Both the men's and women's tennis teams had strong showings at the 2022 OUA Championships hosted by York at the Mayfair Tennis Club.
In their opening round matchup, the men's squad cruised past the Brock Badgers by a score of 7-0 to secure their spot in the OUA semifinals against Western. On the women's side, it was much tighter competition, where it came down to the singles matches.
Nicole Fitzpatrick (Mono/) earned a big victory in her match to give Waterloo a 4-2 win over the Badgers, punching their ticket to the semifinals against Western.
In the semifinals, the eventual champions on both the men's and women's side Western got the better of the Warriors, defeating the Warrior women by a score of 7-0 and Warrior men 6-1. The Warriors got their match wins from doubles pair
Alex Oancea (Thornhill/) and
Pavle Milic (Toronto/)Â while Oancea also won his singles match in a thrilling 3-set win.
The loss put the Warriors in the OUA bronze medal match with the women facing off against McMaster and the men playing the host York for third place. The black and gold came up just short in those matches with the women losing 0-7 and the men 3-4 to settle for a pair of fourth place finishes.
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