Though the results procured were different for each team, this past weekend in volleyball was a success on all fronts, Gaels coaches say.
The women’s squad put in a solid effort but went down in four sets to the York Lions. Despite the result, head coach Chris Galbraith said he doesn’t think the score detracts at all from the team’s performance.

Queen’s curling may have limited exposure on campus, but three Queen’s students are making the case that it’s not for lack of talent.
Two weeks ago Lisa Farnell, Sci ’08, Kim Brown, BMus ’08 and Jeff Grant, Sci ’09, represented Ontario at the National Junior Curling Championships.
With an 8-5 record, the Ontario junior men’s team on which Grant is the vice lost a close 7-6 semifinal to Alberta. Grant curled 71 per cent in the semis.

The playoff stretch is a high-intensity time for goalies. Now imagine the intensity when you are put into the net for the home stretch as a first-year player, with only six OUA starts under your belt.
Melissa John, this week’s female Athlete of the Week, did exactly that. Playing in just her seventh and eighth games, John gave up just two goals in two games this weekend. A first-year Commerce student, John made 21 saves in the Gaels’ 3-1 victory over York and made 29 saves, many of them game-saving ones, against the University of Toronto in a 1-1 tie.

On the road in Montreal, the Gaels were hoping to rebound after a difficult overtime loss last weekend against Ryerson. However, with the McGill Redmen sitting at a near-perfect 13-1, the Gaels knew they had their hands full if they wanted to pull out a victory on Saturday.

When GQ recently published their top 10 most hated athletes, I was shocked not to see a hockey player among them. I mean, come on, there’s a sport fisherman!
Then I thought, “Well, perhaps hockey players are just all-around good guys. Perhaps they are the model athletes, beacons of light in the darkness.”

Despite losing to the Ryerson Rams and solidly defeating the University of Toronto, the highlight of the men’s volleyball team’s trip to Toronto may have been the fourth set of Saturday’s match.
The Gaels surrendered the first two sets of the match to the home team but refused to concede the victory so easily. They came back strong to take the third set, setting the stage for a marathon fourth set.
What ensued was a set that several spectators claimed was the most entertaining they’d ever seen.

Lemieux’s stick sweeps away the damp fallen leaves searching for a tennis ball wedged beside the curb. The fading daylight counts down the clock, the ball bounces free and 66 breaks towards the goal. It’s game seven—overtime. The Cup is on the line. A swift toe drag around the man-hole, one nifty deke through the paws of a defending golden retriever, and Lemieux glides in on the last man standing.

In most places, basketball headlines are made by scoring points, and lots of them. However, Claire Meadows played her way to the Journal Athlete of the Week honours with good defence when women’s basketball travelled to Ottawa for back-to-back games against Ottawa U and Carleton.

As we approach the Olympic break, hockey fans around the country are starting to ask, “Who should get the Calder this year?” Two words: Sidney Crosby.
Clearly, this was no secret in the NHL world.

The Gaels’ troubles began in Thunder Bay on Jan. 14 and 15. The team faced off against Lakehead, and fell in two straight matches. Their misfortune was coupled by a pair of losses to Laurier and Waterloo on Jan. 20 and 21 respectively.