The men’s volleyball team ensured history would repeat itself this year, as their four-set win over the sixth-seeded Ryerson Rams in Saturday’s OUA semifinal match set up an Ontario final clash with the McMaster Marauders for the second straight season.

The women’s hockey team knocked off the fifth-seeded York Lions in a close, physical game Saturday night at the Memorial Centre. The Gaels triumphed 2-0.

The women’s squash team claimed Queen’s second OUA championship banner of the year with key victories last weekend in St. Catherines. The Gaels beat the Western Mustangs 4-2 in the semifinals, setting the stage for a close final with the second-ranked McGill Martlets. Queen’s and McGill each won three of the six matches, but the Gaels were awarded the championship, having won 12 games to the Martlets’ 10.

Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams finished their weekend on the road with a Friday victory and a Saturday defeat.
On Friday the women’s team avenged a loss earlier in the season, earning a 68-66 victory against the Ottawa Gee-Gees. The win solidified the team’s hold on a fourth-place playoff spot in the OUA East.
The Gaels opened strongly offensively, scoring 15 points to Ottawa’s six in the first quarter and leading 30-21 at halftime.

Former Dean of Student Affairs Bob Crawford said he’s “very pleased” with Principal Karen Hitchcock’s response to the athletics review he co-authored and released last June.

The men’s volleyball team came up with a huge three-set victory over the 13-5 Guelph Gryphons on Friday, improving their record to 14-5 and clinching the second playoff spot in the OUA.

Canadian Interuniversity Sport announced Jan. 24 that Western Mustangs football player Matt Baxter tested positive for Letrazole, a drug frequently used in steroid cycles to block estrogen production and increase testosterone levels. Baxter was banned from CIS competition for the next two years; the OUA-champion Mustangs weren’t punished.

The women’s basketball team upset the Laurentian Voyageurs 75-69 on Friday night and suffered a heartbreaking 71-66 overtime loss to York, but Sarah Barnes displayed talent that the OUA recognize her as one of the week’s “Peak Performers”.

The Queen’s track and field team visited the Louis Riel Dome for the Ottawa Winter National Invitational Feb. 2 and came home with an impressive 12 medals, including four golds and six silvers. Head coach Melody Torcolacci said she was pleased with the results.

Principal Karen Hitchcock released her long-awaited response to the Athletics Review yesterday. In her response to the June report, originally due Dec. 31, she accepted the review’s recommendations with a few reservations and supported the proposed restructuring of Queen’s interuniversity sports to provide them with “the level of resources required to achieve excellence.”
Hitchcock delayed the restructuring’s time frame, however, which the review had recommended take place “as soon as possible.”

It was a historic win for the men’s hockey team.