The women’s basketball team had their four-game winning streak snapped by the Laurentian Voyageurs in a 57-56 loss on Friday in Sudbury.
The Gaels started out strong, leading by 11 points at the half. But they had a rough third quarter where they were outscored 16-6. With eight seconds left in the game, the Gaels were down by three points, when guard Jessica Selinger was fouled.

For the first time this season, the men’s basketball team dropped two consecutive games, losing 66-56 to Laurentian on Friday and 84-77 to York on Saturday.
The Gaels went into Friday’s game after beaten Laurentian earlier this year by 10 points. Laurentian
came into the game with a 4-13 record. But it was the Gaels who got off to a slow start, finding themselves down by nine points at the half.

The Queen’s men’s hockey team had a disappointing weekend in Quebec, losing 3-0 to Université
de Quebec Trois Rivieres on Friday and falling 2-1 to the Concordia Stingers the following night.
The two losses put the Gaels only one point ahead of both Concordia and RMC for fifth-place with only two games remaining in the season.

While they are comfortably in possession of the final playoff spot, the women’s volleyball team has some work to do if they want to prove they can compete with the top half of their division.
After a stinging loss to the Western Mustangs last Saturday, the team entered what is arguably
the easiest part of its schedule with a four-set win over the Windsor Lancers.

The Queen’s men’s and women’s swim teams came back from the Carleton dual meet last weekend
21 first-place finishes in 29 events. In dual meets, two teams race head to head, so Queen’s was only
racing against Carleton swimmers. Gael Kyle Johansen said the meet was not a crucial one, but it
was a chance for athletes to qualify for the national championships. Swimmers qualify by meeting
a national time standard during the season.

On Friday, the sixth-ranked women’s hockey team challenged provincial leaders, the Laurier Golden Hawks, in a close game but couldn’t hold on for the win.
The team beat the York Lions in Toronto the next day. In Friday’s game, Queen’s got early goals from first-year forwards Kelsey Thomson and Becky Conroy, but Laurier battled back to earn a 2-2 tie.

The Queen’s track team returned from the McGill Team Challenge meet last weekend with two all-time top 10 performances and 22 personal bests, but only three medals. Iris Roman won the gold in pole
vault, Katie Mackay took the silver in shot put and Bri Eshleman won the bronze in the weight throw.

The men’s volleyball team is recovering from a weekend riddled with illness and injury. Fortunately for them, winning seems to be the best medicine. The Gaels returned home with two four-set wins over
Western and Windsor. Gaels’ starting setter Devon Miller came down with a bad cold shortly before the opening game against the Mustangs but played through it because backup setter Kohl Forsberg sprained an ankle last week.

In their first event of the year, the Nordic ski team had several top-ten performances in both individual and team races at a competition hosted by the Highland Nordic Cross-Country and Skiing club in Collingwood last weekend.

The women’s squash team returned from their tournament at the University of Toronto in possession of the fourth and final playoff spot for the upcoming provincial championships.
In two days of play, the Gaels narrowly split their games, winning seven and losing five. The Gaels opened the tournament losing five of their first six matches against Western.