Seventh heaven for Winged Victory on the Gold Coast
The University of Melbourne displayed its sporting prowess at the 2023 UniSport Nationals in Gold Coast, winning 7 Overall National Titles.
The University dominated the Fencing competition on the opening two days, winning six gold, a silver and two bronze medals to claim the pennants in both the Men's and Women's competitions.
Women's Cycling started the week strongly with a podium clean sweep in the Women's Individual Time Trial, and followed it up with a strong performance in the Criterium and gold and bronze in the Road Race.
Women's Table Tennis claimed their title on the final day, defeating the University of Sydney 6-5 in an epic gold medal match that came down to the final rubber.
The Men's Rugby 7's team went undefeated in the tournament, rounding off their competition with a spectacular performance against the University of Sydney, defeating the traditional rugby powerhouse 27-10 in the final. The victory was also the first time a Victorian university had claimed the title.
Mixed Lacrosse also went undefeated for the competition, defeating neighbours RMIT in a nailbiting gold medal match with a 16-14 victory.
After an epic comeback win in the semi-final against Macquarie, Men's Volleyball claimed the national title by defeating the University of Queensland in the final. After a slow start and losing the first set, they won the next three in emphatic fashion to come home with gold.
Women's Basketball, Cheer & Dance, Sailing, and Squash were all on the verge of the ultimate prize but gallantly finished the tournament as runners-up, while Taekwondo and Ultimate finished the week in Third Position.
See below for a full list of each team's results.
Results
Click on each of the sports below to check out the results of each of our Winged Victory teams.
Men
Monday: Defeated SCU 66-39, Defeated UTS 27-22
Tuesday: Defeated ECU 70-33, Defeated UNSW 37-17
Wednesday: Round of 16 - Defeated ACU 59-39, Quarterfinal - Lost to LTU 46-56
Thursday: Playoff - Defeated UTAS 41-35
Friday: 5th/6th Place Playoff - Defeated UQ 75-61
Women
Monday: Defeated UNSW 41-20, Defeated USYD 41-28
Tuesday: Defeated ECU 68-9, Defeated QUT 41-17
Wednesday: Defeated WS 47-19, Quarterfinals - Defeated VU 32-30
Thursday: Semi Final - Defeated Deakin 63-57
Friday: Gold Medal Match - Lost to LTU 66-81
Thursday: Finished 2nd Overall
Wednesday:
Women's Individual Time Trial - Gold (Odette Lynch), Silver (Hannah Armstrong), Bronze (Destinee Stubbs)
Men's Individual Time Trial - 5th (Jack Mitchell), DNS (Sam Satchell)
Women's Pairs Time Trial - Gold (Odette Lynch and Hannah Armstrong)
Thursday:
Women's Criterium - Silver (Odette Lynch), 4th (Hannah Armstrong), 5th (Destinee Stubbs)
Men's Criterium - 10th (Jack Mitchell), DNS (Sam Satchell)
Friday:
Women's Road Race - Gold (Odette Lynch), Bronze (Hannah Armstrong), 4th (Destinee Stubbs)
Men's Road Race - 8th (Jack Mitchell), DNS (Sam Satchell)
Men: Men’s Overall Champions
Saturday: Gold in Individual Foil (WU Jiashu), Gold in Team Foil
Sunday: Bronze in Individual Saber (CHUNG Hans-William), Silver in Team Saber
Women: Women's Overall Champions
Saturday: Gold in Team Saber, Bronze in Individual Saber
Sunday: Gold in Individual Foil (MURALIDHARAN Mayuri), Gold in Team Foil
Monday: Gold in Team Épée
Men
Monday: Defeated UTAS 3-1, Lost to UOW 0-2
Tuesday: Defeated QUT 2-0, Lost to ANU 0-2
Thursday: Quarter Final - Lost to Monash 0-2, Playoff - Defeated USYD 4-1
