Gaels This Week - Women's CIS Rugby Championship, Queen's host Acadia in the Game of the Week Thursday Night

WOMEN'S RUGBY
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MEN'S RUGBY
The men's rugby team will be hosting the OUA Playoff Semifinal game on Saturday night at 8pm at Nixon Field. Their opponent in the semifinal matchup is yet to be determined with the quarter-finals being played this evening with (5)RMC at (4)McMaster and (6)Laurier at (3)Western. 

The men's team finished their 2015 regular season with a 7-1 record which placed them second in the OUA standings earning them a first round bye into the semifinals. The Gaels are currently riding a seven game win streak after dropping their opening game away at Guelph. Queen's were led this season by third year players Lucas Rumball (Toronto) and Kainoa Lloyd (Mississauga, Ont.). Both Rumball and Lloyd finished in the top five of the OUA for tries scored, Rumball with nine and Lloyd with seven. Rookie Alex Colborne (London, Ont.) led the OUA in conversions with 27.

NOTE: This game was originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon at 6pm, has now been moved to Saturday night at 8pm at Nixon Field. 
 

OUA Rugby Playoffs Semifinal
CURRENT MATCHUP		SERIES AT A GLANCE
	(2) Queen's Gaels (7-1, 36 pts) Home record: 4-0 Away record: 3-1
	(0) TBD (0-0, 0 pts) Home record: 0-0 Away record: 0-0
Player to watch Alex Colborne | Queen's Colborne, who is a first year Mechanical and Materials Engineering student from London, Ont. led the Gaels offence this season with 78 points scored which was second best overall in the OUA. Colborne finished with 27 conversions  which ranked first overall in the OUA.

 
WOMEN'S SOCCER
The women's soccer team will be travelling to Ottawa this upcoming weekend to take part in the OUA Final Four Playoffs. The Gaels will be playing against the No.2 York Lions Saturday morning at 11am at the University of Ottawa. 

Last weekend the Gaels punched their ticket to the OUA Final Four on Sunday afternoon in northern Ontario, upsetting second-seeded Laurentian 2-1 in the conference quarter-finals. The Gaels wasted no time opening the scoring, making good on two opportunities within the first 10 minutes of the match. Tara Bartram (Vancouer), who connected on the game-winner in Wednesday's playoff match at Toronto, found the goal for the second time in as many post-season matches, tallying the game's first goal in the 4th minute. Micah Vermeer (Grimsby, Ont.) doubled the Queen's lead four minutes later, and the visitors would maintain their lead throughout the first 45 minutes of the half. Laurentian cut the Gaels lead down to one early in the second half on a goal from Sarah Sanford in the 51st minute. That would be as close as the hosts would get, however, as Queen's goalkeeper Michaila Frawley (Victoria, B.C.) turned aside five shots to earn her second playoff win of the year.
 

OUA Soccer Playoffs Semifinal
CURRENT MATCHUP		SERIES AT A GLANCE
	(5) Queen's Gaels (7-2-7, 28 pts) Home record: 3-1-5 Away record: 4-1-2
	(1) No.2 York Lions (15-0-1, 46 pts) Home record: 9-0 Away record: 6-0-1
Player to watch Micah Vermeer | D | Queen's The third year Life Sciences student from Grimsby, Ont. has been the Gaels leader from the backend this season. Vermeer started 15 games scoring one goal and played a major role in contributing to the nine clean sheets this season. Vermeer helped seal the OUA Quarter-Final win against Laurentian last weekend scoring the second goal of a 2-1 victory.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
The women's basketball team will be hosting their 2015-16 season home openers this weekend as they welcome the visiting York Lions Saturday night at 6pm in the Main Gym of the ARC.
 
The women's team closed out their preseason schedule on October 24 with a 78-62 win over Guelph. The Gaels finished their preseason with a 7-4 record overall (4-3 on the road, 3-1 at home). The Gaels and Lions played each other twice last season. Queen's won both games, 73-38 at home and 66-56 at York. 
 
MEN'S BASKETBALL
The men's basketball team will be hosting their 2015-16 season home openers this weekend as they welcome the visiting York Lions Saturday night at 8pm in the Main Gym of the ARC.

Queen's and York palyed each other twice last season with both teams winning on their home court to split the season series. Queen's won 86-84 at home and lost 76-63 away at York. The Gaels will be looking to get off to a better start this 2015-16 season after they dropped their first five opening games of the 2014-15 season. 
 
MEN'S HOCKEY
The men's hockey team (5-1-0) will be playing the UOIT Ridgebacks (4-3-0) in back to back games this weekend. The Gaels will host the Ridgebacks Friday November 6th at The Memorial Centre with the puck drop set for 7:30pm. On Saturday Queen's will travel to Oshawa to play the Ridgebacks at the Campus Ice Centre with the puck drop at 7:30pm.

Last weekend the Gaels were in Ottawa palying against The Carleton Ravens (4-3-0). Darcy Greenaway (Oakville, Ont.) scored his second goal of the season while Patrick Downe(New Maryland, NB) and Spencer Abraham (Cambelville, Ont.) each chipped in with their third assists of the season. Patrick Downe fired home his first goal of the year just 34 seconds into the final frame. Being outshot 26-20, Kevin Bailie(Belleville, Ont.) and the Queen's defense did the work the rest of the way. Shawn Boudreau (Kentville, Ont.) added the empty-net marker. Queen's came away with a 3-0 shutout win over the Ravens on Saturday night.

