It was a busy week for the Gaels as four separate teams competed in six games. Here are the biggest moments from this week’s competition in case you missed it.
Women’s Soccer
The Women’s Soccer team had a busy weekend, winning their first two games of the season on the road. The Gael’s kicked off their season on Aug. 30 against the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks, emerging with a dominant 4-0 win.
The following day on Aug. 31, they faced off against the Toronto Metropolitan University Bold who they also shutout 3-0.
Mattson Strickler, ConEd ’25, was the first Gael to score this season, also winning Queen’s Varsity Athlete of the Week honours with her two-goal performance.
The Women’s Soccer team will take next to the pitch in Ottawa as they gear up to play the Carleton Ravens on Sept 6.
Men’s Soccer
The Men’s Soccer team hasn’t seen the same level of success as the Women’s Varsity team thus far throughout the season, falling to the Ridgebacks 1-2 and then getting shut out by the Bold 0-4.
There’s little cause for concern as it was expected the Gaels would experience some growing pains under new Head Coach Kasy Kiarash.
Looking to bounce back from their rocky start, the Men’s Soccer team will also be travelling to Ottawa on Sept. 6. to play against the undefeated Carleton Ravens.
Women’s Rugby
The Women’s rugby team got off to a hot start, defending their OUA title run with an imposing 48-6 triumph over the Brock Badgers at the home and season opener on Aug. 31 at Nixon Field.
Robyn Baker, ArtSci’27, opened the season scoring for the Gaels just over 15 minutes into the game, opening the floodgates for the rest of the team.
Among the plethora of try-scorers for the Gaels was Olympic silver medalist Chloe Daniels, Comm ’25.
The Gaels look to continue their hot streak in Waterloo against the Warriors on Sept. 8.
Men’s Football
After dropping their season opener against the Windsor Lancers, the Gaels bounced back in their home opener, beating the McMaster Marauders 27-22.
The win was primarily thanks to the OUA’s selected offensive player of the week, Jared Chisari, MA ’25, who scored three touchdowns in the first half and proved to everyone why he was awarded Queen’s Outstanding Performance of the Year award last season.
While Chisari handled the offense for the Gaels, the Gaels played with ferocity and determination defensively. They forced the Marauders to punt on their first three possessions, helping the Gaels gain momentum, which would eventually carry them to the win.
The Gaels will return to Richardson Stadium on Sept. 7 for a 3:00 p.m. kickoff against the York University Lions.
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