Toronto, ON – The Mustangs Badminton team are bringing home a bronze medal from the 2026 OUA Championship.

Western finished 2&1 in pool play with wins over McMaster & TMU.

The Mustangs took a 6-0 win over Ottawa on Saturday night but fell 6-1 to Waterloo on Sunday morning, which put them into the 3^rd place match.

In the bronze medal match Western took a 6-2 win over York to secure a podium finish. Western got doubles points from Jadalynn Lee & Katy Wong, Jasper Tang & Ethan Yen, Ethan Yen & Jadalyn Lee as well as Karen Ki & Christina Lin. Mustangs singles points came from Tina Tian & Ethan Zang.

Tang & Tian were both named OUA All-Stars.



Final Standings
Gold: Toronto
Silver: Waterloo
Bronze: Western
4^th: York
5^th: McMaster
6^th: Ottawa
7^th: Ontario Tech
8^th: TMU
9^th: Guelph

Major Awards and All-Stars
Male MVP: Joshua Nguyen (Ontario Tech)
Female MVP: Sophia Nong (York)
Male Rookie of the Year: Asher Bedi (Toronto)
Female Rookie of the Year: Emma Meng (Toronto)
Coach of the Year: Brian Tjoa (Toronto)

Male All-Stars
Aiden Siow (TMU)
Andy Bai (Ottawa)
Asher Bedi (Toronto)
Clarence Chau (Toronto)
Jasper Tang (Western)
Joshua Nguyen (Ontario Tech)
Liam Zhang (Waterloo)
Michael Ji (Waterloo)

Female All-Stars
Ashley Wong (Waterloo)
Chloe Choi (Toronto)
Chloe Hoang (Ontario Tech)
Chloe Wang (McMaster)
Emma Meng (Toronto)
Jackie Dent (Toronto)
Sophia Nong (York)
Tina Tian (Western)