WS1	Bethany So	-	Claudia Tai	21-7 21-5	1-0
4	WS2	Vivian Kwok	-	Karissa Chan	21-7 21-13	1-0
5	MS1	Victor Chan	-	Sean Mcgowan	15-21 15-21	0-1
6	MS2	Jack Lin	-	Natassapong Petchu	14-21 21-14 21-15	1-0
7	WD1	Vivian Kwok	-	Claudia Tai	21-16 21-8	1-0
		Bethany So		Samantha Zheng
8	WD2	Giselle Chan	-	Karissa Chan
		Kristy Chan		Michelle Cheng
9	MD1	Jonathan Lai	-	Jack Hall
		Jackie Yeung		Bryan Jok
10	MD2	Andre Chan	-	Brandon Chau
		Samuel Li		Avery Lee

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