OCAA TEAMS OF THE WEEK

TORONTO - The following have been named Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) Teams of the Week for the period ending Sunday, Feb. 19.

Humber Badminton

The Humber Hawks won their third straight OCAA badminton title at Redeemer on Saturday. All of Humber's competitors earned medals, including OCAA men's singles champion Simon Yip, women's singles champion Tracy Wong, and women's doubles champions Alyssa Woon and Renee Yip. Earning OCAA bronze medals were Leroy Stanisclaus in men's singles, Dustin Mitchell and Johnny Truong in men's doubles, as well as Hadrian Liu and Suzy Yan in mixed doubles.

Sault Curling

The Sault Cougars had home rink advantage at the OCAA Curling Championships, which they used to their advantage. After a 5-3 record in the round robin, the Sault men's team avenged a pair of earlier defeats to Fleming-Peterborough and undefeated Fanshawe to win its first OCAA men's curling title since 1992. The women's team defeated Mohawk in a tiebreaker just to advance to the medal round, then knocked off a pair of undefeated teams in Seneca and Humber to win its first OCAA women's crown since 1973.

Seneca Curling

The Seneca Sting defended its OCAA mixed curling title. After a 4-1 record in the round robin, Seneca defeated St. Clair 8-3 in the semi-final. The Sting then avenged their only loss at the tournament, defeating Fanshawe 9-2 in the OCAA final on the strength of five points in the third end. Seneca second Scott Sawarzky and third Madisson Lank were named first team all-stars, while lead Tameka Vaters and skip Matt Lowe earned second team recognition.

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