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Posted: Jan 19, 2025

ACAC Badminton Tournament #2 Recap

ACAC Badminton Tournament #2 Recap
Team Results

EDMONTON, AB – The King's University (TKU) Eagles hosted the second regular season ACAC Badminton tournament of the year. This tournament featured players from King's, Concordia, SAIT, and NAIT competing for the top spots in Men's Singles, Women's Singles, Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles, and Mixed Doubles.

Women's Singles

On the women's singles bracket, Melissa Roque (TKU) was dominant all day and came out on top, claiming first place. NAIT's Khusi Vaniya claimed 2nd place and Sienna Pricca (SAIT) took 3rd place after defeating CUE's Emma Tran.

  1. Melissa Roque (TKU)
  2. Khushi Vaniya (NAIT)
  3. Sienna Pricca (SAIT)
  4. Emma Tran (CUE)

Men's Singles

On the men's side, TKU's Hossein Ahmadi edged out Smit Patel (NAIT) for 1st place,  while SAIT's Carl Sanillo claimed third place, over Thunder's Raphael Motel.

  1. Hossein Ahmadi (TKU)
  2. Smit Patel (NAIT)
  3. Carl Sanillo (SAIT)
  4. Raphael Motel (CUE)

Women's Doubles

Six teams competed in a bracket for women's doubles. SAIT (Kong/Ouano) won with a three-set win. NAIT's Do/Tran took second place. Ooks' Caingles/Chan took third place with a win over Thunder players Psutka/Tran.

  1. Ziyu Kong & Archelle Ouano (SAIT)
  2. Noel Do & Samantha Tran (NAIT)
  3. Anya Caingles & Rachel Chan (NAIT)
  4. Lauryn Psutka & Emma Tran (CUE)

Men's Doubles

Men's doubles saw 6 pairs compete in a bracket, with TKU (Ahmadi/Ahmadi) taking the win with a close 2-set win. Second place went to the Thunder (Motel/Su). Trojans (Canillo/Ouano) took 3rd place over the NAIT ooks (Patel/Wong).

  1. Hossein Ahmadi & Mahdi Ahmadi (TKU)
  2. Raphael Motel & Jonathan Su (CUE)
  3. Carl Canillo & Paul Ouano (SAIT)
  4. Smit Patel & Davis Wong (NAIT)

Mixed Doubles

And finally, in the mixed doubles tournament, 11 teams took to the courts, with TKU's Ahmadi & Melissa taking the victory. SAIT's Paul and Archelle took the silver medal and NAIT's Wong and Vaniya beat SAIT's Gurmanjot and Ziyu for bronze.

  1. Mahdi Ahmadi & Melissa Roque (TKU)
  2. Paul Ouano & Archelle Ouano (SAIT)
  3. Davis Wong & Khushi Vaniya (NAIT)
  4. Gurmanjot Singh & Ziyu Kong (SAIT)

 The next matchup amongst these institutions will be the 3rd tournament, hosted by NAIT on Sunday, February 2nd,  2025.