GUELPH, Ont. – A pair of Gryphon varsity teams are in postseason action this week, with the University of Guelph golf and women's lacrosse teams set to compete at their respective provincial championships from October 16 to 18. The Gryphons golf team will be in Ottawa at Hylands Golf Club for the 2026 OUA Golf Championships while the Gryphons women's lacrosse team head to Peterborough for the 2026 OUA Women's Lacrosse Championship Tournament from Trent University's Justin Chiu Stadium. See below for more information.
GOLF
2026 OUA Golf Championship
Friday, October 16 - Sunday, October. 18, 2026
Hylands Golf Club – Ottawa, ON
Nine Gryphon golfers are set to take to the links in Ottawa to represent the University of Guelph at the 2026 OUA Golf Championships as both the men's and women's team seek a return to the provincial podium.
The Gryphons will run it back for a third consecutive season with
Jacqueline Giles,
Ela Jones,
Ava Crane and
Kennedy Bergeron set to represent the Gryphons on the women's side, where the top three scores from the four women's golfers will count in the overall standings. The men's side will see Will Drewery, Will Dodd,
Carson Skinner,
Andreas Diogenous and
Caleb Shorthouse represent the Gryphons, with the top four scores from the five U of G golfers counting in the final standings.
Two years ago, the Gryphons women's golf team took home the silver medal at the 2024 OUA Golf Championships for the best finish in program history. This will be the third consecutive season where the quartet of
Jacqueline Giles,
Ela Jones,
Ava Crane and
Kennedy Bergeron have represented the Gryphons at the provincial championships. The group finish in 4th-place at last year's championships, and in the spring of 2026, made their way to Quebec for nationals where they finished a program-best 7th in the final team standings.
Jacqueline Giles, the only U of G women's golfer ever to be named an OUA individual champion after winning back in 2021, has had another great season, winning the Western Invitational to go along with a pair of 2nd-place finishes and two top five finishes. Fourth-year golfer
Ela Jones, a three-time OUA All-Star, has had another strong season in 2026, finishing in 2nd-place at the Toronto Invitational and has three top five placings.
Kennedy Bergeron (Whitby, ON) has four top 20 finishes this season and
Ava Crane (Toronto, ON) has three top 20 placings heading into the OUA Championships.
The Gryphons men's team sees OUA All-Stars Will Drewery and Will Dodd return to lead the team. Will Drewery is coming into the 2026 OUA Golf Championships in great form, winning the Fall Kickoff from Guelph Lakes and has two top 10 finishes in his name as well. Drewery, the third-year management major from Hespeler, ON was in contention for the individual title at last year's championships, shooting an opening round 73. Will Dodd has a 2nd-place finish at the Fall Kickoff this season and had a strong showing at nationals, finishing T-48 in a field of 105 golfers after firing rounds of 74, 74 and 77. San Jose State transfer,
Andreas Diogenous, has had a really good first season in Guelph, finishing in 2nd-place at the Toronto Invitational. Diogenous also has three top 12 placings in 2026.
Carson Skinner is set to make his debut in his first OUA Golf Championships.
Caleb Shorthouse is the final member of the men's team after earning his spot through a playoff. Shorthouse has a pair of top 25 finishes on the season.
WOMEN'S LACROSSE
OUA Women's Lacrosse Championship Tournament
Friday October 16 - Sunday, October 18, 2026
Justin Chiu Stadium | Peterborough, ON
The Gryphons women's lacrosse team impressed a season ago, earning a spot on the podium for the first time in 12 years with a bronze medal at last year's OUA Women's Lacrosse Championship Tournament. The Gryphons will now look to make a return trip to the podium in Peterborough after a strong regular season in which they finished in a three-way tie with an impressive 6-2 regular season record, making Guelph the No. 4-seed in the single-elimination tournament. Guelph is led by
Kassi Hogan who led the team with 23 goals and 32 points and
Rachel McConvey who was second on the team with 20 goals and 26 points. The Gryphs will take on the No. 5-seed Brock Badgers who they met in the final game of the regular season on October 3 with the Gryphs winning that matchup, 12-5. The winner on Friday night will advance to the OUA semifinal round, while the loser drops to the consolation bracket, with the three-day tournament set to conclude on Sunday, October 18.
Friday, October 16
12:00pm: No. 8 Toronto vs No. 9 Ontario Tech
1:45pm: No. 2 Queen's vs No. 7 McMaster
3:30pm: No. 3 Western vs No. 6 Laurier
5:15pm: No. 4 Guelph vs No. 5 Brock
7:00pm: No. 4 Trent vs winner of TOR/OT
Saturday, October 17
9:30am: loser of WES/WLU vs loser GUE/BRO (Consolation 1)
11:15am: loser of QUE/MAC vs loser TRE/TOR-OT (Consolation 2)
1:30pm: loser of TOR-OT vs loser Consolation 1 (Consolation 3)
3:15pm: winner of GUE/BRO vs winner of TRE/TOR-OT (Semifinal 1)
5:00pm: winner of QUE/MAC vs winner WES/WLU (Semifinal 3)
Sunday, October 18
10:00am: Fifth-Place Game (winner of Consolation 1 vs winner of Consolation 2)
12:00pm: Bronze Medal Game (loser of Semifinal 1 vs loser of Semifinal 2)
2:00pm: Gold Medal Game (winner of Semifinal 1 vs winner of Semifinal 2)
