This season, Queen’s rowing’s harbored an unwavering confidence—their results at the Canadian University Rowing Championships (CURC) last weekend were proof.
This week, women’s rugby player Sophie de Goede was named U Sports Rugby Player of the Year, seven Gaels soccer players received OUA All-Star honours, and the men’s basketball team managed to crack the top ten U Sports rankings for the first time since their 2007-08 season.
After finishing last season with an 11-12 record and losing their last four games, the men’s basketball team is ready to improve as they open their 2018-19 campaign.
In a stunning upset, the Nipissing Lakers cut the men’s soccer team’s season, defeating them 1–0 in the first round of the OUA playoffs Wednesday night.
Women’s cross country was the big winner for Queen’s this weekend, running away with OUA team gold as sisters Brogan and Branna MacDougall finished first and second.
While most students spent their long weekend at home, the women’s hockey team (4-2) stayed in Kingston, picking up two wins against the York Lions (1-2) and Brock Badgers (2-1).
When men’s hockey head coach Brett Gibson first ed the Gaels’ hockey program in 2006, he its he was a kid. With several program records, a nationally-ranked team, and now 150 regular-season wins under his belt—he knows he’s a man.