Gaels This Week – Women's rugby hosts Trent, football and men's rugby play at Guelph, soccer plays at UOIT and Trent, and women's lacrosse is at home. Watch in person or on OUA.tv to catch the most Gaels action.

WOMEN'S RUGBY

RECORD: 0-0	Last time out: N/A	STREAK: N/A
WHO'S HOT?: Nadia Popov - The 2012 OUA Rookie of the Year played most recently for Canada with the senior women's sevens.

The women's rugby team opens their 2016 regular season at home on Nixon Field against Trent at 1pm. After hosting the CIS Championships in 2015, the Gaels are looking to replicate the success that won a CIS silver medal, while Trent ended last season with a 2-3 record. When Queen's went to Trent last year, the Gaels shutout their hosts in a 54-0 romping. Watch it for free in person at Nixon Field or live on OUA.tv!

For the full women's rugby season preview, click here.

FOOTBALL

RECORD: 0-1	Last time out: L 37-18 @ Laurier	STREAK: Lost 1
WHO'S HOT?: Phoenix Grouse - 4 solo tackles, 2 sacks, and 1 interception

After a bye during the second week of the season, the football team is back on the road to play the No.10 Guelph Gryphons. The Gaels lost their season opener to Laurier two weeks ago, while Guelph is 1-1 after they were upset last weekend at Windsor. Watch it live on OUA.tv!

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

WOMEN'S SOCCER

RECORD: 2-0	Last time out: W 2-0 vs. Laurentian	STREAK: Won 2
WHO'S HOT?: Jenny Wolever - 2 goals, 1 assist in first two games of 2016

The No.6 women's soccer team hits the road for the first time this season with a pair of 1pm games at UOIT (2-1-1) on Saturday and at Trent (0-4) on Sunday.

Last weekend, Queen's went 2-0 in their season opening weekend at home, beating Nipissing 2-1 before shutting out Laurentian 2-0. Jenny Wolever (Toronto) scored in both games for the Gaels, and picked up an assist against Laurentian.

In 2015, the Gaels didn't manage to score on the UOIT Ridgebacks, who finished third in the OUA East standings. When the two teams met last year, the Ridgebacks were 1-0 winners in the first matchup, followed by a 0-0 draw. This season, Cassandra Sribny and rookie Rhiannon Kissel are the players to watch for UOIT with three goals each already. Both players recorded goals in their wins last weekend at Ryerson and Toronto.

Queen's picked up a pair of victories against a winless Trent Excalibur team last year in 3-1 and 4-1 affairs. Although her team is yet to earn a win this season, Katilyn Steffler has all scored all three goals for Trent through their opening four games, two of which came last weekend in losses at Toronto and Ryerson.

MEN'S SOCCER

RECORD: 2-0	Last time out: W 4-2 vs. Laurentian	STREAK: Won 2
WHO'S HOT?: Jacob Schroeter - 3 goals, 1 assist in first two games of 2016

The men's soccer team play their first away games at UOIT (0-2-1) on Saturday and at Trent (0-3) on Sunday. Both games have a 3:15pm start time.

The Gaels opened their season last weekend with a pair of wins at home, downing Nipissing in a convincing 5-1 win before edging Laurentian 4-2. In addition to recording one assist, Jacob Schroeter (Ottawa) scored once against Nipissing and netted the tying and game-winning goals against Laurentian to bring his weekend total to three goals.

The UOIT Ridgebacks and Queen's met twice last year during the regular season, when the Gaels picked up a pair of 1-0 wins. The Gaels also bested the Ridgebacks 2-1 in the first round of the OUA playoffs. UOIT picked up their best result of the 2016 season with a 1-1 tie on Sunday at Toronto. Fabio Campoli has the only two goals for the Ridgebacks so far this year.

Queen's netted four goals in both wins over Trent in 2015, with 4-1 and 4-2 victories over the Excalibur. So far this season, Trent has been shutout in all three losses, where their keeper David Ellis has faced 21 shots.


WOMEN'S LACROSSE
The women's lacrosse team plays host to most of the OUA this weekend on Miklas-McCarney Field. The Gaels ended 2015 atop the OUA East, and closed out the year with a bronze medal win over Laurier. 

This weekend, Queen's plays the reigning champions Western at 9:45am on Saturday, McMaster at 8am on Sunday, and the 2015 silver medalists Brock at 1:30pm on Sunday.

For the full schedule of all games, click here.