Two weeks ago, the men’s hockey team went to North Bay and spoiled the Lakers’ first-ever OUA home game. On Sunday afternoon, the McGill Redmen came to the Memorial Centre delivered a 5-1 beating in Queen’s home opener, which saw the Gaels sporting new red alternate jerseys, sending the team back to the drawing board.

The women’s hockey team stayed on a roll this weekend in back-to-back games at the Memorial Centre.
In their home-opener on Friday night, Queen’s defeated the Guelph Gryphons by a score of 6-4. On Saturday afternoon, they notched a 2-1 victory over the Brock Badgers.

It has been a long time coming for the women’s rugby team. Four years to be exact.
After falling in the OUA quarter-finals every year since 2005 the Gaels finally broke through on Saturday with a 25-19 win over the Trent Excalibur at Kingston Field.

The football team was one point away from blemishing their undefeated record on Saturday against the rival Western Mustangs. A 30-yard Blaise Morrison touchdown with 13 seconds left secured a 27-26 win for the Gaels, maintaining the only perfect record in the country and guaranteeing them first place in the OUA.

October of first year university is a nerve-wracking time. Dealing with midterms, essays and presentations all while trying to maintain something approaching a decent social life is hard enough.
Fly-half Liam Underwood is dealing with that, but also had to mentally prepare himself to start his first game for the rugby first team on Friday against the Guelph Gryphons.

Women’s hockey team assistant captain Becky Conroy started the new season off with a bang over Thanksgiving weekend. The forward notched three goals and five points in wins over the York Lions, ranked tenth in Canada, and the University of Toronto Varsity Blues.

Queen’s golfers played in cold and windy conditions on Tuesday in the McMaster Invitational. The women won their sixth team title this season with a team score of 235, 37 shots better than the second-place University of Western Ontario Mustangs.

The women’s rugby team sent the Brock Badgers home with their tails between their legs last Friday after a 23-10 win at Kingston Field, leaving the Gaels with a 4-1 regular season record, good enough for second in the Russell Division and tenth in the country.

The top spot in the OUA is at stake tomorrow when the first-place Gaels will play the second-place Western Mustangs at Richardson Stadium. The first nationally-televised game of Queen’s season will be the Gaels’ resumption of the home-hero role after playing the visiting-villain to opposing crowds for two games on the road.

Not even the horrible October weather could save the Guelph Gryphons last Friday.
The men’s rugby team left them in the dust with a 31-5 win at Kingston Field.

Riding a seven-game winning streak, the women’s soccer team sits third in the OUA East, one point away from first. At the core of this success are the team’s two goalkeepers, Elena Corry and Chantel Marson, whose dominant performances feature four consecutive shutouts.

The women’s golf team enjoyed far greater success than their male counterparts last Monday at the Guelph Invitational. The women sustained their OUA dominance with another first-place finish, adding to their running tab of five gold medals. The men placed sixth overall.

The reigning OUA champion men’s and women’s rowing teams continued their high-flying season Oct. 3 with a strong showing at the Head of Trent Regatta in Peterborough. The team amassed four gold medals and five silver medals with 16 of their 21 boats finishing at least fifth in their races.

The men’s soccer team drew their only complete game this weekend, a 2-2 decision against the Ryerson Rams on Sunday at Richardson Stadium. The team also traveled to Peterborough the day before to face the Trent Excalibur, but the game was abandoned due to severe weather.

The men’s basketball team notched two home wins this weekend over the Concordia Stingers and the Laval Rouge et Or, improving their pre-season record to a perfect 3-0.
On Friday, the Gaels overwhelmed the Stingers 73-57, led by forward Mitch Leger’s 16 points and 10 rebounds.