KINGSTON, Ont (February 22, 2019) - The Queen's Gaels (12-6) had no trouble getting past their cross-town rivals the RMC Paladins (1-17) with a straight set 3-0 win on Friday night at the ARC.
SENIORS NIGHT
Prior to the match, the Gaels honoured their graduating seniors
Caroline Livingston,
Victoria Wensley,
Sierra Hardy and
Isabelle Korchinski.
GAME FLOW
After falling behind early 3-0 the Gaels were able to rally with four straight points of their own in the opening set with
Caroline Livingston putting down three of the four on kills. Queen's was finally able to break away in the first set after the technical timeout. Leading 16-14 Queen's scored nine of the final 10 points of the match and
Saffron van der Linde sealed the set 25-15 with a kill.
Once again the Gaels cross-town rivals opened up strong in the second set. They quickly jumped ahead to a 5-0 lead thanks to a pair of aces from Josephine Calverley.
Queen's responded with a five-point run of their own and took nine of 11 to lead 9-7 after
Danielle Corrigan placed a kill.
The two sides stayed close through to RMC holding a 19-18 lead. From there Queen's recorded six straight points and again
Saffron van der Linde was able to put away the final point and give Queen's the set 25-22.
In the third RMC again continued to challenge Queen's leading 10-6 but Queen's again responded to keep pace. After being tied 18-18 the Gaels finally broke free and an ace from
Sierra Hardy put the Gaels ahead 23-20. Livingston proved to put the match away with a strong kill that was too much for RMC to handle sealing the win.
BY THE NUMBERS
700 - Career kill mark reached for Livingston in the victory with her 17 in the match
11 - Kills for Wiercigroch
14 - Digs for Wensley
13 - Kills for Logan Rook of RMC to lead the Paladins
MUST SEE
UP NEXT
The Gaels are back in action in a quick turnaround as they close out their OUA regular season Saturday against Lakehead at 1 pm at the Queen's ARC. For tickets head to www.gogaelsgo.com/tickets or catch the action live on OUA.tv.
