Posted: Jan 14, 2019

Ooks Come Out On Top In ACAC Tournament #2

Sam Nahrgang, NAIT Athletics

EDMONTON, ALTA. - ACAC Badminton Tournament #2 was held at NAIT on Sunday. For a second straight tournament, it was the Ooks who came out on top in team points.

NAIT finished in first place with 183 points, second place was the Concordia Thunder with 131, third was King's at 114 and Olds finished fourth with 84 points.

Despite winning the team event for the second consecutive tournament, it was the Concordia Thunder who stole the spotlight in individual competition, placing first in three of five events (mixed doubles, men's doubles, and women's singles). NAIT took home a first-place finish in women's doubles along with placing second in every event. The Ook also added four third-place finishes. The next ACAC badminton tournament will be held at Olds College on February 3rd.

Place	Men's Singles	Women's Singles	Men's Doubles	Women's Doubles	Mixed Doubles
1st	Narayan Ramdhani King's Eagles	Takeisha Wang Concordia Thunder	Nick Pittman / Desmond Wang Concordia Thunder	Samantha Hsu / Eyota Kwan NAIT Ooks	Desmond Wang / Takeisha Wang Concordia Thunder
2nd	Tyler Walsh NAIT Ooks	Eyota Kwan NAIT Ooks	Jeff Ko/ Ron Mendina NAIT Ooks	Bea Bernardo/ Ryo Kuramochi NAIT Ooks	Jeff Ko/ Connie Juang NAIT Ooks
3rd	John Li NAIT Ooks	Ryo Kuramochi NAIT Ooks	John Li / Tyler Walsh NAIT Ooks	Kaylee Morris / Kassidy Turcotte Concordia Thunder	Ron Mendina / Samantha Hsu NAIT Ooks

Season standings following Tournament #2:

1.NAIT Ooks - 366 points

2. Concordia Thunder - 263 points

3. King's Eagles - 214 points

4. Old Broncos - 165 points