Friday: 5th/6th Position Decider - Defeated UNSW 4-2
Women
Monday: Defeated Newcastle 5-1, Defeated GU 7-0
Tuesday: Defeated ANU 3-0, Lost to USYD 0-2
Wednesday: Lost to WS 0-3
Thursday: Defeated UNSW 3-0, Playoff - Defeated UC 1-0
Friday: 5th/6th Position Decider - Defeated UTS 2-1
Men
2nd Position Overall
Women
1st Position Overall
Men
Monday: Defeated by UQ 1-4
Tuesday: Defeated RMIT 4-3, Defeated ECU 7-0
Wednesday: Drew with UTAS 2-2
Thursday: Quarter Final - Defeated UON 1-1 (6-5) in shoot-out; Semi Final - Lost to UTAS 0-2
Friday: Bronze Medal Match - Lost to QUT 1-3
Women
Monday: Drew with UQ 1-1, Defeated WS 9-0
Tuesday: Defeated by USYD 0-4, Defeated UNSW 4-0
Wednesday: Drew with CU 0-0
Thursday: Playoff - Defeated QUT 2-0
Friday: 5th/6th Position Decider - Drew with MQU 1-1
Overall Place: 6 of 6
Fighting Spirit: Koki Hayao (Individual Dan Grade Men)
Mixed
Monday: Defeated UQ 27-6, Defeated Flinders Uni 26-11
Tuesday: Defeated LTU 21-6, Defeated UNSW 21-6
Wednesday: Quarterfinal - Defeated QUT 20-7, Semifinal - Defeated Flinders Uni 18-7
Thursday: Gold Medal Match - Defeated RMIT 16-14
Women
Monday: Defeated Deakin 52-21, Defeated UQ 46-45
Tuesday: Defeated ANU 58-27, Defeated UTAS 54-7
Wednesday: Defeated UniSC 50-37, Drew with UOW 30-30
Thursday: R16 - Defeated MQU 44-31, Quarter Final - Defeated JCU 45-35
Friday: Semi Final - Lost to ACU 33-55, Bronze Medal Match - Lost to WS 35-51
Men
Monday:
Men's Double Scull - 7th(Schroder, Colley) in Heat 1; 7th in (Coleman, Jeffrey) in Heat 2
Men's Coxed Four - 4th (Iden, Colley, Coleman, Jeffrey, c:Quay) in Heat 2
Men's Lightweight Single Scull - 1st (Damien Schroder) in Heat 1
Men's Pair - 5th (Iden, Colley) in Heat 1, 6th (Coleman, Jeffrey) in Heat 2
Men's Single Scull - 4th (Roo Colley) in Heat 1; 7th (Felix Oliver) in Heat 2
Tuesday:
Men's Double Scull - 2nd (Schroder, Colley) in Repechage 1 (Qualified for A Final); 5th (Coleman, Jeffrey) in Repechage 2 (Qualified for B Final)
Men's Coxed Four - 1st (Iden, Colley, Coleman, Jeffrey, c:Quay) in Repechage 1 (Qualified for A Final)
Men's Single Scull - 1st (Roo Colley) in Repechage 1 (Qualified for A Final); Felix Oliver - Scratched in Repechage 1
Wednesday:
Men's Double Scull - 4th (Coleman, Jeffrey) in B Final; 7th (Schroder, Colley) in A Final
Men's Coxed Four - 8th (Iden, Colley, Coleman, Jeffrey, c:Quay) in A Final
Men's Lightweight Single Scull - Gold (Damien Schroder) in Final
Men's Pair - 10th (Coleman, Jeffrey) in A Final
Men's Single Scull - 7th (Roo Colley) in A Final
Women
Monday:
Women's Single Scull - 3rd (Meg Cartwright) in Heat 1
Women's Pair - 2nd (Cantwell, Lavery) and 5th (Bitzios, Doolan) in Heat 1
Women's Double Scull - 4th (Ball, McClure) in Heat 1; 1st (Cartwright, Cantwell) in Heat 2
Women's Eight - 2nd in Heat 1
Women's Lightweight Single Scull - 3rd (Charlotte Ball) in Heat 1
Women's Coxed Four - 1st (Cantwell, Cartwright, de Uray, Lavery, c:Buchanan) in Heat 1
Tuesday:
Women's Double Scull - 2nd (Ball, McClure) in Repechage 1 (Qualified for A Final)
Wednesday:
Women's Single Scull - Bronze (Meg Cartwright) in Final
Women's Pair - Silver (Cantwell, Lavery) and Bronze (Bitzios, Doolan) in Final
Women's Double Scull - 8th (Ball, McClure) in A Final
Women's Eight - Silver in Final
Women's Lightweight Single Scull - 4th (Charlotte Ball) in Final
Women's Coxed Four - Gold (Cantwell, Cartwright, de Uray, Lavery, c:Buchanan) in Final
Mixed
Tuesday:
