Football Gaels fall to Mustangs; Perfect weekend for soccer teams

Football Gaels fall to Mustangs; Perfect weekend for soccer teams

By Communications Staff

September 21, 2015

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[Gaels vs. Mustangs]
¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Gaels players Nelkas Kwemo (left) and Ejaz Causer (right) tackle Tom Marshall of the Western Mustangs during Saturday's OUA football game in London. (Photo by Dev Vasile)

FOOTBALL

The ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Gaels (2-2) were in London on Saturday afternoon to take on their rival No.3 Western Mustangs (4-0). Quarterback Nate Hobbs finished with three touchdowns on 336 yards passing while adding another 62 yards on the ground but the Gaels were upended 48-25. Nelkas Kwemo had a game-high 9.5 tackles for the Gaels.

WOMEN’S RUGBY

The No.2 ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Gaels women's rugby team (2-0) had no trouble getting past the Trent Excalibur (0-2) on Saturday in Peterborough taking a dominant 54-0 shutout win. Hannah Greenwood and Katie Garland both picked up their first tries in tricolour.

MEN’S RUGBY

The Queen’s Gaels men’s rugby team (2-1) charged to a convincing 76-14 win over the Warriors (1-1) Sunday afternoon in Waterloo. Benjamin Oppenheimer led the scoring for the Gaels with three trys.

MEN’S SOCCER

The Queen’s Gaels men's soccer team (3-1-2) finished the weekend road trip to Toronto with a pair of wins, capped off by a convincing 4-1 victory over the No. 2 Ryerson Rams (6-1-1) 4-1 on Sunday. A day earlier, the Gaels got a late goal from Conor Hannigan to top the Toronto Varsity Blues (4-2-1) 2-1.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

The ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Gaels Women’s soccer team (3-1-3) also notched a pair of wins in Toronto thanks to a 3-0 win over the Ryerson Rams (2-4-2) on Sunday and a 1-0 victory over the Toronto Varsity Blues (4-2-1) on Saturday.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

The ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Invitational women's hockey tournament kicked off at the Invista Centre in Kingston on Friday afternoon with the Montreal Carabins taking down the McGill Martlets 4-0 followed by the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Gaels winning 2-0 over the UBC Thunderbirds. On Saturday McGill picked up a 3-1 win over ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ and Montreal beat UBC 5-1. On Sunday, UBC defeated McGill 3-2 followed by the Gaels losing to Montreal 7-2. A s a result, Montreal claimed the title with a perfect 3-0 record, while the three other teams finished 1-2.

MEN’S HOCKEY

The ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Gaels scored a 3-1 win over RMC in the annual Lou Jeffries exhibition game in Gananoque on Sunday. Slater Doggett, Blair Wentworth and Cory Genovese scored for the Gaels.