The Blues badminton squad decimated an overmatched Ryerson team on Saturday, Oct. 18, defeating the Rams in 10 of 13 matches. This was the inaugural badminton match of the year, and counted in the “TRY Cup” standings.
Seasoned veteran Jessica Shiu turned in an outstanding performance on the women’s side, defeating Marlene Andrade 11-1 and 11-0 in singles play. Shiu is the only regular returning member of last year’s squad, and team captain. Shiling Cheung also showed skill, strength, and heart when she came back to win the last two sets of her match after losing the first.
Lee Ha was the star for the men, as he was able to get past John Chen with 15-13 and 15-8 wins. This allowed him to keep a firm grip on the #1 ranking in the OUA standings.
Doubles play was highlighted by a huge victory by Jessica Shiu and relative newcomer Susan Wong. The pair didn’t give up more than seven points in either set against Marlene Andrade and Barb Liu from Ryerson.
