KINGSTON (October 25, 2014) – The Gaels defeated the Waterloo Warriors 69-5 this Saturday in their final regular season game. With this win, the Gaels end their season in first place with a 7-1 record giving them a bye into the OUA semifinals next Saturday. The Warriors end their season with a 1-7 ranking in the OUA.  
 
The Warriors were on their heels early in the game as the Gaels pushed through their defensive line. Kainoa Lloyd (Mississauga) slipped through to put the first try on the board, grabbing the Gaels the early lead which they never relinquished. A minute later Marc Van der wall (Victoria) put down a try of his own, with a successful conversion by Adam McQueen (Canmore, Alta). Keeping up their momentum, the Gaels pushed a ruck try through the Warriors defence with Ciaran McSwiggan (Toronto) putting down the third try of the game.
 
The Warriors struggled to hold off the advances, but Queen's continuously found seams in the Warriors defence with tries flooding the board from first year rookie Marc Levin (Vancouver) and three more from Lloyd who led the Gaels at halftime with his four tries. Going into the second half, the Gaels were leading the Warriors 43-0.  
 
Joseph Yelle (Brantford, Ont.) put down a try immediately in the second half followed by McQueen who pulled away from the pack to put down a try and score a conversion. The Gaels dominated the pitch with great lateral action getting Teddy Taggart (Ottawa) in position to put down a try of his own, increasing the Gaels lead to 64-0.
 
The Gaels momentum slowed as the Warriors gained their greatest advance in the Queen's end and breaking the Gaels shutout as Kyle Kraemer scored the first try for Waterloo. The Gaels were quick to respond with McQueen putting down his second try of the game to top off the match with a lead of 69-5 over the Warriors. McQueen led the Gaels with 24 points, putting down two tries and scoring seven conversions.
 
With a first place ranking in the OUA season, the Gaels have a bye to the semifinal game scheduled for next Saturday, November 1. Their opponents are to be determined in Wednesday's quarter-final game.