In a midweek game at the Kingston Memorial Centre, the men’s hockey team dropped a 2-1 overtime loss to the Ryerson Rams.

Men’s basketball forward Mitch Leger recorded 22 points and 13 rebounds in the Gaels’ 70-62 victory over the University of Toronto Varsity Blues on Sunday, surpassing 1,300 points in his career at Queen’s and making him the highest all-time scorer in the school’s history.

The women’s volleyball team had a strong weekend at the ARC, vaulting themselves into second place in the OUA East standings with one game left in the season. The Gaels beat the Western Mustangs on Friday before downing the Windsor Lancers on Saturday. Both matches were decided in straight sets.

The men’s volleyball team closed out their home regular season schedule with authority last weekend, beating the OUA-leading Western Mustangs 3-1 on Friday before a straight-sets victory over the fourth-place Windsor Lancers on Saturday.

Halifax or Kingston: who owns hockey?

Mel Dodd-Moher isn’t having an average first year at Queen’s. The starting goalie for the second-place women’s hockey team, Dodd-Moher is second in the OUA for goals against average with 1.88, has a save percentage of .941 and has recorded two shutouts in 17 games.

Men’s basketball guard Dan Bannister has had strong season, scoring 168 points including 11 points and against York last Saturday. The six-foot Newmarket, Ont. native said he started playing when he was five years old.

The Queen’s Gaels took on their cross-town rivals, the Royal Military College Paladins last night at the Kingston Memorial Centre. With revenge on their minds from a 4-1 loss less than two weeks ago, the Gaels played to a solid 3-0 win in front of their largest crowd of the season.

Gaels’ quarterback Danny Brannagan is one of three Canadian university quarterbacks that will be present at this year’s CFL evaluation camp in Toronto.
Despite being the Vanier Cup MVP and the second most prolific passer in CIS history, Brannagan said the invitation to camp shocked him.

The men’s basketball team opened their Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC) career this weekend with a pair of wins over the Laurentian Voyageurs and York Lions.
On Friday the Gaels took on the Voyageurs and came out on top of an 87-81 decision.

The women’s basketball team played their first two games in the new Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC) this weekend, beating the Laurentian Lady Vees in a 64-62 nailbiter and the York Lions 64-55.

Coming off an emotional 4-3 victory over the University of Toronto on Friday night, the men’s hockey team was markedly more somber on Saturday night after their 9-5 humiliation at the hands of the Ryerson Rams.

In a weekend series against the last-place University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) Ridgebacks, the nationally-ranked women’s hockey team grabbed four important points at the Kingston Memorial Centre. An overtime victory on Saturday saw the Gaels win a 4-3 nailbiter followed by a more decisive 5-2 win on Sunday afternoon.

Women’s hockey centre Kristin Smith led the Gaels in points in their 6-3 win over the Brock Badgers on Saturday, scoring one goal and adding three assists. The second-year kinesiology student has 17 points this season.

Forward Payton Liske scored two goals in under three minutes during a hat trick performance on Saturday night in the men’s hockey team’s 6-3 victory over the Nipissing Lakers in North Bay. The first-year commerce student has 14 goals this season, putting him three points behind linemate Jordan Mirwaldt for top-scoring rookie in the OUA.

I don’t know if anyone will remember Russian ice dancers Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin’s impressive performance in the European Championships 2010 this past weekend.
The pair edged out Italian team Faiella-Scali for first place, but world attention has been drawn to the Russians’ even edgier costumes—skin-darkening bodysuits, red loincloths and body paint for their short program called “Aboriginal Dance.”

Staff Writer The Gaels’ one-two punch of Payton Liske and Jordan Mirwaldt combined for six points in North Bay last Friday to lead the men’s hockey team to a 6-3 win over the Nipissing Lakers on Saturday. The Gaels have won all three games against the Lakers this season with one left to play.