LEI'S INCREDIBLE THREE-YEAR CAREER
The career of the most dominating badminton player in CCAA history concluded this season and what Olivia Lei left behind may never again be duplicated.
In three seasons with Humber badminton, Lei is the only CCAA student-athlete to be named the national player of the year three times, while winning three consecutive national titles in women's singles.
THREE-PEAT FOR LEI
March 11, 2017
NORTH YORK, Ont – No. 1 Humber's Olivia Lei (7-0) became just the second three-time national champion in CCAA women's singles history after a straight set sweep over ACAC champion Takeisha Wang (5-2) 21-8 21-13.
Overcoming a bad case of the flu, Lei finished the three-day tournament undefeated and is now 21-0 all-time in CCAA play. In those seven matches, Lei outscored her opponents 294-108.
When Lei and Wang met in round robin play, Wang played tough and was the only student-athlete to record 16 points on Lei this season. After cruising her way to a first set 21-8 victory, Lei came out strong in second and scored 12 of the first 14 points. Wang, proving her fierce competitiveness, then went on a 4-0 run of her own. Ultimately the run wasn't enough as Lei went on to win her third career national championship.
For Wang, it was her second career medal after capturing a bronze last season in women's doubles.
Humber CCAA Women's Singles Medals (6)
2011 – Tracy Wong | Bronze
2012 – Tracy Wong | Silver
2015 – Olivia Lei | Gold
2015 – Cindy Fu | Bronze
2016 – Olivia Lei | Gold
2017 – Olivia Lei | Gold
Lei's Road to the Title
Round 1 – Thedchanamoorthy (OCAA Host), 21-2 21-4
Round 2 – Wang (ACAC), 21-16 21-16
Round 3 – Lawther (ACAA), 21-5 21-3
Round 4 – Kuramochi (ACAC WC), 21-10 21-2
Round 5 – Cheung (PACWEST), 21-9 21-10
Semi-final – Kuramochi, 21-5 21-5
Finals – Wang, 21-8, 21-13
