Brock showed strong improvement at the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Squash Championships.

The Brock Badgers women's squash team hosted the 2025 edition of the tournament on Friday, Feb. 7 to Sunday, Feb. 9 at the White Oaks Conference Resort and Spa in Niagara-on-the-Lake, placing sixth; their best finish since placing fifth at the 2020 OUA Squash Championships.

The Western Mustangs captured the women's division title, besting the Toronto Varsity Blues 4-3 in the final match.

"Both teams put in 100 per cent effort and really played their hearts out," said head coach Matt Easingwood. "So, we are now looking forward to next year. Thanks to White Oaks for hosting."

On Day 1, the Badgers opened with a 5-2 victory over the Guelph Gryphons before falling 7-0 to the Waterloo Warriors late in the evening.  

Brock 5 - Guelph 2 

Kicking off as hosts, Brock captured a competitive win over Guelph. 

Rachael Liu started with two quick set wins (11-5, 11-4) and rebounded from a 7-11 loss by winning the fourth and final set 12-10 over Khadija Hamada. 

After dropping the opening set 4-11, Emma Shea won three straight sets over Jordan Van Remortel; all by a score of 11-7.  

Evelyn Anzik (11-5, 11-7, 11-6), Julie Do (11-6, 14-12, 11-4), and Allison MacPhail (11-2, 11-5, 11-9) swept their opponents to secure the Badgers' win against Guelph.  

Brock 0 - Waterloo 7 

Late in the evening on Friday, the Badgers fell to the Warriors. 

Liu put up a strong fight against Ananya Maheshwari, taking the match to a fifth set but falling just short 11-9.  

Brock 1 - Western 6 

Finishing off pool play, Brock was bested by the Western Mustangs on Saturday.  

In what was a close and competitive match in all five sets, Liu defeated Western's Katie Boulanger (8-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7). 

The Badgers' results in their pool lined up them with a consolation semifinal match against the Ottawa Gee-Gees. 

Brock 7 - Ottawa 0  

Saturday afternoon, Brock picked up a comfortable 7-0 win over Ottawa to advance to the fifth-place match. 

Danielle Tonna took down Ottawa's Emaan Chaudry in three straight sets, winning 11-6, 11-3, 11-5.  

Anzik (11-2, 11-4, 11-0), Do (11-5, 11-6, 11-8), Liu (11-2, 11-4, 11-6) and Shea (11-6, 11-3, 11-6) also swept their respective opponents en route to the victory versus the Gee-Gees which landed them against the Marauders in the consolation final.

With Ottawa only having five players, the last two matches were defaulted. 

Brock 3 - McMaster 4 

In the fifth-place match, the Marauders bested the Badgers in a closely contested matchup. 

Addie Hambly (11-9, 8-11, 11-2, 11-5) and Allison MacPhail (11-3, 11-1, 11-5) both secured match wins for Brock in the contest.  

Liu's opponent Aparna Maheshwari had to retire after one set after Liu had won the first set 11-1. 

The major award winners, all-stars and final standings are listed below:

Major Awards - Women 
MVP - Niki Shemirani, Waterloo 
Rookie of the Year - Ashley Hall, Western 
Coach of the Year - Amr Elmehelmi, Toronto & Tom Panabaker, Western 

All-Stars – Women 
Niki Shermirani, Waterloo 
Gabby Waite, Queen's 
Ashley Hall, Western 
Keira Rawlins, Toronto 
Shirin Batra, Toronto 
Sofia Quon, McMaster 

Final Standings - Women