The Gaels are currently riding a four game win streak.
 
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
The women's volleyball team (0-3) will be on the road this weekend as they travel to North Bay Friday evening to take on the Nipissing Lakers (0-2) at 6pm. On Saturday the Gaels will once again be on the road in Toronto to take on the York Lions (1-1) will the opening set at 6pm.

Last weekend the Gaels held their season home openers. On Friday evening Queen's lost in straight sets to Ryerson (25-18, 25-21, 25-20). Fourth-year Shannon Neville (Cambridge, Ont.) recorded game-high 11 kills and 16 digs. On Saturday evening the Gaels lost 3-1 against the No. 6 Toronto Varsity Blues (25-21, 17-25, 13-25, 19-25). Shannon Neville led the Gaels once again with 13 kills and 19 digs. 

Nipissing is currently winless on the season with straight set losses at Lakehead and against Ottawa at home. York comes into this game with an even 1-1 record with a straight set win at Lakehead followed by a striaght set lost at home to Ottawa. 

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
The men's volleyball team (2-1) will be on the road this weekend as they travel to North Bay Friday night to take on the Nipissing Lakers (2-2) at 8pm. On Saturday the Gaels will once again be on the road in Toronto to take on the York Lions (2-2) will the opening set at 8pm.

Last weekend the Gaels held their season home openers. On Friday evening Queen's lost in straight sets to No.10 Ryerson (25-17, 25-23, 25-18). Marko Dakic (Mississauga, Ont.) recorded a game-high 15 kills, while third year setter Jamie Wright (Kingston, Ont.) recoreded 34 assists. On Saturday evening the Gaels defeated the Varsity Blues in straight sets (25-16, 25-23, 25-21). The Gaels defence was led by the the Brunet brothers, Scott Brunet (Calgary) finished with a game-high 8 blocks while Chris Brunet (Calgary) finished with 10 digs. 

Nipissing is currently 2-2 on the season with wins against Windsor and Waterloo, and losses against Western and McMaster. York also comes into this game with an even 2-2 record. The Lions opened the season with back to back wins over Windsor and Western before dropping their next two games on the road against Waterloo and McMaster.

HOME GAMES

DATE	SPORT	OPPONENT	FACILITY	LOCATION	TIME/RESULT
11/5/2015	Rugby (W)	vs #6 StFX vs #3 Ottawa	Nixon Field	Kingston, Ont.	1:00 PM
11/5/2015	Rugby (W)	vs #7 Lethbridge vs #2 McMaster	Nixon Field	Kingston, Ont.	3:00 PM
11/5/2015	Rugby (W)	vs #5 Concordia vs #4 Victoria	Nixon Field	Kingston, Ont.	5:00 PM
11/5/2015	Rugby (W)	vs #8 Queen's vs #1 Acadia	Nixon Field	Kingston, Ont.	7:00 PM
11/6/2015	Hockey (M)	vs UOIT	Memorial Centre	Kingston, ON	7:30:00 PM
11/7/2015	Rugby (W)	vs CIS Consolation 1	Nixon Field	Kingston, Ont.	11:00 AM
11/7/2015	Basketball (W)	vs York	ARC - Main Gym	Kingston, ON	6:00:00 PM
11/7/2015	Basketball (M)	vs York	ARC - Main Gym	Kingston, ON	8:00:00 PM
11/7/2015	Rugby (W)	vs CIS Consolation 2	Nixon Field	Kingston, Ont.	1:00 PM
11/7/2015	Rugby (W)	vs CIS Semifinal 1	Nixon Field	Kingston, Ont.	3:00 PM
11/7/2015	Rugby (W)	vs CIS Semifinal 2	Nixon Field	Kingston, Ont.	5:00 PM
11/8/2015	Rugby (W)	vs CIS 5th Place	Nixon Field	Kingston, Ont.	11:00 AM

AWAY GAMES

DATE	SPORT	OPPONENT	LOCATION	TIME/RESULT
11/6/2015	Volleyball (W)	at Nipissing	North Bay, ON	6:00 PM
11/6/2015	Volleyball (M)	at Nipissing	North Bay, ON	8:00 PM
11/7/2015	Wrestling (M/W)	at McMaster Open	Hamilton, Ontario	9:00am
11/7/2015	Sailing (M/W)	at MAISA Club Champs	Corinthian Yacht Club	9:00am
11/7/2015	Sailing (M/W)	at ICSA Men's Singlehandad Nationals at Old Dominion	Norfolk, VA	9:00am
11/7/2015	Sailing (M/W)	at SYWoC Qualifier	TBD	9:00am
11/7/2015	Sailing (M/W)	at Kennedy Cup at Navy	Annapolis, MD	9:00am
11/7/2015	Volleyball (W)	at York	Toronto, ON	6:00 PM
11/7/2015	Hockey (M)	at UOIT	Oshawa, ON	7:30:00 PM
11/7/2015	Volleyball (M)	at York	Toronto, ON	8:00 PM
11/8/2015	Sailing (M/W)	at ICSA Men's Singlehandad Nationals at Old Dominion	Norfolk, VA	9:00am
11/8/2015	Sailing (M/W)	at MAISA Club Champs	Corinthian Yacht Club	9:00am
11/8/2015	Sailing (M/W)	at Kennedy Cup at Navy	Annapolis, MD	9:00am
11/8/2015	Sailing (M/W)	at SYWoC Qualifier	TBD	9:00am