GUELPH, Ont. - The Guelph Gryphons women's soccer team fell just short of capturing an OUA title, with Guelph suffering a 1-0 defeat on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 7) to the Ottawa Gee-Gees in the OUA championship final. A hard-fought, tightly-contested affair between two of the top teams in the country, saw the lone goal of the game come in the 76th minute off an Ottawa corner, which found the back of the Guelph net after ricocheting off a Guelph defender and in for an own goal. For the Gryphons, the result on Saturday afternoon marked their first loss of the entire season, with Guelph completing the first undefeated regular season in program history after going 12-0-0. Guelph would go on to pick up playoff wins over Western and Nipissing to book a spot in the OUA title game, but would ultimately fall just short against an Ottawa Gee-Gees team that came into Guelph as the No. 3-ranked team in the country. The Gryphons, ranked No. 4 in the latest U SPORTS Top 10 rankings, were in search of the second OUA title in program history, with the lone conference banner in school history coming in 2017. For the Gee-Gees, it marks the fourth time in the last five seasons in which Ottawa has been crowned champions in OUA women's soccer.
Both the Gee-Gees and Gryphons will now turn their attention to the national stage, with both teams having qualified for the 2026 U SPORTS Women's Soccer Championships in Vancouver. Action from the national championship tournament will get underway on Thursday, November 12 with the quarterfinals. All games from the 2026 U SPORTS Women's Soccer Championships can be streamed for free, live online on CBC's digital platforms (
CBC Gem,
CBC Sports.ca,
CBC Sports Youtube). The Ottawa Gee-Gees have two national titles in their history (1996, 2018), while the Gryphons will head west in search of their first national title in program history.
