HAMILTON, Ont. - The OUA Championship is here for women's lacrosse. McMaster will head to Toronto to face some of the top lacrosse talent in the province. With a very young team, the Marauders will look to gain some valuable Championship experience and secure wins against the Toronto Varsity Blues and Queen's Gaels - to earn them a spot on Sunday's schedule. The maroon and grey will lean on the leadership of the longest standing member of the team, Kierra McDougall, who will play in her final games as a Marauder this weekend.
   
Nine teams will compete for the OUA Championship title  - the Brock Badgers, Guelph Gryphons, McMaster Marauders, Ontario Tech Ridgebacks, Queen's Gaels, Toronto Varsity Blues, Trent Excalibur, Western Mustangs and Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. In 2021, the Trent Excalibur won its second straight Patterson Cup.  The defending back-to-back champions will look to capture the three-peat this weekend and bring that rising Patterson Cup total to four in their program's brief existence thus far.

McMaster has faced each of these teams already this year and will know what they are up against at the 2022 OUA Championship. The Marauders have two wins and a tie this season and will look to add to that this weekend.

Championship action gets underway this afternoon at 1pm but the Marauders won't take to the field until 8pm tonight against the host Varsity Blues. The OUA Championship title will be awarded Sunday evening at 5pm.
 

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2022 OUA Lacrosse Championship Details

• All teams are guaranteed two round robin games, one on Friday and one on Saturday
• Games are 60 minutes, four 15 minute quarters
• The clock is stopped on the umpire's whistle within the last 30 seconds of quarters 1, 2 & 3 and within the last 2 minutes of quarter 4. When play is stopped prior to the last 30 seconds of quarters 1, 2 &3, the timer will stop the clock when it reaches 30 seconds, and the timer will stop the clock when it reaches 2 minutes in quarter 4 if play has not resumed
• Quarter breaks may not exceed 3 minutes, and half time may not exceed 10 minutes

 

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Lacrosse Championship Schedule
 
Sunday's schedule will be determined after the round robin competition on Friday and Saturday.
 

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Championship Coverage

Results: Updated live on the Toronto Varsity Blues Twitter feed

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