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In basketball, size is supposed to matter. Queen’s women’s basketball did their best to dispel that notion over Reading Week, however, putting together two strong playoff outings, before bowing out in the OUA semifinals.Continue...

The third time was a charm for the Queen’s figure skating team at last weekend’s OUA championships—but then again, the first and second times were pretty charmed too.

The Gaels completed a banner-winning hat trick at Brock University, picking up their third OUA title in as many years. Queen’s has become something of a powerhouse on the OUA figure skating scene, winning nine out of the last 11 overall titles, and this year’s edition was no exception.Continue...

The Queen’s track team exceeded expectations for the second straight weekend, setting two new school records at the Cornell Robert Kane Meet on Feb. 11. This year, they brought back 13 total medals (four gold, four silver and five bronze), in addition to an astounding 27 personal bests and 10 all-time top-10 performances.Continue...

The consensus among Canadian hockey fans since the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey is that a simple dichotomy has arisen on the international hockey stage: those who can compete with Canada, and those who might as well just go home. The 2006 Torino Olympics is underway and although there are numerous teams who should be playing in the church division—teams without a prayer of medaling—the Swedes have caught my eye as a threat to Canada’s quest for a repeat gold.Continue...

The Queen’s women’s basketball team closed out its regular season on a high note this week, walking all over its crosstown rival from RMC for a decisive win to carry them into the playoffs.Continue...

K-W stood for killer wins for the Queen’s Golden Gaels women’s hockey team this past weekend as their trip to the Kitchener-Waterloo area resulted in four huge points. A 5-0 win on Sunday over the Waterloo Warriors came on the heels of Saturday’s 4-2 upset victory over the Laurier Golden Hawks, who are ranked number one in the CIS.Continue...

The men’s hockey team will fight to keep their dying playoff hopes alive tonight at Jock Harty Arena at 7 p.m. in the historic Carr-Harris Cup against RMC. Queen’s needs a win and two U of T losses to Ryerson next weekend to qualify for the playoffs. Queen’s sits one point behind U of T in the standings with one game remaining.Continue...

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. The Queen’s Golden Gaels women’s hockey team was rewarded for its perseverance this past weekend, as they beat the York Lions 3-0 on Sunday following a 5-2 loss to the Guelph Gryphons on Saturday afternoon.

Six teams make the playoffs within the format of OUA women’s hockey, and with just seven points separating second-place Brock and eighth-place Western, every game has become crucial as teams vie for playoff positioning.Continue...

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.Continue...