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The Queen’s Gaels football team picked up its first home victory of the year with a 43-7 win over the Toronto Varsity Blues.

The Gaels put on a show for the 1,755 fans that were on hand to celebrate Kids Day at Richardson Stadium.

The Gaels took the opening kickoff of the game to the house as first-year Nathan Langley ran for a 110-yard return touchdown.

After a quiet first quarter, the Gaels exploded in the second putting three touchdowns on the board.

Quarterback Nate Hobbs scored a pair of rushing touchdowns and then found Matteo Del Brocco for a 27-yard strike through the air. The catch was Del Brocco's second receiving touchdown and Hobbs' fourth passing touchdown of the season.

The Gaels went into the half with a commanding 28-0 lead.

Hobbs' lone mistake of the afternoon came in the third quarter. As he lobbed a deep pass down field, Toronto's Caleb Zigby came up with the interception and returned it 62 yards for the touchdown.

With the Gaels up 38-7, Jake Puskas put the final nail in the coffin with a 9-yard touchdown scamper.  It was Puskas' strongest performance of the season as he picked up 85 yards on six carries.

With his pair of rushing touchdowns, Hobbs became ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ all-time leader in career rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with 11, surpassing Cal Connor (10) in the school's record books.

He also has the top spot in ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ all-time rushing yards by a quarterback with 751 yards.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

The Queen’s Gaels women’s soccer team (3-1-0) displayed their offensive potential in a 7-2 win over the Trent Excalibur on Sunday.

The Gaels offence found a rhythm that carried them to the five-goal victory.

The first half was dominated by Alexandra Doane who netted three goals within the opening 45 minutes.

After the Gaels allowed an goal in the 53rd minute, they responded with four unanswered goals of their own.

Jenny Wolever found the net for her fourth goal of the season. She was joined by Chloe Cabral and Chloe Korol-Filbey each recorded their first goals of the early campaign and Christie Gray who scored her second of the season.

On Friday night, the Gaels suffered their first defeat of the season at the hands of the UOIT Ridgebacks (2-3-0) 2-0 in Oshawa.

MEN’S SOCCER

The offence was clicking as the Queen’s Gaels men’s soccer team (3-0-0) came away with a 6-2 win over the Trent Excalibur in Peterborough on Sunday.

Things did not start off well for the Gaels as the Excalibur struck for a pair of quick goals in the 16th and 26th minutes. However, just a few minutes later the Gaels began their comeback.

Brevin MacKay found the net for his second goal of the season. In the 41st minute Michael Chang tied the game 2-2. After earning a freekick, Chang curled his shot around the wall and into the net for the game-tying goal.

The Gaels dominated the second half. They put up four unanswered goals including the first OUA goals for Zachary Toupin and Charlie Purcell.

MacKay and Chang also found the back of the net in the second half for their second goals of the game.

MEN’S RUGBY

The Queen’s Gaels men's rugby team (2-0) continued their impressive start to the season with a 55-22 victory over the Laurier Golden Hawks on home turf.

There was a slow start to the game, as both teams couldn't capitalize for the opening 20 minutes. However, the Gaels were the first team to open the scoring with a 3-0 lead after a place kick and Laurier struck back for the first try of the afternoon and a 7-3 lead.

After a late try for the Gaels, the teams headed into a halftime after a low-scoring half with ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ ahead 10-7.

The start of the second half was a back and forth affair. Both teams traded scores before the Golden Hawks built momentum to take a 19-17 edge.

But a highlight play from reigning OUA Peak Performer of the Week, Dylan Young, gave the Gaels the lead and they would never look back.

The Gaels were untouchable within the final 30 minutes of play and scored 33 unanswered points.

WOMEN’S RUGBY

A strong second-half surge had the No. 7 Guelph Gryphons (1-0) on their heels but it wasn't enough for the No. 4 ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Gaels (1-1) as they fell to Guelph 39-34 at Nixon Field on Saturday.

The Gryphons and Gaels traded early tries in the opening seven minutes as April Wright touched down for the Gryphons and Nadia Popov finished off a 15-metre run for the Gaels.

From there, Guelph controlled the pace of the opening half and scored 24 straight points to lead 29-5 at the half.

The second half was the Rachel Hickson show as the second-year wing struck four times including a once on a 50-metre run. The Gryphons were able to keep enough of a lead into the dying minutes up 12. A late try and conversion from Sophie de Goede of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ were not enough as the Gryphons held on for the 39-34 win.