In the only hockey game in CIS action on Wednesday, the Gaels dropped a 4-3 decision to the Royal Military College Paladins, falling in a shootout.
Head coach Brett Gibson said he was short of answers to figuring out what happened.

Despite a heartbreaking loss on penalty kicks in the OUA Final against the York Lions last weekend, the women’s soccer team nevertheless earned a berth to conclude their season at the 2009 CIS Championships this weekend at the University of Toronto.

Tomorrow’s final is a matter of looking forward rather than back for the men’s rugby team.
This Saturday, the undefeated Gaels travel the long road to Markham once more to compete in their third-straight OUA final at Fletcher’s Field.

Queen’s football hasn’t competed in a Yates Cup since 2002. They haven’t won since 1978.
For the first time in 31 years, they’re hosting it tomorrow.

The men’s hockey team’s attempts to prevent potentially spreading of the H1N1 virus were met with hostility after their 10-1 loss to the McGill Redmen in Montreal on Oct. 30.
The McGill crowd was unaware that both teams’ coaches had agreed not to shake hands prior to the game, Gaels head coach Brett Gibson said last week.

Going into the OUA’s Final Four weekend, the women’s soccer team held first place in the league, carrying a third-place national ranking and a quarter-final win over Carleton on their shoulders.
On Saturday, the Gaels beat the Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks 3-2 in extra time to advance to the final against the host York Lions, with two goals coming from striker Kelli Chamberlain and the other from midfielder Angela Sullivan.

Six sets of bleachers completely packed and standing-room only at Kingston Field could only mean one thing—it’s playoff time for rugby. The men’s team thanked their fans with a thrilling 17-8 semifinal win over the reigning OUA champions, the McMaster Marauders.

Football head coach Pat Sheahan said there was an unusual vibe amongst the Gaels before Saturday’s OUA semifinal.
“There was a different feel to our team today,” he said. “What I sensed was that good kind of anxiety that no coach’s talk can produce.”

After going 3-5 in pre-season play, the men’s volleyball team is 4-0 in the regular season thanks in a large part to the contributions of second-year setter Jackson Dakin.
Dakin said the pre-season was a chance for him to learn and settle in.

The Canadian University Rowing Championships are generally held over two days, but bad weather in Montreal last Saturday forced all of the athletes to row their races on Sunday. With all of their hard work over the summer and fall cumulating in one race day, Sarah Marshall and the rest of the women’s team didn’t allow conditions to affect them, placing third in the country.

After securing first-place in the OUA and the esteem that accompanies it, a Gaels loss tomorrow would be the glass slipper on the McMaster Marauders’ Cinderella story.
After a 27-15 overtime victory against the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees last weekend, the Marauders travel to Richardson Stadium for the OUA semifinal game to play the Gaels team that beat them two months ago.

After a stellar 13-1-2 regular season, a third-place national ranking and a 3-1 quarter-final victory last week over the Carleton Ravens, the women’s soccer team will look to cap off their season on a high note this weekend as they head to the OUA Final Four, hosted by the York Lions in Toronto.