Mixed Four (Coxed) - 3rd (Schroder, Iden*, de Uray, Lavery, c:Quay) in Final
Mixed Eight - 6th in Final
Men
Monday: Defeated Adelaide 60-0, Defeated Newcastle 22-0, Defeated USYD 19-7, Defeated SCU 40-7
Tuesday: Semifinal - Defeated Newcastle 38-0, Gold Medal Match - Defeated USYD 27-10
Women
Monday: Defeated UOW 19-12, Defeated Adelaide Uni 26-12, Defeated by USYD 17-28, Defeated by UNE 12-26
Tuesday: Quarterfinal - Defeated by UON 19-36, Playoff - Defeated by CSU 14-24, 7th/8th decider - Defeated Adelaide Uni 20-5
2nd Position Overall
Mixed
Monday: Defeated USYD 2-1, Defeated UNSW 3-0
Tuesday: Defeated UTAS 2-1, Defeated UNSW 3-0
Wednesday: Lost to USYD 2-1, Defeated UTAS 2-1
Thursday: Semi Final - Defeated UNSW 2-0, Gold Medal Match - Lost to USYD 1-2
Men
Monday: Defeated ANU 10-1, Defeated MON 8-3
Tuesday: Defeated USYD 6-5, Defeated Adelaide Uni 6-5
Wednesday: Lost to Deakin 5-6, Lost to UNSW 5-6
Thursday: Lost to UQ 3-8, Defeated UTS 7-3
Friday: 5th/6th Position Decider - Defeated MQU 6-3
Women
Monday: Defeated UNSW 9-2, Defeated UQ 11-0
Tuesday: Defeated MON 10-1, Defeated USYD 8-3, Defeated UQ 11-0
Wednesday: Defeated MON 9-2
Thursday: Defeated USYD 6-5, Defeated UNSW 10-1
Friday: Gold Medal Match - Defeated USYD 6-5
Overall Place: 3 of 13
Men's total points: 45
Women's total points: 43
Men
Monday: Defeated Monash Uni 4-1
Tuesday: Defeated GU 5-0, Defeated USYD 3-2
Wednesday: R16 Lost to ANU 2-3, Div 2 Quarter Final - Defeated RMIT 3-2
Thursday: Div 2 Semi Final - Defeated WS 5-0
Friday: Div 2 Gold Medal Match - Defeated UniSA 3-1
Women
Monday: Defeated by ANU 2-3
Tuesday: Defeated UniSA 5-0, Lost to RMIT 2-3
Wednesday: Drew with QUT 2-2, Lost to GU 2-3
Thursday: Defeated UNSW 2-1, Defeated USYD 5-0
Friday: Div 2 Semi Final - Defeated CU 3-1, Div 2 Gold Medal Match - Defeated USYD 3-1
Men
Monday: Drew 5-5 with UNSW, Drew 2-2 with UOW
Tuesday: Defeated by WS 5-6, Defeated by UTS 1-7
Wednesday: Defeated BOND 5-4, Defeated USYD 5-3
Thursday: Defeated CSU 15-1
Friday: Defeated Monash 4-2, Defeated by QUT 7-4, 5th/6th Position Decider - Lost to UNSW 0-5
Women
Monday: Defeated QUT 5-4
Tuesday: Defeated by UTS 3-4, Defeated UniSC 14-0
Wednesday: Defeated UNSW 5-2, Defeated by CSU 4-7
Thursday: Defeated by UON 0-3
Friday: Div 2 Semi Final - Defeated SCU 9-0, Div 2 Gold Medal Match - Defeated UNSW 3-2
Mixed
Monday: Defeated MQU 11-9
Tuesday: Defeated by UOW 8-11, Defeated by USYD 5-9
Wednesday: Repechage - Defeated UTAS 12-8
Friday: Quarter Final - Defeated ANU 8-7, Semi Final - Defeated by UNSW 5-9, Bronze Medal Match - Defeated UOW 9-5
Men
Monday: Defeated SUT 3-0, Defeated by UniSC 1-2
Tuesday: Defeated UWA 3-0, Defeated UON 3-0
Wednesday: Defeated JCU 3-0, Defeated UTS 2-0
Thursday: Quarter Final - Defeated UOW 2-1, Semi Final - Defeated MQU 3-2
Friday: Gold Medal Match - Defeated UQ 3-1
Women
Monday: Defeated by JCU 1-2
Tuesday: Defeated BOND 3-0, Defeated by USYD 0-3
Wednesday: Defeated CU 3-0, Defeated by UNSW 1-2
Thursday: Defeated UTS 2-0
Friday: 9th/10th Position Decider - Defeated ANU 2-0
Meet the captains
Alexander Bye (Bachelor of Science) and Millie Davis (Master of International Relations) have been named the captains of the University of Melbourne’s Winged Victory team for the 2023 UniSport Nationals. Alex represents the Melbourne Uni Renegades Volleyball Club at the state level and plays for the Melbourne Vipers in the Australian Volleyball League. Millie plays touch football for the Melbourne University Touch Club.