The Brock Badgers men's and women's squash teams took part in their final tune-up on Saturday, Jan. 18 at the Jester's Crossover No. 2 hosted by Queen's University.
On Saturday, the men's team was swept in its two matches against the Western Mustangs and Ottawa Gee-Gees.
Brock 0 - Western 7
In Brock's first matchup of the day, they lost in straight sets to Western, the reigning OUA Men's Championship winners.
Brock 1 - Ottawa 6
The Badgers secured a set win over the Gee-Gees before ultimately falling to Ottawa.
In Brock's first matchup, Aidan Parris picked up an 11-6 set victory before succumbing to opponent Chris Kirollos in the next three sets.
Finley Armstrong performed strongly against Ibrahim Ghani, besting his opponent in four sets (5-11, 14-12, 16-14,13-11).
In the sixth matchup of the contest, Colton Eggert went the distance, winning a fourth set by a score of 11-6 before losing the fifth and final set 12-14.
Setia Joy picked up a third-set win (11-9) but ultimately lost in four sets.
The Brock women's squash team split their Saturday series against Western and Ottawa.
Brock 7 - Ottawa 0
The Badgers comfortably swept the Gee-Gees in their opening match of the event.
Julie Do (11-1, 11-6, 11-4), Addie Hambly, Rachael Liu, Emma Shea (11-4, 11-2, 11-3) and Danielle Tonna (11-3, 11-3, 11-3) all swept their matchups against Ottawa.
Liu picked up an outstanding performance against opponent Megan Thompson, winning the three sets by scores of 11-4, 11-1 and 11-1.
After a close 11-8 first-set win, Hambly went on to comfortably secure the victory, winning 11-2 and 11-5.
The Gee-Gees defaulted the last two sets, resulting in the 7-0 match win by the Badgers.
Brock 1 - Western 6
Brock was bested by Western in their final contest of the day.
Hambly won in four sets (12-10, 10-12, 12-10, 11-7) over opponent Michaela Cacicas as the Badgers' lone matchup win.
Abby Roberti, Shea and Tonna all won a set each in their matches.
Next up, the Brock Badgers men's and women's squash teams will host the OUA (Ontario University Athletics) Championships at White Oaks Resort in Niagara-on-the-Lake from Friday, Feb. 7 to Sunday, Feb. 9.
