Winged Victory Win Six Pennants at 2024 Uni Nationals

16 September; Mrinal Asija

The University of Melbourne put up a strong show in Canberra, winning six overall titles at the 2024 Uniport Nationals.

Just like last year, fencing once again gave a strong to Melbourne’s campaign, with the Women’s Fencing team defending their title. Gold medals in Women's Foil (Mayuri Muralidharan), Women's Foil Teams, Women's Epee (Sze Yan Nicole Wong), Women's Epee Teams, and a silver in Women's Sabre Teams helped secure the pennant for the University. The Winged Victory fencing team were also crowned Overall Champions.

The Mixed Lacrosse team also went back-to-back, beating the University of Sydney 11-10 in a tight Final to win the pennant. The team was as dominant as ever, finishing first in the pool stage and beating La Trobe 19-7 in the semis.

Runners-up from the last year, the Women’s Basketball team and the Sailing team went one better this time around. The basketball girls beat the University of Sydney 81-59 in the Final after finishing first in their pool and going past UNSW and Victoria University in the Quarter and Semi-Finals respectively. Led by Uni Nationals Men's Captain, Harrison Chapman, the sailing team cruised through their 2024 campaign with a total of 14 wins.

The Mixed Ultimate team also climbed up the podium from their third-place finish last year, securing a 14-8 win over the University of Wollongong in the Final. The team remained undefeated in the pool stage and then won both their Quarter-Final and Semi-Final convincingly to make it to the title clash.

The final pennant came from the Women’s Badminton team. After conceding the pool stage game against Monash 2-3, the team avenged the loss in the Final by beating the familiar rivals, with the scoreline reversed.

In other significant results, the University secured second place in Mixed Squash, Women’s Cycling (Hannah Armstrong), and Men’s Golf, and third place in Men's Basketball, Women's Touch, and Men's Table Tennis.

See full results below.