Sting Capture Three Medals at OCAA Championship

TORONTO - Day 2 of the OCAA Badminton Championships was a fantastic finish and capstone to an incredibly entertaining and competitive season.

Humber College showed why they were and are the No. 1 CCAA-ranked school capturing the men's title. On the women's side of the bracket, Centennial had a fantastic finish across all categories, capturing their first OCAA women's title in program history.

Mixed Doubles

Centennial and Humber met once again in the finals, this year it was Gokul Kumar and Zeel Rohit from Humber who would go on to win in a convincing two-game sweep over Centennial's Roney Roy and Ranjana Bhatt 21-15 and 21-16. With the Colts settling for silver, Sadik Ali and Marla Betts from Conestoga would upset Jason Kao and Vaness Lam from Seneca to take home the bronze, winning in dominant fashion 21-14 and 21-12.

Women's Doubles

Monique Lee and Giselle Kochapanya continued their incredible season, cruising through the playoff bracket. After winning their semi-final match against Humber 21-7 and 21-15, they would capture gold, defeating Tanya Sharma and Hedieh Abbasbeiglou from Seneca in a tight three-game match, 16-21, 21-12, 21-11. In the bronze medal match Rini Chiu and Carolyn Luk were triumphant, winning a delightful three-setter over Humber's Glorinelle Questin and Ayushi Vasava (17-21,21-10,21-10).

Men's Doubles

Arpi Sinha and Roshan Jacob from Fanshawe were working in perfect synchronicity on Saturday. After sweeping their semi-final match against George Brown's Ken Ayco and Henry Chan (21-11, 21-13), they would go up against West Region All-Star from Humber Dhruh Raval and Fred Houle, sweeping them in two games (21-11, 21-19) to secure gold. In the bronze medal match, Seneca's Anthony Tso and Eric Peng would get their revenge.

Women's Singles

The women's singles bracket showcased dynamic play and fierce competitions, yet adversity struck as the West Division Player of the Year, Devika Kumar, succumbed to injury during her semi-final match against Prathana Deuba from Centennial. Consequently, Jasmine Lau from Centennial claimed the bronze medal through a walkover, with Kumar unable to finish. In the final, featuring a rematch of the East Regional women's single finals, Moti Shams emerged victorious once more, securing the gold by defeating Deuba in straight games with scores of 21-14 and 22-20.

Men's Singles

After pushing East Division Player of the Year Colin Zhou to a three-set match in the semi-finals, Maneet Bindra from St. Lawrence College regained his composure, winning in two straight games over Val Wong from Seneca (21-15, 21-15). In the highly anticipated final match, Zhou and Timothy Lock went head to head. Lock, reigning OCAA Player of the Year, previously defeated Zhou at Fanshawe and defeated during this tournament in round-robin play. Whether it was by design or just the heart of a champion, Zhou showed why he's the defending national champion. After losing the first game, Zhou and Lock would go the wire in game two, with Zhou pulling away to win. It would take the final game to determine the champion. Both players were visibly exhausted, Lock looked to be favouring his left leg. At this point, Zhou put on the after-burners to pull ahead, winning the final game and the provincial title, 21-13. The final score was (15-21, 21-17, 21-13). With the win, Zhou defends his title and a rare chance to go back-to-back as champion.

Source: Centennial Colts