Editor’s Note: Herbert Wang is a member of The Journal’s editorial board. He was not involved in editing this piece.
Men’s Rugby
On Nov. 17 the Gaels Men’s Rugby team beat the uOttawa GeeGees 14-13 in Langley B.C. at the Canadian University Men’s Rugby Consolation semifinals.
James Webb, Comm ’25, led the Gaels for points to extend their championship run just a little further.
The following day, on Nov. 18 the Gaels took on the Trinity Western (TWU) Spartans, losing 27-24. The game was close, and though the Gaels had a 24-20 lead after the first 60 minutes, they fell to TWU after their opponent scored a late try and conversion to win the game 27-24.
Flanker Daniel Svoboda, Kin ’24, led the Gaels on the scoresheet with two tries in the TWU game.
Women’s Hockey
Nov. 17 saw the Gaels Women’s Hockey team extend their winning streak to five games with a 3-1 home win over the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks. Forward Emma McKnight, Sci ’24, forward Allyson Reeves, Comm ’24, and defence Aislin Tobin-Fretwell, ArtSci ’26, all made it onto the scoreboard.
The Gaels travelled to Oshawa the next day to take on the Ridgebacks once again, where the Gaels lost 5-1. The lone Gaels goal was a powerplay goal scored by defence Sarah Campbell, Comm ’24.
The Gaels next home game is Friday, Dec. 1 against the Western Mustangs. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m at the Memorial Centre.
Men’s Hockey
The Queen’s Men’s Hockey team closed out the second game of a home-and-home series against the Royal Military College Paladins with a 8-3 win on Nov. 17. The Gaels won the first game of the series 5-1 on Nov. 15.
Derek Hamilton, ArtSci ’27, and Nolan Hutcheson, ArtSci ’25, scored two goals each for the Gaels during the Friday game, with the remaining Friday goals scored by Jack Duff, ArtSci ’25, Owen Lalonde, ArtSci ’25, Hayden Fowler, ArtSci ’25, and Jonathan Yantsis, ArtSci ’24.
The Men’s Hockey team plays their next home game against the Windsor Lancers on Nov. 24, followed by an afternoon game against the Western Mustangs on Nov. 25.
Men’s and Women’s Squash
The Men’s and Women’s Squash teams travelled to the McMaster Jester Sectional on Nov. 19.
The Women’s Squash team swept their opponents with two 7-0 wins against the University of Guelph and McMaster while the Men’s Squash team beat McMaster 6-1 and York University-Glendon 7-0.
Ranked second in their Squash Ontario division, the Women’s team has a win-loss record of 6-1, while the Men’s team is ranked seventh in their division with a record of 3-4.
Men’s and Women’s Fencing
The Queen’s Men’s and Women’s fencing teams travelled to the Brock Fencing Open hosted by Brock University this past weekend. The tournament was spread out over Nov. 18 and 19.
Queen’s graduate student Luke Steverango won bronze in the Senior Men’s Saber division, tying for third out of 74 competitors on Nov. 18. Other top Queen’s finishes on Nov. 18 were Ewan Peterson, Comp ’26, who finishedseventh in Junior Men’s Foil. Herbert Wang, Sci ’25, finished 32nd in Senior Men’s Épée, and Hannah Bryan, HealthSci ’24, finished 17th in Senior Women’s Foil.
On Nov. 19 Peterson finished with another 7th place standing in the Senior Men’s Foil. Lucas Joonwoo Byun, Comp ’27, finished 18th in Junior Men’s Saber, Sophie Kitson, ArtSci ’26, finished 17th in the Junior Women’s Foil, Kirstin Lang, Kin ’24, finished 23rd in the Senior Women’s Saber, Charlotte Reed, Sci ’24, finished 21st in the Senior Women’s Épée, and Nathan Harrison, Sci ’26, finished 22nd in the Junior Men’s Épée.
Artistic Swimming
The Queen’s Artistic Swimming Expert team captured second place at the McGill Invitational on Nov. 18. There was a total of ten teams competing.
Other standings included Noémie Guidon-Riopel, ArtSci ’26, and Meg Vrkoc, ArtSci’25, who placed fourth out of 20 teams in Expert Duets and Sarah Taylor, ArtSci ’26, who placed fifth out of 12 in Expert Solo.
The novice team placed sixth at the tournament.
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