The Canadian College Tennis Championships concluded on Sunday in Montreal, marking the top of a three-day occasion that noticed eight groups from 5 colleges, 4 males’s and 4 ladies’s, battling to be topped USPORTS Champions.
The Université Laval took on the College of British Columbia within the males’s remaining, whereas Laval’s Rouge et Or took on the College of Alberta Pandas within the ladies’s remaining.
Ladies’s Finals
The College of Alberta Pandas continued their dominant run on Sunday, defeating the Laval Rouge et Or 4-1 on Sunday to win their fifth-consecutive nationwide title.
Alberta acquired off to a fast begin, successful the doubles level, adopted by two of the primary three singles matches.
The Panda’s Alexandra Jewitt gained all 4 matches she performed over the 2 days of play, together with two singles and two doubles matches. Emma Rutherford and Emily Granson, who had been each named to the All-Star crew, every gained three of their 4 matches.
Throughout their present nationwide title streak, Alberta owns a 35-1 crew file and a mixed 173-42 file in singles and doubles matches.
The Pandas cruised to the ultimate, successful all seven semifinal matches towards Dalhousie with out dropping a set, successful 87 per cent of the video games.
Laval reached the ultimate after a 5-2 win over the College of Toronto within the semifinal.
Toronto defeated Dalhousie 4-0 to win the third-place matchup.
Particular person Awards
Most Beneficial Participant: Érica Di Battista (Laval)
Coach of the Match: Ivan Quintero and Kyle Sluchinski (Alberta)
Truthful play award: Britany Daigle (Laval)
Rookie of the 12 months: Sonia Skobkareva (Alberta)
All-Star crew: Emma Rutherford (Alberta), Emily Granson (Alberta), Érica Di Battista (Laval), Émilie Corbett (Laval), Jenny Klenner (Dalhousie), Anastasiya Dyadchenko (Toronto)
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Males’s Finals
In a intently contested crew match, British Columbia defeated Laval 4-2 to say the College Championship. The Rouge et Or took the primary doubles match to realize an early lead however UBC’s Thunderbirds would win the following two doubles matches and three of the primary 4 singles matches to clinch the title.
This was the Thunderbirds’ second Canadian College Championship prior to now three years, having gained in 2022.
The distinction between the groups was razor-thin, as every college gained 82 video games apiece with British Columbia ending with a small 9-7 edge in units gained.
Each groups dominated their semifinal opponents en path to Sunday’s remaining. The Rouge et Or swept Dalhousie 7-0 with out giving up a set, whereas British Columbia topped Toronto’s Varsity Blues 6-1, dropping one doubles match and one singles match within the commanding victory.
The College of Toronto Varsity Blues beat the Dalhousie Tigers 4-2 to win the third-place matchup.
Particular person Awards
Most Beneficial Participant: Marvin Kao (British Columbia)
Coach of the Match: Barak Jacob (British Columbia)
Truthful play award: Payton Nicol (Dalhousie)
Rookie of the 12 months: Alexandre Lescoulie (Laval)
All-Star crew: Jared Maclean (British Columbia, Kiran Phaterpekar (British Columbia), Charles-Antoine Boily (Laval), Othman Ennaciri (Laval), Rassem Yazdi (Toronto), Hielke Moore (Dalhousie)
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This was the primary time the College Championships had been hosted beneath each the Tennis Canada and U SPORTS banners as the 2 organizations have collaborated to make tennis the primary Pilot Sport in program historical past.
As a Pilot Sport, tennis shall be a part of the Partnership Sports activities class of U SPORTS’ new sport mannequin program. Underneath the Partnership Sports activities umbrella, occasions are primarily funded by the suitable Nationwide Sports activities Group and operated in partnership with U SPORTS.
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