Mohawk’s OCAA men’s basketball title aspirations were dashed in Peterborough the last weekend of February when the Fleming College Knights won their playoff qualifier 76-68 to advance to the championship.

It was a disappointing end for Mohawk, which, after going 3-5 to start the season, got on a roll and reeled off eight wins in their next 10 games to finish 11-7.

“It was an extremely tough loss (to Fleming),” said Mohawk head coach Brian Jonker. “It was very tight throughout. It was a very disappointing way to end a season that seemed to deserve more.”

Jonker felt his players worked very hard and the future looks bright with a strong returning core. But he felt for the seniors who gave a great effort and won’t return.

“Ryan (Carrafiello), in particular, worked so hard to come back from his knee injury and he played a strong 20 minutes,” he said.

Mike Soluk led the Mountaineers with 18 points. Tanner Lane scored 16, Alex Reis had 11 and Carrafiello, 10.