KINGSTON, Ont. (November 9, 2014) - The Gaels (3-3) suffered their first home loss of the season on Sunday afternoon to the Ottawa Gee-Gees (3-2) in straight sets, 25-17, 25-19, 25-21.

Queen's had a rough start to the match, committing 10 errors in the first set, in which they only made seven kills. After dropping the first set, the Gaels improved their play as the match progressed. In the third set, Queen's erased a five point deficit to tie it up at 21-21 on strong serving from Caroline Livingston (Kelowna, B.C.). The Gee-Gees recovered to close out the match with a 25-21 score in the third set.

Livingston was the most efficient Gael in her limited playing time, hitting four kills on seven total attacks, while also picking up a service ace and four digs. Shannon Neville (Cambridge, Ont.) recorded a team-high 10 kills for Queen's, while Becky Wilson (Pickering, Ont.) was the Gaels dig leader with 12. 

Myriam English led all attackers with 14 kills for the Gee-Gees, and also recorded seven digs and three assisted blocks. On defence, Kelsie English made a game-high 16 digs for Ottawa, while middles Alix Durivage and Sophie Chenail made a solo block and four assisted blocks each.

The Gaels hit the road for a single match at Waterloo on Friday, before returning home for a pair of 6pm games against Lakehead and Brock on November 21 and 22, respectively.