GUELPH, Ont. – With heads held high, the UOIT women's and men's curling teams can leave Guelph knowing they've had the best performance in program history.
 
The women were the first to finish their week at the OUA championship, wrapping up round-robin play with a 7-4 loss to the Carleton Ravens on Sunday morning. UOIT was 3-4 at the end of the week, losing three of four games by a lone point.
 
After a first end blank, Carleton was the first team on the board with two in the second end. UOIT answered with one in the third before the Ravens went ahead 4-1 at the fourth-end break.
 
Another single with hammer came for the Ridgebacks in the fifth, with Carleton being held to just one in the sixth.
 
Trailing 5-2, UOIT was able to get their deuce with hammer to close the gap to one, but in the eighth the Ravens grabbed two points to win 7-4.
 
Through 52 ends over the weekend the Ridgebacks women didn't allow more than three points at all, while allowing three in just two ends.
 
Sunday night was a historic one for UOIT's curling program as it was the first time either team made it to an OUA quarter-final.
 
Up against the Laurier Golden Hawks, the Ridgebacks fell behind early as Laurier opened with a deuce with hammer in the first end.
 
After a blank in two, UOIT scored one in the third with hammer. A number that the Ridgebacks struggled with all weekend was three, which Laurier scored in the fourth to go ahead 5-1 midway through the game.
 
Another blank in five allowed the Ridgebacks to carry hammer into the sixth end. They would only score one, meaning the team had to steal their way to a win. In the seventh they stole one, needing a steal of two in the eighth to tie.
 
Laurier ran UOIT out of rocks in the eighth end as they advanced to Monday's semifinal with a 5-3 victory over the Ridgebacks.

Men's Championship Results
Thursday, Feb. 19
7-1 victory over Algoma
7-5 victory over Guelph
 
Friday, Feb. 20
8-7 victory over Carleton
9-4 victory over Toronto


Saturday, Feb. 21
5-4 loss to Western
7-6 victory over Queen's
 
Sunday, Feb. 22
5-3 loss to Laurier (OUA quarter-final)
 
 
 
Women's Championship Results
Thursday, Feb. 19
5-4 loss to Brock
8-7 loss to Toronto
 
Friday, Feb. 20
7-1 win over Algoma
5-4 loss to Lakehead
 
Saturday, Feb. 21
7-2 win over Trent
7-4 win over Queen's
 
Sunday, Feb. 22
7-4 loss to Carleton