Day Three RecapTORONTO – Both the Western Mustangs men's and women's tennis teams brought home hardware from the OUA Tennis Championship hosted by York University, with the men's team claiming silver while the women's team won bronze.
The Toronto Varsity Blues won the title on the men's side, and Montreal earned the top spot on the women's.
Western faced off with the Varsity Blues in the men's final with Toronto taking a 5-2 win. Both of the Mustangs points came in singles competition as Vahagn Tonakanian defeated Ivan Markovic (6-2, 6-3), and Brent Moffatt won his contest with Cameron Chiang (6-4, 7-5).
Toronto's win marked the end of Western's three-year championship run as the Mustangs had won the OUA crown from 2012-14.
The Mustangs and Varsity Blues also squared off on the women's side of the event, with Western taking the bronze medal with a dominant 6-1 win.
Western swept all three doubles matches with the teams of Helen He and Maja Dragovic, Aurthi Muthukumara and Melissa Lee, and Chantal Forristal and Chloe Duggal all winning their matches by scores of 8-1, 8-0, and 8-1 respectively.
In singles competition He, Lee, Muthukumara, and Dragovic experienced the same success as in the doubles event, and they were joined by Julia Kobylianski who was also victorious.
Day Two RecapTORONTO - The Western Mustangs men's tennis team will aim to capture their fourth consecutive OUA title while the women's team will look to win bronze on Sunday at the OUA Tennis Championships hosted by York University.
Western earned a spot in the men's final with a 5-2 win over Waterloo on Saturday, taking four of six singles matches and two of the three doubles contests.
Andre Szilvassy continued to lead the way in the first flight with win over the Warriors John Chan.
Sasha Leznoff, Kurtis Alexandre, and Brian Chen also were successful in singles competition. Alexandre and Szilvassy combined to pick up a win in the doubles event, as did Leznoff and
Aman Dhaliwal.
The men's team will now move on to square off with Toronto, who blanked Montreal 7-0 to advance to the final.
On the women's side, Western fell to Montreal by a 6-1 score. The team's one win in the match came at the fifth spot as
Maja Dragovic defeated Anais Boa 8-5.
Western will now take on Toronto in the bronze medal match while Montreal will face the defending champion York Lions for gold.
Matches are set to get underway tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. with the bronze medal contests set for Mayfair East, while the gold medal pairings will be played out at Mayfair Parkway.
Day One RecapTORONTO – Both of Western's tennis teams earned victories on Day One of the OUA Tennis Championships at York University, as the women's team defeated McMaster 6-1 early in the day before the top-ranked men beat Carleton 7-0 at night.
With the wins, the women's team is set to face Montreal on day two while the men's team prepares to face the Waterloo Warriors in their second matchup of the weekend.
On the men's side, Western won all three of its doubles matchups while losing just three games in the process.
Vahagn Tonakanian and Kurtis Alexandre both put up clean sheets in their singles matchups, as all six of Western's players put up dominant performances.
Top seed
Andre Szilvassy led the way with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Carleton's Mykell Reiter, followed by victories from Tanakenian (6-0, 6-0),
Brent Moffatt (6-0, 6-1),
Sasha Leznoff (6-1, 6-1), Alexandre (6-0, 6-0), and
Brian Chen (6-3, 6-0).
The Mustangs were just as impressive on the women's side, losing just a single match on the day. Western picked up three straight victories in doubles play to earn the point while dropping just two sets in singles.
Helen He and
Chantal Forristal, Western's top two seeds, both put together 6-1, 6-0 victories in their matchups.
Melissa Lee grinded out a big victory over McMaster's Jessica Young, bouncing back from a second set loss to win all six games of the third and deciding set.
Aurthi Muthukumara and
Chloe Duggal also won for the Mustangs, edging out their opponents 6-1, 6-1 and 8-7 (1), respectively.
Katie Vincent fell 4-8 in a hard fought match with Lily Southcott to round out the matches on Friday.
Both teams will be looking to continue their early success when they return to the court tomorrow, as the men's team looks to continue their march towards their fourth consecutive OUA Tennis Championship and the women aim to capture their first OUA title since 2012.
