The men’s rugby team took another step in their quest to win the OUA title on Wednesday, dispatching a hard-tackling Carleton Ravens team 27-12 in the OUA quarterfinals.
The Gaels will visit the Western Mustangs in the OUA semifinals on Sunday, looking to avenge a tough 44-12 loss two weeks ago in Kingston.

The muddy terrain of Richardson Stadium proved to be no home-field advantage for the Gaels’ men’s and women’s soccer teams in their opening playoff games on Wednesday. The women’s team struggled to a 4-1 win over Windsor, while the men fell 2-1 in penalty kicks to the Waterloo Warriors, ending their season.

Women’s hockey came away with two strong wins at home against the Western Mustangs this weekend. The Gaels won 3-0 on Saturday and held on for a 2-1 victory on Sunday to even their record at 2-2.
On Saturday, the Gaels dominated Western, outshooting them 36-16. Captain Molly Groenewegen had a statement game, scoring all three Queen’s goals to complete the hat trick.

In the last two months the often-controversial issues of athletic hazing and “rite-of-passage” initiations have been dragged into the public spotlight and condemned by the media. As a result, athletic traditions and initiations across the nation have been placed under scrutiny and are up for debate.

Riding high from their perfect regular season, the women’s rugby team was brought back to earth Thursday when they fell three points short of a semi-final berth and a visit to Western. The team had gone into their quarterfinal match against Waterloo with high hopes and a realistic shot at the semi-finals.

With the playoffs on the horizon, Golden Gaels men’s and women’s soccer suffered this past Sunday against the visiting Carleton Ravens. The men’s side fell to Carleton 1-0, while the women settled for a 2-2 draw.

The men’s volleyball team ended their pre-season with an impressive silver medal-winning performance at the Queen’s Invitational this past weekend. Playing against university squads from Windsor, New Brunswick, McMaster and Western, the men faced stiff competition over the course of the three-day tournament. On Friday, the team had a solid opener, dispatching McMaster 3-1 (20-25, 25-19, 25-23, 35-33).

Men’s hockey opened their season with a heartbreaking loss on Wednesday. The team traveled to RMC to face the Paladins with head coach Kirk Muller behind the bench in a pin-stripe suit rather than his more familiar pads and skates. The Gaels lost 2-1 to their hometown rivals.

After seven weeks of OUA football, the Golden Gaels’ playoff fate comes down to a trip to the University of Western Ontario this weekend after a win last Saturday. The Gaels improved their record to 3-4 with a convincing 37-0 win over the University of Toronto Varsity Blues.

The Queen’s mountain biking team finished off a stellar season at their final race of the season at Boler Mountain in London on Sunday.
The race featured teams from 15 different schools from across Ontario, and was staged on a highly technical and hilly course, said co-coach and rider Greg Edgar. The men rode three laps of the 10-kilometre course, while the women rode two laps.

A perfect 6-0 season and the guarantee of a quarterfinal match on home turf were on the line for the women’s rugby team Saturday against the Laurier Golden Hawks. Nothing was going to come between them and victory. And indeed nothing did.

Gaels football got their long-awaited second win of the season Saturday against the Waterloo Warriors and kept their playoff aspirations alive.
The team managed a gritty 26-18 win in Waterloo and improved on several of the problems that have been handicapping the team thus far.