The Canadian University (CU) championships in squash wrapped up this past week, with U of T bringing home multiple medals.
The Blues sent 10 women to the Canadian championship tournament in Waterloo, which ended early last week. Evelyn Moorhouse captured fourth place in the women’s open championship, and Natalie Londono finished fifth. Kathryn Milligan captured the silver medal, finishing 1–2.
Mabel Low won gold in the women’s A division championship, while teammate and team captain Jessica Omand took bronze. Christina Chow lost a difficult final in the C division to capture silver. Alexis Twiddy placed second in the B division final, and Rupangi Mehta brought home gold in the D final.
The men sent three players to the tournament to compete for Toronto. The Blues’ top men’s player, Ruyan Bhatia, competed in the men’s open, while teammates Wilfred Ip and Akshit competed in the A division championship.
The strong athletes capped a successful season for the Blues. The women lost just one of 13 games in the regular season, while the men went 9–9. The Blues also showed their strength in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) tournament. The women’s team swept the tournament, capturing the gold medal after beating the Western Mustangs 19–14 overall in the tournament. On the men’s side, the Blues finished fifth overall as a team, just two points behind Waterloo and Queens, who tied for third.
On the women’s side, the Blues brought home a team gold, and finished a full 5 points ahead of second-place McMaster. The team was on top of the scoreboard from the first day, and ended the tournament with six players in gold-medal matches. Moorhouse was named as an OUA All-Star, and teammate Londono won women’s OUA rookie of the year honours.
