GAME OF THE WEEK
Men's Rugby
The Queen's men's rugby team (3-0) will look to continue their perfect season when they take on the visiting rival Western Mustangs (2-1) at Nixon Field on Saturday at 3 pm.
 
Following their home opener victory against the RMC Paladins, the Gaels will battle it out with the Mustangs to retain their undefeated streak.
 
Since the season has begun, Queen's has been dominant in the OUA, scoring 174 points and only conceding 7 – a record that has the Gaels sitting at the top of conference standings.  
 
Both teams head into Saturday fresh off a win. Last week, Western defeated Waterloo 29-8. Despite boasting the superior record entering to contest, Western found themselves down early to Waterloo as the Warriors converted on a penalty kick within the first ten minutes to earn a 3-0 lead to start the match. A scoring drought from both sides saw a 10-3 score at the half. However, the Mustangs came out strong in the second half and were able to push the margin to a 21 point triumph over the Warriors. 
 
Like their opponents, Queen's also enjoyed a victory last weekend when they hosted the RMC Paladins. Joshua Engelbrecht (Oakville, Ont.) got the Gaels on the scoreboard with a pair of early tries first, followed by two successful conversions from Dylan Young (Toronto). From there, Kainoa Lloyd (Mississauga, Ont.) added two of his three tries and Alex Pipchuk (Calgary) was able to break through the RMC defence pacing the field from half for a try. Heading into the first half Queen's was out in front 40-0. In the second half, the Gaels kept the pressure on with three tries in a 10-minute span capped off with Lloyd touching down his third of the day. At the final whistle, the Gaels came out over RMC 62-0.
 
While the Gaels hold first in the OUA with 15 points, the Mustangs trail by just four points for fourth place.

The last time these two teams met was during the OUA semi-finals when Queen's defeated Western in a thrilling last-minute victory.

Angus MacPhail (Vancouver, B.C.) burst through the Western line with a run down the centre of the field, bulldozing a Western defender along the way to putting the ball in Mustang territory. Still trailing by three in the last minute of play, the Gaels were able to work together and pound their way through the Western defenders on their goal line. After several Gaels inched the ball from the 10 yards out all the way to the goal line, Young scooped up the ball and tucked between the posts and punch Queen's ticket the gold medal game next weekend. After Young also hit the conversion, the final whistle blew with the Gaels ahead 28-24.
 
Admission to all regular season games is free. Watch the game live on OUA.tv.
   
Football
The Queen's football team (0-3) will be looking to pick up their first win on the road this Saturday as they travel to London to take on No. 4 Western (4-0) at 7 pm.
 
For a full preview, click here.
 
Rowing
The Queen's rowing team opens their season at the 45th Annual Head of Rideau Regatta on Sunday. The Gaels will be competing on the Rideau River that winds 5.3 kilometres through the heart of the City of Ottawa. The course begins at Black Rapids and finishes at the Rideau Canoe Club site at Hog's Back.

Last season at the Head of Rideau, the men's heavyweight 8+ crew of Elliot Hall, Sacha Ruzzante, Robert Cadman, Erik Delorenzi, Fionn Hembruff, Teghan Nightengale, William Guest, Michael Bryenton and cox Bailey Mackenzie finished in first place in both the open and varsity races while dominating the field in the varsity race finishing 31 seconds ahead of the second place school.

The men's heavyweight 4+ crew of James Houston, Daniel Molyneaux, Scott Oakes, Liam McKay and cox Khalil Daibes finished 1st in the open race and secured a 3rd place finish in the varsity race. Queen's also saw the men's lightweight 8+ place 3rd in the Varsity race and the men's lightweight 4+ placed 2nd and 5th respectively in their Varsity races.

The Gaels will look to build on their performance from last year's showing.

For the full Regatta schedule, click here.

Women's Rugby
After a road victory against York, the No. 7 Queen's Gaels (2-1) return to Nixon Field this Saturday where they will host their last regular season home game against the No. 6 McMaster Marauders (2-0) at 1 pm.
 
Last weekend's game against the York Lions saw the Gaels with a 12-5 lead after 40 minutes. Queen's kept rolling into the second half and outscored York 19-7, with a final score of 31-12 for the tricolour.
 
