TORONTO (October 21, 2017) - The Queen's Gaels (6-7-3) dropped a 2-1 decision to the Toronto Varsity Blues (10-2-4) on Saturday night in Toronto at Varsity Stadium. The Gaels will now play Wednesday night at either Ryerson or UOIT depending on Sunday's outcomes.

GAME FLOW
It took just seven minutes for the home Varsity Blues to get on the board as Lukas MacNaughton beat starting Gaels keeper Alex Jones to open the scoring on an unassisted goal.

Toronto struck again just before half as Nirun Sivananthan set up Jack Wadden in the 44th minute. 

At the half the Varsity Blues held a 2-0 lead on Queen's.

Gaels captain Jacob Schroeter (Ottawa) was on his game late in the match as he finished a strike for his team leading 12th goal of the season. The goal came in the 83rd minute to cut the deficit to just one goal.

Queen's was not able to find an equalizer and suffered a 2-1 defeat.

BY THE NUMBERS
12 - Goals on the season for Schroeter
6th - And final playoff spot goes to Queen's in the East

UP NEXT
Queen's will be on the road for the OUA playoffs starting on Wednesday night when they visit either Ryerson or UOIT.