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The Queen’s Gaels claimed the OUA Women's Fencing banner on Sunday afternoon, finishing the weekend with a total of five medals and 294 points.

The banner is the Gaels’ third in a row, making them the first team to accomplish that feat since RMC from 2005-08. RMC finished in second place with 289 points, while the host Western Mustangs finished in third with 227.

The Gaels followed up their strong showing on Saturday with another on Sunday, picking up two team medals to go with their three individual podium finishes from the day before. Two of those medals were gold, with one coming in the individual foil event and the other in team foil.

Mailys Rouganne and Jessie Pollett finished one-two in the individual foil event for ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ while Lily Jiang had the Gaels other individual medal, battling to sabre silver behind Western's Marie Lecoq. Jiang was also part of the sabre team that claimed silver along with Francesca Pang, Sara Stonehouse, and Tina Zhang while Rouganne and Pollett teamed up with Kyra Dorfman and Nicole Turner to win foil gold.

Men’s Hockey

The ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Gaels men’s hockey team fell 4-3 to the UOIT Ridgebacks in the third and deciding game of their first round OUA Playoffs series, bringing an end to their 2015-16 season.

The first two games were both decided in overtime with the visiting team coming out on top. In Oshawa Sunday, it was another tight matchup but the Ridgebacks prevailed with the winning goal coming with a little over two minutes left.

Eric Ming scored twice for the Gaels while Darcy Greenaway added another.

Women’s Hockey

Clare McKellar registered four points helping the Queen’s Gaels women’s hockey team (13-2-7-2) finish their regular season with a 5-1 road win versus the Brock Badgers (7-3-13-1) on Sunday.

¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ was able to pick up an important three points, placing fourth overall in the OUA. Claire Warren was in net for her first game of the season, backstopping the Gaels to the win. The Gaels got two goals each from Jessica Wakefield and McKellar, while Kyla Crouse added another.

On Saturday, the Gaels topped the Laurier Golden Hawks 4-1 with Courtenay Jacklin scoring a pair and Megan Farrell and Katrina Manoukarakis also finding the back of the net.

Women’s Basketball

The ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Gaels women's basketball team (14-3) extended its winning streak to five games Saturday in northern Ontario, defeating the Algoma Thunderbirds (1-18) 67-34 in their final road game of the regular season.

Jenny Wright led all players with 16 points, shooting 7-of-15 from the field while tallying four rebounds and two assists. Marianne Alarie added 14 points to help the CIS No. 9-ranked Gaels keep pace with the No. 4 Ryerson Rams (14-3) atop the OUA East division.

Men’s Basketball

The ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Gaels men's basketball team (10-7) lost their second straight game Saturday in Sault Ste. Marie, dropping a 71-60 decision to the Algoma Thunderbirds (5-13).

Sukhpreet Singh tallied a team-high 15 points with five rebounds and a pair of steals for the Gaels and Tanner Graham contributed 13 points. 

The loss does not hurt the Gaels in the standings, as they have already clinched second-place in the OUA East division and cannot catch the CIS No. 1-ranked Ryerson Rams (15-2).

Men’s Volleyball

The CIS No. 8-ranked ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Gaels men's volleyball team (15-5) ended their regular season with a four-set victory (25-17, 25-7, 24-26, 25-20) over the RMC Paladins (0-20) on Saturday at the Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC) to secure second-place in the OUA conference standings heading into the playoffs.

Ben Harper finished with a game-high 14 kills and three service aces while Scott Brunet added 12 kills and five blocks. ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ now hosts the seventh-placed York Lions in the opening round of the playoffs.

Women's Volleyball

Shannon Neville and Shannon Hopkins each recorded a game-high 14 points, and the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Gaels women's volleyball team (12-7) ended their regular season on a four-game winning streak, capped off with a straight -sets victory (25-13, 25-14, 25-21) over the RMC Paladins (1-19) Saturday.

Hopkins tallied a game-best 12 kills for the Gaels while Neville added two aces and a block to help the Gaels clinch third-place in the OUA East division. 

The Gaels now face the second-place Ryerson Rams (13-6) next week in the first round of the OUA playoffs.