GUELPH, Ont. – Four Gryphon varsity teams will be in postseason action as the calendar turns to the first week of March. The No. 1-ranked Gryphons track and field teams are off to Winnipeg, Manitoba to compete in the 2026 U SPORTS Track and Field Championships, while the Gryphons women's hockey team continues their quest for the McCaw Cup as they face the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks in an OUA semifinal best-of-three series. Rounding out the University of Guelph varsity postseason action this week is the Gryphons badminton and men's fencing teams, who both prepare for their respective OUA Championship tournaments on the weekend. See below for more information on all of the Gryphon teams in postseason action this week (March 4-8, 2026).
WOMEN'S HOCKEY
2026 OUA Women's Hockey Playoffs - Semifinals (Best-of-Three Series)
Guelph Gryphons (No. 2-seed in OUA West) vs Ontario Tech Ridgebacks (No. 5-seed in OUA East)
Game 1: Wednesday, March 4, 2026 – 7:30pm (Ontario Tech @ Guelph) | Gryphon Centre | Live Stream |
Tickets
Game 2: Friday, March 6, 2026 – 7pm (Guelph @ Ontario Tech) | Campus Ice Centre (Oshawa) | Live Stream
Game 3: (if necessary) Sunday, March 8, 2026 – 2:30pm (Ontario Tech @ Guelph) | Gryphon Centre | Live Stream
Thanks to
Teghan MacRae's game, and series-clinching triple overtime goal, the Gryphons women's hockey team was able to get past the Waterloo Warriors in a memorable OUA quarterfinal series. Now, the No. 6-nationally ranked Gryphons will crossover to the OUA's East Division for their next opponent, with the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks set to battle the Gryphons in a best-of-three confernce semifinal series. The Ontario Tech Ridgebacks will arrive in Guelph on Wednesday night for Game 1, fresh off of a pair of upsets. The No. 5-seeded Ridgebacks knocked off the No. 2-seeded Nipissing Lakers in the play-in game, and then took down the OUA East's No. 1-seed Queen's Gaels in their quarterfinal series. Ontario Tech won both road games in Kingston in their 2-games-to-1 series win over the Gaels, helping the Ridgebacks make school history by reaching the OUA semifinals for the first time in program history. The Gryphons will have home-ice advantage as the higher seed in this series, with Guelph winning both regular season meetings.
Katherine Heard and
Maeve Sutherland-Case have continued their strong play into the playoffs for Guelph as both forwards each have a pair of goals and assists to their names. Gryphons fifth-year goalie,
Martina Fedel, fresh off representing Italy at the Winter Olympics, was sensational in the Guelph net, making 45 saves in her team's Game 3 triple overtime win over Waterloo. Zoe McGee has been outstanding in the Ridgebacks net this postseason as she has 3 wins to go along with a 1.64 GAA and .949 save percentage. Ontario Tech is led up front by Emily Harrison and Miliana Perri who each led the team with 16 points in the regular season. The winner of this series will not only book their spot in the McCaw Cup (OUA championship game), but will also qualify for the 2026 U SPORTS Women's Hockey Championships, set to take place from March 19-22 at the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira. The winner of the Guelph-Ontario Tech series will face the winner of the Laurier Golden Hawks-Ottawa Gee-Gees semifinal series.
TRACK AND FIELD
2026 U SPORTS Track and Field Championships
Thursday, March 5 - Saturday, March 7, 2026
James Daly Fieldhouse | Winnipeg, MB | Hosted by Manitoba
Schedule (listed in Central Standard Time)
| Live Results
The top-ranked Gryphons are coming off sweeping the men's and women's banners at the 2026 OUA Track and Field Championships, and now set their sights on national titles as they make their way to Winnipeg for the 2026 U SPORTS Track and Field Championships. The U of G men will look to make it win their 10th national championship in program history while the women will pursue a 8th national title. 47 student-athletes (24 men and 23 women) will represent the University of Guelph from the James Daly Fieldhouse, a site that has treated the Gryphons well in the past, with Guelph sweeping national titles at this location back in 2024 when nationals were last hosted in Winnipeg. Helping lead the way for the Gryphons will be 2025 national individual medalists
Max Davies, Jen Elizarov,
Dianna Proctor,
Rebecca Parker, Gabby Cole and
Travis Campbell to go along with 2026 individual gold medalists
Keon Rude,
Hailey Reid and
Nicole McKenzie. The Gryphon relay teams will look to continue their success after picking up 4 medals at OUA's. The women's weight throw will open the meet from the James Daly Fieldhouse from the University of Manitoba on Thursday (March 5). Live coverage of the three-day event can be streamed online at
cbcsports.ca.
BADMINTON
2026 OUA Badminton Championships
Friday, March 6 – Sunday, March 8, 2025
University of Toronto's Athletic Centre | Toronto, ON
Results
The 2026 OUA Badminton Championships return to the University of Toronto as the Gryphons badminton team will send 16 student-athletes (8 men and 8 women) to U of T's Athletic Centre. Pool play is scheduled for Friday and Saturday with the playoff round also taking place on Saturday. Placement matches and the medal round matches will take play on Sunday.
MEN'S FENCING
2026 OUA Men's Fencing Championships
Saturday, March 7 - Sunday, March 8, 2026
University of Waterloo's Physical Activities Complex (PAC) | Waterloo, ON
10 men's Gryphon fencers will make the short trip down Highway 7 to Waterloo for the 2026 OUA Men's Fencing Championships. The University of Waterloo will host the two-day conference championship with individual events taking place on Saturday and the team relay events on Sunday.
2026 OUA Fencing Championship Schedule
Saturday, March 7
9am – Foil and Epee Individual
1pm – Sabre Individual
Sunday, March 8
8:30am – Foil Team Relay
9am – Epee Team Relay
11:30m – Sabre Team Relay
