Gaels This Week – Richardson Stadium reopens to football versus Western Saturday, soccer against Carleton Sunday, plus men's rugby is home to Laurier, and women's rugby plays at Toronto. Watch in person or on OUA.tv to catch the most Gaels action.

GAME OF THE WEEK
FOOTBALL

RECORD: 0-2	Last time out: L 38-29 @ Guelph	STREAK: Lost 2
WHO'S HOT?: Chris Osei-Kusi - Ran in a 77-yard touchdown against Guelph

The Gaels are ready to open the revitalized Richardson Stadium Saturday at 1pm against the No.5 Western Mustangs live nation-wide on City, with the pre-game ceremony starting at 12:30pm. Queen's is looking for their first win of the year in their home opener, while Western is 2-1 off a win against Waterloo. Buy your tickets to be a part of history, see it live coast-to-coast on City TV, or watch it live on OUA.tv!

For a full preview of this weekend's game, click here.

WOMEN'S SOCCER

RECORD: 3-1	Last time out: W 4-0 @ Trent	STREAK: Won 1
WHO'S HOT?: Rachel Radu - Hattrick in 4-0 win against Trent.

The women's soccer team plays at No.2 Ottawa (5-0) Friday night before getting their first taste of action in Richardson Stadium on Sunday at 1pm against Carleton (3-1-1).

Queen's suffered their first loss of the 2016 season last weekend in a 1-0 contest at No.9 UOIT, before rebounding against Trent with a 4-0 win. Rachel Radu (Ottawa) came up with a hattrick in the victory, while keeper Madison Tyrell made nine saves in the loss. With her three goals last weekend, Radu takes over as the Gaels leading scorer with four on the season.

In 2015, the Gaels tied the Gee-Gees in both matchups, first 0-0, then 1-1. Ottawa sits atop the OUA East standings again this year with a perfect 5-0 record. Last weekend, the Gee-Gees beat Ryerson 2-0 and Toronto 2-1 in a pair of home games. Faythe Lou has more goals than any of her Ottawa teammates, and picked up her fourth goal of the season against Ryerson. Keeper Julie-Anne Lamarche is among the best in the OUA, having allowed only two goals on 23 shots.

When Queen's and Carleton faced off last year, the Ravens won in August before the teams tied in October. Carleton sits just ahead of the Gaels in the OUA East standings with a 3-1-1 record. The Ravens are coming off a pair of clean sheet victories over Toronto and Ryerson, with Emily Copeland dinan and Nicole Filipow combining for two goals each last weekend.

MEN'S SOCCER

RECORD: 3-0-1	Last time out: W 4-2 vs. Laurentian	STREAK: Tied 1
WHO'S HOT?: Julian Gailiunas - The rookie scored his first 2 CIS goals last weekend

The men's soccer team plays a mid-week at RMC (0-4) Wednesday night before playing on the turf at the revitalized Richardson Stadium for the first time on Sunday at 3:15pm against Carleton (2-1-1).

Four games into the season, the Gaels continue to be unbeaten after picking up a 3-1 win at UOIT and a 1-1 tie at Trent last weekend. Julian Gailiunas (North Vancouver, B.C.) scored the first goal of his CIS career in stoppage time of the UOIT game, and doubled his season total with the Gaels only goal against Trent.

Queen's Kingston rivals, the RMC Paladins fell to the Gaels in both of their 2015 matchups. This season, RMC is winless through four games heading into the midweek clash. Graeme Curran, a third year defender, has the Paladins only goal of 2016, which was scored in a 3-1 loss to UOIT last weekend.

Carleton and Queen's were dead even last year, finishing both of their meetings in 1-1 ties. The Ravens are looking to get back in the win column after drawing with Toronto and losing to Ryerson last weekend. Forward Mekonen Lovemore-White picked up his second goal of the season in the 1-1 tie with Toronto.

WOMEN'S RUGBY

RECORD: 1-0	Last time out: W 71-5 vs. Trent	STREAK: Won 1
WHO'S HOT?: Erin Geddes - The captain had 16 points on conversions against Trent

The No.4 women's rugby team will play under the lights in Toronto Friday night in a matchup with the Varsity Blues (0-1).

Queen's is coming off a convincing 71-5 win against Trent, in which Nadia Popov (Newmarket, Ont.) scored three tries and Erin Geddes (Lindsay, Ont.) was 8/11 on conversions. Transfers from Acadia Molly Labenski (Oakville, Ont.) and Kendyl Wilson (Oakville, Ont.) scored twice and once, respectively. 

