McGill men settle for silver at OUA squash championships

WATERLOO - The McGill men's squash team finished second at the OUA championships, Saturday, hosted by the University of Waterloo at the Northfield Racquet Club.

After a 4-2 opening round victory over Queen's, the Redmen advanced to the gold medal game where they fell 6-0 to the Western Ontario Mustangs. It marked the 27th consecutive year that the omnipotent Mustangs had captured the OUA title.

Western, which had gone 18-0 during the regular season, had advanced to the tourney final after sweeping the McMaster Marauders 6-0 in their semifinal. The Marauders rebounded in the bronze medal game, tying Queen's 3-3 but winning the tie-breaker with four more match victories.

It was yet another dominant performance by the Mustangs. Western's Brian Hong from Toronto, Kimesh Chetty of Hamilton, Ryan Herden of Vancouver, B.C., Strachan Jarvis of Toronto, Yeshale Chetty of Millgrove, Ont., and Andrew Silvestri of Oakville all swept their opponents by 3-0 scores in both rounds, with the exception of Hong who battled McGill's Ben Marien, their top seed from Westmount, Que., to a 3-2 outcome (11-4, 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 11-0).

Marien, a 5-foot-11 philosophy senior, had swept his Queen's opponent in the semifinal, defeating Paul Gartenburg 13-11, 11-5 and 13-11.

In other McGill results from their winning semifinal, No.2-seeded Nick James of North Vancouver defeated Alex Ford 11-9, 6-11, 11-7 and 11-7, No.3 Adam Hodge of Brockville, Ont., lost to Amr Hamour (13-11, 9-11, 7-11, 5-11), No.4- Rumi Tejpar of Vancouver defeated Erik Zufelt (11-3, 5-11, 12-10, 11-9), No.5-David Sanders of Victoria, B.C., lost to Andrew Brennan (11-8, 11-5, 13-15, 8-11, 6-11) and No.6-Stu Clark, also from Vancouver, swept Jeremy Setterfield (11-8, 11-6, 12-10).

On the women's side, the Gaels knocked off the defending champion Mustangs 4-2 for the OUA banner. Queen's had reached the final after defeating the Toronto Varsity Blues 5-1 while Western knocked McMaster out of gold medal contention by a similar score. In a close bronze medal game, Toronto tied McMaster 3-3 in its fixture and 12-12 in individual matches, but won the tie-breaker by nine points on total score aggregate.

OUA SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIPS

MEN'S RESULTS

GOLD MEDAL GAME

Western defeats McGill 6-0

Brian Hong defeated Ben Marien 3-2 (11-4, 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 11-0)

Kimesh Chetty defeated Nick James 3-0 (11-6, 11-0, 11-5)

Ryan Herden defeated Adam Hodge 3-0 (11-2, 11-5, 11-4)

Strachan Jarvis defeated Rumi Tejpar 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-6)

Yeshale Chetty defeated David Sanders 3-0 (11-2, 13-11, 11-6)

Andrew Silvestri defeated Stu Clark 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-7)

BRONZE MEDAL GAME

McMaster defeats Queen's 3-3 (15-11 match record)

Ahmed Shohayeb was defeated by Paul Gartenburg 3-2 (14-16, 11-9, 11-5, 3-11, 11-6)

Hassan Muhammed was defeated by Alex Ford 3-2 (11-9, 9-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-4)

Colin Chisholm defeated Amr Hamour 3-0 (11-3, 11-3, 11-6)

Michael Fong defeated Erik Zufelt 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-2)

David Kossow was defeated by Andrew Brennan 3-2 (11-5, 6-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-6)

Philip Leonard defeated Jeremy Setterfield 3-2 (5-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9)

SEMIFINALS

Western defeats McMaster 6-0

Brian Hong defeated Ahmed Shohayeb 3-0 (12-10, 11-5, 11-5)

Kimesh Chetty defeated Hassan Muhammed 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-9)

Ryan Herden defeated Colin Chisholm 3-0 (14-12, 11-3, 11-4)

Strachan Jarvis defeated Michael Fong 3-0 (11-4, 11-2, 11-5)

Yeshale Chetty defeated David Kossow 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-5)

Andrew Silvestri defeated Adam Clarridge 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 12-10)

McGill defeats Queen's 4-2

Ben Marien defeated Paul Gartenburg 3-0 (13-11, 11-5, 13-11)

Nick James defeated Alex Ford 3-1 (11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-7)

Adam Hodge was defeated by Amr Hamour 1-3 (13-11, 9-11, 7-11, 5-11)

Rumi Tejpar defeated Erik Zufelt 3-1 (11-3, 5-11, 12-10, 11-9)

David Sanders was defeated by Andrew Brennan 2-3 (11-8, 11-5, 13-15, 8-11, 6-11)

Stu Clark defeated Jeremy Setterfield 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 12-10)

WOMEN'S RESULTS

GOLD MEDAL GAME

Queen's defeats Western 4-2

Erin Roberts defeated Samantha Hennings 3-2 (11-8, 13-11, 10-12, 4-11, 12-10)

Heather Lamb defeated Rachel Fergerson 3-0 (11-2, 11-4, 11-2)

Julie Dales defeated Holly Delavigne 3-0 (11-4, 11-2, 11-3)

Caitlin Klein defeated Kathleen Horman 3-1 (11-7, 15-13, 1-11, 11-4)

Hilary Dugan was defeated by Giselle Delgado 2-3 (11-5, 10-12, 5-11, 11-4, 9-11)

Alison Wardlaw was defeated by Alexa Lanese 3-0 (12-10, 12-10, 11-3)

BRONZE MEDAL GAME

Toronto defeats McMaster 3-3 (12-12 match record; 214-205 total score)

Megan Northey was defeated by Kristina Taylor 1-3 (11-7, 9-11, 9-11, 4-11)

Shuhsien Zhu was defeated by Sunayna Gupta 0-3 (5-11, 6-11, 8-11)

Rebecca Tristan was defeated by Arclave Katie Buck 2-3 (11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 4-11, 7-11)

Soojin Yi defeated Anoushka Patel 3-2 (11-7, 11-7, 4-11, 10-12, 11-9)

Daniah Shamim defeated Megan Raczkowski 3-0 (11-1, 11-0, 11-4)

Agata Bartczak defeated Shanon Galea 3-1 (11-6, 11-2, 5-11, 14-12)

SEMIFINALS

Queen's defeats Toronto 5-1

Erin Roberts defeated Megan Northey 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-5)

Heather Lamb defeated Shuhsien Zhu 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-2)

Julie Dales defeated Rebecca Tristan 3-0 (11-7, 11-0, 11-3)

Caitlin Klein defeated Soojin Yi 3-0 (11-9, 11-3, 11-7)

Hilary Dugan defeated Daniah Shamim 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-7)

Alison Wardlaw was defeated by Agata Bartczak 1-3 (11-5, 11-6, 11-13, 11-3)

Western defeats McMaster 5-1

Samantha Hennings defeated Kristina Taylor 3-1 (9-11, 11-4, 11-3, 11-7)

Rachel Fergerson was defeated by Sunayna Gupta 0-3 (11-7, 13-11, 11-7)

Holly Delavigne defeated Katie Buck 3-1 (5-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-5)

Kathleen Horman defeated Anoushka Patel 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-3)

Giselle Delgado defeated Megan Raczkowski 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-8)

Alexa Lanese defeated Shanon Galea 3-1 (9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 12-10)

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