The University of Toronto Varsity Blues badminton team won their third consecutive provincial banner as the 2018 OUA championship wrapped up on Sunday afternoon (Feb. 18) at Ryerson University.

Full Results
 
The Blues went 3-0 during pool play, defeating both the Waterloo Warriors and Ottawa Gee-Gees, 9-1, before topping the Carleton Ravens 10-0 to earn a bye into Sunday's semi-final round.
 
Toronto then met the Gee-Gees again in the semis, topping them 6-3 to set up an OUA gold-medal match versus the McMaster Marauders, who defeated the Western Mustangs 6-4 in the other semifinal of the morning.
 
U of T proved to be too much for the Marauders, claiming the 6-2 victory to seal Toronto's sixth OUA title since 1997 and fourth in the last six season.
 
Bethany So was named the female most valuable player for the second straight season and third time in her career, while she and teammates Vivian Kwok and Giselle Chan earned OUA all-star honours, all for the second straight year.   Marcus Waskiw-Ford earned OUA all-star honours on the men's side.
 
In his first season guiding the Blues, Jackie Yeung was named the OUA coach of the year.

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

Most Valuable Players
Bethany So – Toronto
Jack Hall – Western

Rookie of the Year
Cara de Belle – Western
Liam Woodside – Ottawa

Coach of the Year
Jackie Yeung – Toronto

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


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