Toronto is coming off an 81-0 loss to No.1 McMaster, and are still looking for their first score of the season. In 2015, the Gaels put up a 106-3 victory over the Varsity Blues.

MEN'S RUGBY

RECORD: 1-1	Last time out: L 18-12 @ Guelph	STREAK: Lost 1
WHO'S HOT?: Kainoa Lloyd - Scored 5 tries through two games

The men's rugby team plays their home opener against Laurier on Saturday at 1pm after starting the season with two games on the road.

Last weekend, the Gaels had a 10 game winning streak snapped at Guelph. The Gryphons also beat Queen's in the 2015 season opener, before the Gaels won nine straight games to a fourth consecutive OUA Championship. Kainoa Lloyd picked up his fifth try of the season in the loss.

Laurier has two road wins to start the 2016 season and sits at the top of the OUA standings with 10 points from their two victories. Last weekend, the Golden Hawks took a one point lead into halftime against Waterloo before scoring 19 straight points in the second half to secure the win.

Come out to support your Gaels in person on Nixon Field, or watch it live on OUA.tv!


HOME

DATE	SPORT	OPPONENT	FACILITY	LOCATION	TIME/RESULT	MEDIA
9/17/2016	Football	vs Western Mustangs	Richardson Stadium	Kingston, Ont.	1:00pm	CITY CFRC 101.9 Live Audio Live Video Live Stats
9/17/2016	Rugby (M)	vs Laurier Golden Hawks	Nixon Field	Kingston, Ont.	1:00 PM	Live Video
9/17/2016	Baseball (M)	vs York Lions (DH)	Megaffin Park	Kingston, Ont.	12:00/3:30PM
9/17/2016	Fastpitch (W)	vs Laurier Golden Hawks (DH)	Garrigan Park	Kingston, Ont.	2:00/4:00PM
9/18/2016	Soccer (W)	vs Carleton Ravens	Richardson Stadium	Kingston, Ont.	1:00 PM	TVCOGECO CABLE 13 / HD CABLE 700
9/18/2016	Soccer (M)	vs Carleton Ravens	Richardson Stadium	Kingston, Ont.	3:15 PM	TVCOGECO CABLE 13 / HD CABLE 700
9/18/2016	Golf (M/W)	vs Queen's Invitational	Cataraqui Golf & Country Club	Kingston, Ont.
9/18/2016	Fastpitch (W)	vs Waterloo Warriors (DH)	Garrigan Park	Kingston, Ont.	11:00AM/1:00PM
9/18/2016	Baseball (M)	vs Western Mustangs (DH)	Megaffin Park	Kingston, Ont.	12:00/3:30PM

AWAY

DATE	SPORT	OPPONENT	LOCATION	TIME/RESULT
9/14/2016	Soccer (M)	at RMC Paladins	Kingston, Ont.	6:30 PM
9/14/2016	Lacrosse (M)	at Trent Excalibur	Peterborough, Ontario	7:30 PM
9/16/2016	Soccer (W)	at Ottawa Gee-Gees	Ottawa, Ont.	7:00 PM
9/16/2016	Rugby (W)	at Toronto Varsity Blues	Toronto, Ont.	8:00 PM
9/16/2016	Fastpitch (W)	at York Lions	Toronto, Ontario	5:00/7:00 PM (DH)
9/17/2016	Hockey (M)	at RMC Paladins	Gananoque, ON	7:30 PM
9/17-18/2016	Sailing (M/W)	at US Naval Academy	Annapolis, MD
9/17/2016	Golf (M/W)	at Carleton Invitational	Greensmore Golf & Country Club
9/17-18/2016	Sailing (M/W)	at McMaster Invitational	Hamilton, Ontario
9/17-18/2016	Sailing (M/W)	at NY Maritime Fall Open	New York, NY
9/17-18/2016	Cycling (M/W)	Ontario University Cup Race #2	Mansfield Outdoor Center	9:00 AM
9/17/2016	Field Hockey (W)	at York University	Guelph, Ontario	2:15PM
9/17/2016	Lacrosse (M)	at Nipissing Lakers	North Bay, Ontario	4:00 PM
9/18/2016	Field Hockey (W)	at University of Guelph	Guelph, Ontario	9AM
9/18/2016	Lacrosse (W)	at Toronto Varsity Blues	UOIT	10:15am
9/18/2016	Lacrosse (M)	at Nipissing Lakers	North Bay, Ontario	11:00 AM
9/18/2016	Field Hockey (W)	at University of Waterloo	Guelph, Ontario	2:15PM
9/18/2016	Lacrosse (W)	at York Lions	UOIT	3:30pm