HAMILTON, Ont. - After earning the title of OUA Champions in February, the Marauders will now compete against teams from across the nation at the final varsity curling event of the season - the U SPORTS/Curling Canada Curling Championship. 
 
The Marauders will be joined by seven other teams from coast-to-coast including the Victoria Vikes, Alberta Pandas, Laurentian Voyageurs, TMU Bold, Dalhousie Tigers, UPEI Panthers and Memorial Sea-Hawks. The Gryphons swept the national podium last season and will hope to repeat in 2023. McMaster will compete against each team in round robin play and will look to secure a spot in the playoffs on Sunday.

After a 3-1 run through the round-robin at the 2023 OUA Championship, McMaster picked up wins over Western and Queen's en route to the final. A steal of one by the Laurentian Voyageurs, the victors the last time the championship was hosted in Oshawa, got the finale underway. McMaster then blanked a pair of ends before another Voyageurs steal in the fourth put them down 2-0 at the break. The eventual champions bounced back with a deuce in the fifth. Laurentian and Mac then traded singles in six and seven, setting up a 3-3 tie going into the eighth and final end. The Marauders stole their way to victory, picking up a single point to win their first OUA women's curling championship since 2020 and fourth overall.
   

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2023 U SPORTS/Curling Canada Championship Details

• Each team will play a full round robin of seven (7) games from Wednesday night to Saturday. The playoffs will be held Sunday. There will not be any tiebreaker games played.
• During the round robin portion, each team will be assigned red stones three (3) times and yellow stones four (4) times OR stones assigned red handles four (4) times and yellow stones three (3) times.
• A team's rank for tiebreaker scenarios will be based on the best 12 of 14 pre-game draw shots to the button for last stone advantage.
• All games are scheduled for ten (10) ends. All round robin games and playoff games at the U SPORTS / Curling Canada University Championships can be conceded after a minimum of eight (8) ends.

 

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Curlers to Watch

McMaster Marauders
 
Evelyn Robert, 1st Year (Elig.), Clarksburg, Ont.

• The rookie was a key part of the Marauders' gold medal run at the 2023 OUA Women's Curling Championship
• Received OUA First Team All-Stars for her consistent play at the Championship
• Will compete at her first-ever U SPORTS/Curling Canada Championship

Madelyn Warriner, 4th Year (Elig.), Burlington, Ont.

• 2x OUA Champion
• The veteran skip is in her final year as a Marauder and is an experienced curler at the U SPORTS/Curling Canada Championship
• Will lead the McMaster squad

 

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U SPORTS National Championship Coverage

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