The Queen's women's rugby team will look extend their win streak to three in a row against the Marauders.  The last time the two teams met was during regular season action last year – a game in which the Marauders shut out Queen's 32-0 in Hamilton.
 
Admission to all regular season games is free. Watch the game live on OUA.tv.
 
Women's Soccer
Returning home from up north, the No. 8 Queen's women's soccer team (4-1-1) is back at Richardson Stadium this Saturday to take on the undefeated No. 2 UOIT Ridgebacks (7-0-0) in a battle of two nationally ranked programs. Kickoff is set for 1 pm.
 
The Gaels will look to bounce back from their first loss of the season in Sudbury last weekend. Despite seven shots on goal, Queen's fell 2-0 to the Laurentian Voyageurs.
 
Coming into the Ridgebacks match up, the Gaels will be out for redemption. These two teams met four times last season – twice during the regular season, once during the OUA Championship, and finally during the U SPORTS bronze medal game – four matches that UOIT defeated Queen's by just one goal margins.
 
Following the UOIT game, Queen's will have a quick turnaround and host the Trent Excalibur on Sunday at 1 pm.

Admission to all regular season games is free.
 
Men's Soccer
Also returning from Sudbury, the Gaels men's soccer team (3-3-0) will host UOIT (2-5-0) following the women's match at Richardson Stadium at 3:15 pm.
 
Last weekend, Queen's picked up a win and a loss on the road against Nipissing and Laurentian.
 
Saturday's match is the second meeting between the Ridgebacks and the Gaels this year. Queen's kicked off their season in Oshawa against the blue and white in late August – a game that UOIT took 1-0 for their first-ever win against the Gaels.
 
Like the women's side, the men will also host Trent on Sunday at 3:15 pm following Saturday's game.

Admission to all regular season games is free.
 
Cross Country
Coming off a fantastic showing at the Queen's Invitational, the Queen's cross country team will make their way to London to compete in the Western University Invitational.
 
Last weekend, the Gaels women's team had a historic run at the Queen's Invitational to open their season as Claire Sumner (Calgary) finished first overall individually, and the tricolour team took first place over the dominant Guelph Gryphons.
 
Since that performance, the women's cross country team has been ranked No.1 in the country.

On the men's side, No. 6 Queen's saw fifth and sixth place finishes from Brett Crowley and Mitchell Kirat. Queen's also had the 8-10 finishes - a strong showing that merited a sixth national ranking for the Gaels.
   
PRESEASON ACTION
 
Women's Hockey
The Queen's women's hockey team commenced preseason play against Concordia in Montreal last weekend – a game that saw a 4-1 victory for the home Stingers.
 
This weekend marks the preseason tournament for the Gaels women's hockey team as they host the Queen's Invitational at the Strathcona Paper Centre in Napanee.
 
A matchup against the Ottawa Gee-Gees on Friday will kick off tournament action for the Queen's Gaels. Puck drop is set for 4 pm. Saturday will see the Gaels return to the ice to take on the McGill Martlets at 3 pm. In addition to Ottawa and McGill, Western will also be in attendance.
 
For a full tournament schedule, click here.
 
Men's Hockey
The Gaels men's hockey team also began their preseason schedule last weekend during the Lou Jeffries Memorial Game against RMC. The Paladins shut out the tricolour 4-0 on Saturday night in Gananoque.
 
Bouncing back from their opening game, Queen's will travel cross-country to Vancouver, British Columbia for the UBC Invitational. The Gaels will face off against the UBC Thunderbirds in back-to-back action on Friday and Saturday at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. Puck drop is set for 7 pm Pacific Time/10 pm Eastern Time on Friday and 2 pm Pacific Time/5 pm Eastern Time on Saturday.

Women's Volleyball
The Gaels women's volleyball team opens preseason play on the road as they make their way to Montreal for the UQAM Invitational. The tricolour will play the Sherbrooke Vert & Or in their first game of the tournament at 3:30 pm on Friday.

The Gaels follow up with matches against Montreal Friday night, McGill Saturday morning and UQAM Saturday afternoon.

For a full tournament schedule, click here.