KINGSTON, Ont. (October 20, 2018) - The Queen's Gaels saw their season come to an end after a 27-22 loss to the Ottawa Gee-Gees during the Gaels homecoming weekend and Think Pink game.
HOMECOMING
It was great Fall homecoming day for football at Richardson Stadium and a near capacity crowd of 7,055 were on hand. The homecoming festivities saw the Tricolour Guard parade the field at halftime while students and alumni alike cheered and saluted on their way past.
GRADUATING SENIORS
Prior to kick-off, the Gaels honoured their graduating senior players with a special presentation.
THINK PINK
Queen's partnered with the AMS ReUnion Street Festival and the Canadian Cancer Society for Think Pink Day as Gaels fans added pink to their Tricolour outfits. Donations were also accepted by the Canadian Cancer Society throughout the game.
GAME FLOW
Things got off to a slow start as the two teams traded punts early on in the opening quarter. Ottawa's offence was finally the first to get going and they found the scoreboard on a Sawyer Buettner 10-yard pass to Carter Matheson for a touchdown.
Early in the second quarter, the Gee-Gees offence forced a Gaels fumble into their own end zone. Francis Perron jumped on the loose ball for Ottawa and they held an early 14-0 lead.
After a field goal from
Nick Liberatore to get Queen's on the board, the Gaels blocked a Gee-Gees punt and recovered the football setting up another strike from the Queen's kicker. After Ottawa tacked on a late field goal, Queen's was down just 17-6 at halftime.
Nate Hobbs connected on a big catch-and-run play to
Matteo Del Brocco for a 71 yard gain down to the Ottawa 1-yard line. Hobbs kept for himself and scored his ninth rushing touchdown of the season.
Down 20-15 Ottawa connected on a 37-yard field goal and followed up with a Buettner two-yard rushing score to extend their lead to 27-15.
Queen's was able to score one more time as Hobbs hit
Chris Osei-Kusi over the middle of the field for a 30-yard touchdown.
That was as close as the Gaels would get however as the Gee-Gees spoiled the Gaels homecoming with a 27-22 win.
MUST-SEE MOMENT
Hobbs found the reliable Chris Ose-Kusi for a highlight reel touchdown.
FINAL SAY
I thought we did a great job of managing the third, we came out and scored to get it close but just once again we disintegrated a few times with a few dreadful series in the fourth quarter. I hope that our graduating seniors enjoyed their time and become dedicated alumni for Queen's in the future and I wish them tremendous success. I am proud of the team, they fought hard and represented Queen's well.
BY THE NUMBERS
9 -
Nate Hobbs finished the season with nine rushing touchdowns to finish second in the OUA in that category.
52 -
Zackary Kealey ended the year with 52 tackles which puts him 6th in the OUA.
4 - This marks the Gaels' fourth loss this season that have come within a single score.
