KINGSTON Ont. (September 25, 2016) – The Queen's Gaels (6-2-0) came out on top in a 4-0 game against the Toronto Varsity Blues (3-4-2) at Richardson Stadium to pick up their second win of the weekend and move to 2-0 at their new home.

GAME FLOW 
Beginning the first half, the Queen's started off strong with a shot from the right of the goal by Lauren Winquist (London, Ont.) only a minute into the game. As the match progressed Madison Tyrell (White Rock) showed her skill as a keeper with four saves, all within the first 20 minutes of the half. The Varsity Blues kept the pressure on but the Queen's maintained their composure and demonstrated their skill as the game continued.

The Gaels had many scoring opportunities with 10 shots in the first half mainly coming off the feet of Jenny Wolever (Toronto), Rachel Radu (Ottawa), Lidia Bradau (Woodbridge, Ont.) and Sarah Nixon (Oakville, Ont.). It took until the 40th minute of the first half, but it was Laura Callender (Ottawa) who placed a goal into the top left corner of the net with an assist from Rachel Radu (Ottawa, Ont.).
 
In the second half the Gaels stepped up their game, creating more offensive pressure on the Varsity Blues. Only four minutes into the half, Brittany Almeida (Kingston, Ont.) put the ball into the back of the net after a cross from Claudia Glasspoole (Calgary), making the score 2-0 for the Gaels. Keeping up the intensity Tyrell made a great save from a hard shot from the inside right of the 18 yard box. Wolever stepped up to the plate in the 75th minute, just missing the wide open net after the Toronto goalie fumbled the ball in front of her. To make up for her unfortunate miss, she came back with a goal placed in the bottom left corner of the net, bringing a momentum to the Gaels that could not be stopped. Only a minute after Wolever's goal, Almeida notched her second goal of the game, sending the ball into the bottom right hand corner of the net with an assist by Wolever. To end off the game Tyrell made another great save to preserve the clean sheet, holding the score at 4-0 Gaels.

BY THE NUMBERS
14 – fourteen shots on goal for the Gaels
7 – seven saves for Madison Tyrell
4 – four goals for the Gaels
1 - One yellow card for the Toronto Varsity Blues
 
FINAL SAY
"They[Almeida and Wolever] have terrific talent, obviously they are tremendous one-v-one players and players that can beat you in a variety of different ways. We look for more good things from them coming up. I thought in the first 20 minutes the ladies struggled a bit, but after that in the second half they played excellent. They found wide players and pockets of space to sit in and get plays going and do a lot of good things."  – Dave McDowell

UP NEXT
The Gaels take on the Ottawa Gee-Gees (8-0-1) on home turf at Richardson Stadium on Friday September 30^th at 7pm.