Toronto, ON – The Mustangs Badminton team battled hard all weekend at the 2025 OUA Championship but just came up short of a podium finish, losing to the host York Lions in the bronze medal match.

Western started the weekend with a 7-3 win over McMaster on Friday morning but followed that up with a 10-0 loss to the eventual OUA Champion Toronto Varsity Blues.

The Mustangs rebounded on Saturday with a 6-4 win over Ontario Tech, which thrust them into the playoff round. In the quarterfinals, the Mustangs battled to a 5-5 draw with the Ottawa Gee-Gees, but Western advanced to the semi-final due to more games won in the tie (13-11).

On Sunday, the Mustangs dropped their meeting with the Waterloo Warriors 7-1, and that sent them to the bronze medal match against the host Lions. In the bronze match, Jasper Tang & Noah Xu got a point in men's doubles while Christina Lin & Jasmine Shi also picked up a point in Women's Doubles. Lin was the only Mustang to get a point in singles matches, and York would win the match 6-3 and take the bronze medal.

FINAL STANDINGS:
Gold: Toronto
Silver: Waterloo
Bronze: York
4th: Western
5th: McMaster
6th: Ottawa
7th: Ontario Tech
8th: TMU Bold
9th: Guelph Gryphons

MAJOR AWARDS:
Male MVP – Brian Yang (York)
Female MVP – Jacqueline Cheung (Toronto)
Male Rookie of the Year – Brian Yang (York)
Female Rookie of the Year – Chloe Lee (York)
Coach of the Year – Nicky Aung (Toronto)

OUA ALL-STARS
FEMALE:
Jacqueline Cheung (Toronto)
Jackie Dent (Toronto)
Chloe Chui (Toronto)
Ashley Wong (Waterloo)
Jessica Cheng (Waterloo)
Sophia Nong (York)
Jeslyn Chow (McMaster)
Chloe Hoang (Ontario Tech)

MALE:
Harold Tan (Toronto)
Peter Briggs (Toronto)
Jacob Kim (Waterloo)
Michael Ji – (Waterloo)
Thomas Dent (Waterloo)
Brian Yang (York)
Victor Lai (York)
Joshua Nguyen (Ontario Tech)