Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON - For the first time since 2013, the OUA Women's Squash Championship banner belongs to the Western Mustangs.

Western took the championship trophy for the 15th time in program history on Sunday, beating the Toronto Varsity Blues 4-3 in the final.

"It took a team effort. Every match matters, and with us every practice matters," said Mustangs Women's Head Coach Tom Panabaker. "They're out there on their own, they're playing league, coming out solo drilling and they do it year after year."

Western finished undefeated at 5&0 on the weekend.

The championship started Friday when Western took a 4-3 win over Waterloo in the morning and followed that up with a 7-0 win over Guelph.

On Saturday the Mustangs rounded out the round robin with a 6-1 win over the host Brock Badgers. In the semi-finals Western got past Queen's 5-2, setting the stage for the gold medal finals against Toronto.

In the finals, Hailey Moss got a 3-1 win in the 7's match, that was followed up with Natalie McGillicuddy winning 3-0 in the 6's match. Toronto would take a pair of points in the 5's & 4's match but Western regrouped with Sophie Pinfold winning the 3's match 3-1 and Katie Boulanger cemented the Western victory in the 2's match winning 3-2 in a five set intense match that lasted over an hour.

Western was well represented in the post event Major Awards with Ashley Hall being named Rookie of the Year as well as an OUA All-Star and Head Coach Tom Panabaker was named Co-Coach of the Year as he shared the award with Toronto's Head Coach.
 
Major Awards
MVP - Niki Shemirani, Waterloo
Rookie of the Year - Ashley Hall, Western
Coach of the Year - Amr Elmehelmi, Toronto & Tom Panabaker, Western
 
All-Stars
Niki Shemirani, Waterloo
Gabby Waite, Queen's
Ashley Hall, Western
Keira Rawlins, Toronto
Shirin Batra, Toronto
Sofia Quon, McMaster

Final Standings

Rank	Team	Record
1	Western	5-0
2	Toronto	4-1
3	Waterloo	3-2
4	Queen's	2-3
5	McMaster	3-2
6	Brock	2-3
7	Guelph	1-4
8	Ottawa	0-5