Concordia wins ACAC badminton tournament #1, Broncos place third

ACAC Badminton Tournament #1 was held at Olds College on Sunday, November 24. The Concordia University of Edmonton Thunder came out on top, with one of the most balanced ACAC tournaments in recent memory.

Jadon Frank, Olds College Athletics

OLDS, AB - ACAC Badminton Tournament #1 was held at Olds College on Sunday, November 24. The Concordia University of Edmonton Thunder came out on top, with one of the most balanced ACAC tournaments in recent memory.

Concordia finished in first place with 174 points, second place was the NAIT Ooks with 169, third was Olds Broncos at 111 and Kings University finished fourth with 102 points.

With only five points separating first and second place in the team rankings, and only 72 points between first and fourth, it looks like this will be a very competitive ACAC badminton season. Concordia held the edge over NAIT in thanks to their getting first in three of the five events (men's singles, women's singles and women's doubles) and NAIT winning the other two events (men's doubles and mixed doubles). King's University and Olds College each placed in the top three once, with siblings Narayan Ramdhani (King's) placing second in men's singles and Priyanna Ramdhani (Olds) placing third in women's singles. NAIT and Concordia each had two second place finishes and two third place finishes. The next ACAC badminton tournament will be held at King's University January 19, 2020.

Place	Men's Singles	Women's Singles	Men's Doubles	Women's Doubles	Mixed Doubles
1st	Nicolas Pittman Concordia Thunder	Takeisha Wang Concordia Thunder	Roymond Kim / Luc-Ly Nguyen NAIT Ooks	Jasleen Kaur / Johnna Rymes Concordia Thunder	Roymond Kim / Eyota Kwan NAIT Ooks
2nd	Narayan Ramdhani King's Eagles	Johnna Rymes Concordia Thunder	Smit Patel / Tyler Walsh NAIT Ooks	Samantha Hsu / Eyota Kwan NAIT Ooks	Braxton Wong / Takeisha Wang Concordia Thunder
3rd	Smit Patel NAIT Ooks	Priyanna Ramdhani Olds Broncos	Tyson Tsen / Braxton Wong Concordia Thunder	Kaitlyn Gee / Connie Juang NAIT Ooks	Nicolas Pittman / Jasleen Kaur Concordia Thunder

Broncos Badminton head coach Mary Smith was pleased with the team's performance.

"Olds was happy to place 3rd being the only school without a full roster," Smith said. "Priyanna Ramdhani placed third in women's singles defeating Kings Abby Leddia. Noah Jeffrey and Alex Boulier lost to Concordia in the men's doubles semifinal placing them 4th. Rylan Head, partnering with Jenna Kardos in mixed and Beau Stevensen in men's doubles, placed higher than he ever has accumulating 23 points for Olds College in the team championship. Troy Morgan had tough draws but caught the eye of the other coaches when he stayed even with Concordia's men's singles champion Nicolas Pittman in his second round after defeating a King's player. Troy placed 6th overall in men's singles.

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