The Amherstview Golf Course was dry enough for a brush fire on Sunday during the Queen’s Invitational golf tournament. There was no fire, though; just fast-rolling balls.
Queen’s hosted six other university men’s teams and five other women’s teams for the annual event. The Queen’s women proved they deserved their upgrade to inter-university competitive club, placing first overall ahead of the Western Mustangs.

The women’s soccer team enjoyed a successful weekend at Richardson Stadium with a 3-0 win over the Laurentian Lady Vees on Saturday and a 3-1 win over the Nipissing Lady Lakers on Sunday.
The wins vaulted the Gaels to third in the OUA East with 10 points.

Fifteen goals, 44 penalty minutes and a scholarship handed out before the puck drops can only mean Queen’s and Royal Military College competing in the annual Lou Jeffries exhibition game.
The Gaels started Saturday’s game strongly, posting a 5-1 lead by the start of the second period with goals from Chris Murphy, Ben Munroe, Jon Lawrance, Thomas Franzon and T.J. Sutter.

When the football team travels north to Frank Clair Stadium to visit the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees on Saturday, the scars of the past few years will travel with them.
It was the Gee-Gees who knocked the Gaels of 2006 out of the playoffs, and the Gee-Gees again who put an end to last year’s undefeated season with a win at Richardson Stadium eliminating a Gaels team ranked second-best in the country.

Avoiding cow excrement isn’t on the agenda of the typical university athlete.
I certainly wasn’t thinking much about it before I spent the day with the Queen’s Baja racing team, and I ruined a pair of shorts as a result.

A week of practice made all the difference on Sunday for the women’s soccer team. After dropping a 3-1 decision at the University of Toronto Varsity Blues last weekend, the Gaels redeemed themselves on Sunday, holding the Blues to a 0-0 draw at Richardson Stadium.

There wasn’t any nail-biting at Kingston Field on Sunday afternoon. The Gaels kept their first home-appearance of the season far from close against the University of Toronto Varsity Blues, demolishing the visitors 77-3.

Richardson Stadium seemed bound to feature another shootout involving the No. 7 ranked Queen’s Gaels as they hosted the only other OUA team to score 52 points in week one, the McMaster Marauders. When the crowd filed out after the final whistle, many were understandably surprised at the 8-7 Queen’s victory.

The women’s rugby team opened their season with a thrilling 36-30 home win over last year’s fourth-placed Trent Excalibur on Saturday.
The teams exchanged leads until rookie winger Katie Chu broke through the Excalibur defense late in the second half with an inspiring run—featuring several broken tackles and a spin—to touch down her first career OUA try and put the Gaels ahead for good.

The men’s soccer team started their season undefeated after beating the Ryerson Rams 3-1 and tying the University of Toronto Varsity Blues 0-0 last weekend. The wins place the Gaels atop the early season OUA East standings with four points.

The women’s soccer team started their season last weekend with a Toronto double-header, winning 3-0 over the Ryerson Rams before dropping a 3-1 decision at the hands of the University of Toronto Varsity Blues. First-year striker Jacqueline Tessier led the Gaels, notching a goal in both matches. Renee MacLellan and Mary Kampman also found the scoresheet against the Rams while goalkeeper Chantel Marson picked up the shutout.

Following an undefeated season and a second-straight OUA silver medal season, the men’s rugby team were looking to start their fledgling season off with a bang on Wednesday afternoon when they visited cross-town rivals the Royal Military College Paladins.

First-team All-Canadian Jimmy Allin played Monday’s home opener against the Guelph Gryphons as though he hadn’t spent any time away from the field.
Allin scored three special-teams touchdowns against the Gryphons, two on punt returns and one the result of a 105-yard kickoff return.