OSHAWA, Ont. (August 27, 2017) - The Queen's Gaels (0-1-0) men's soccer team travelled to Oshawa to take on the UOIT Ridgebacks (1-0-0) to open up their OUA season on Sunday afternoon.

GAME FLOW
The lone goal of the match came off the foot of UOIT striker Fabio Campoli in the 58th minute as he beat Gaels starting keeper Alex Jones (Comox, B.C.).

The Gaels had their chances throughout the game with seven corners compared to none for the Ridgebacks. Queen's and UOIT each had 13 shot attempts with the Ridgebacks leading with in shots on goal seven to the Gaels 5.

Patrick Van Belleghem (Kenora, Ont.) was one of the busier Gaels offensively firing four shot attempts and landing one on target.

Jones finished with four saves in the loss while Nicholas Miller picked up a clean sheet win with five saves for the Ridgebacks. The two teams will meet once more this season when UOIT visits Queen's in Kingston on Saturday, September 23. 

BY THE NUMBERS
13 - Shot attempts for each team
9/2 - Marks the date of the Gaels home opener at Richardson Stadium
2/2 - Both shot attempts from Michael Chang landed on target
1st - Win for UOIT over the Gaels in program history, Gaels are now 6-1-2 all-time against the Ridgebacks

UP NEXT
Queen's will be back in Kingston next Saturday for their home opener against the Laurentian Voyageurs at 2:15 pm at Richardson Stadium. Admission is free and the game can be seen live on OUA.tv.