Rowing earns top-10 finishes in Boston
The Queen’s rowing team traveled to Boston last weekend to compete in the Head of the Charles, the world’s largest regatta with 8,220 competitors from 17 countries. The Gaels achieved three top-10 results, with the varsity men’s crew finishing fifth out of 44 crews, the varsity women’s crew finishing seventh out of 44 crews, and the lightweight women’s eight finishing sixth out of 14 crews. The lightweight men narrowly missed the top 10, finishing 11th out of 28 crews. Queen’s will compete in the OUA Finals this weekend in St. Catherines, ON.
Mixed results for basketball
The men’s basketball team won 75-64 over the McGill Redmen Saturday in exhibition play, but lost 83-77 in overtime Sunday to the nationally fifth-ranked Concordia Stingers. Guard Simon Mitchell led the team with 48 points over the weekend, while rookie forward Jon Ogden scored 29.
The women’s team traveled to the Maritimes last weekend for three exhibition games. They beat the Cape Breton Capers 77-72 Friday night in Sydney, N.S., but lost 70-48 on Saturday. Anne Murphy led the Gaels with 31 points over the two games.
On Sunday the Gaels traveled to Truro, N.S., to take on the University of Prince Edward Island Panthers. The Gaels trailed by 14 points going into the fourth corner but were able to rally and tie the game. Because the Gaels had to fly home, the teams agreed not to play overtime, and the game ended in a 57-57 tie. In a press release from Queen’s Athletics, head coach Dave Wilson said that it was the first tie he had been involved in during his 27 years of coaching.
Win and two losses for field hockey
The field hockey team wrapped up their regular season last weekend, earning a win and two losses on the road in London. Queen’s lost 4-0 to the Guelph Gryphons Saturday and 5-1 to the University of Toronto Varsity Blues Sunday. The Gryphons and the Blues were tied for first in the OUA going into the weekend’s play. Queen’s rebounded Sunday afternoon with a 5-0 win over Carleton. Emily Newton scored two goals for the Gaels against Carleton, while Kirsten Jewell, Hilary Piets, Madeleine Gordon, and Gillian Lester also recorded goals over the weekend.
Jewell was named an OUA first team all-star Monday, while Piets was named to the second all-star team. The team will compete in the OUA Championships in Nepean 8 this weekend. Their first game is today against the Western Mustangs at 1 p.m.
Water polo hosts tournament with mixed success
The men’s and women’s water-polo teams hosted the first regular-season tournament of the weekend Saturday. The women lost to the University of Toronto Varsity Blues 12-6 in their first game, but rebounded to win a close 7-6 game over the McMaster Marauders. Ally Tosello led the Gaels with five goals over the weekend and Holly Tawse added two. The men lost both of their weekend matches, falling 15-5 to the Blues and 11-3 to the Marauders. Both teams will travel to Ottawa this weekend for their next tournament.
Track and field athlete named a top-eight Academic All-Canadian
Justin Hall, who competes for the cross-country and track and field teams, was named one of the Desjardins Top-8 Academic All-Canadians Tuesday. He was one of the 119 Queen’s varsity athletes who qualified for Academic All-Canadian status by maintaining at least an 80 per cent average over the last academic year. Hall, a biochemistry major, also led the 4 X 800 track and field relay team to silver medals at the OUA championships last year.
Briefs by Andrew Bucholtz
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