The McMaster Marauders are the 2023 OUA women's curling champions.
 
After a 3-1 run through the round-robin, 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, McMaster blanked a pair of ends before another Voyageurs steal in the fourth put them down 2-0 at the break.
 
They bounced back with a deuce in five. Laurentian and Mac 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 championship since 2020 and fourth overall.
 
In the bronze medal game, which had a berth to the national championship on the line, the TMU Bold held on to beat the Queen's Gaels.
 
Down two in the eighth, the Gaels had a shot to tie the game and send it to and extra end, but only scored a single point as they fell 6-5 to TMU. TMU has had success at the championship hosted by Ontario Tech, last winning silver in 2017.
 
Now McMaster, Laurentian (host) and TMU will play in the U SPORTS national championship in Sudbury in March.

AWARDS
ALL-STARS

First Team All-Stars
Skip - Celia Evans - University of Waterloo 
Vice - Grace Cave - Brock University 
Second - Evelyn Robert - McMaster University
Lead -  Jessica Filipic - Toronto Metropolitan University

Second Team All-Stars 
Lead - Sarah McCutcheon - Queen's University  
Second - Julia Markle - Brock University
Vice - Grace Lloyd - McMaster University
Skip - Madelyn Warriner - McMaster University

Coach of the Year
Joe Muldoon - Trent University