Women’s Hockey
The Queen’s Women’s Hockey team faced off on home ice on Jan. 20 and 21 against the York Lions, coming out on top in both games.
In Saturday’s game the Gaels won 4-1 with two goals from Alyson Reeves, Comm ’24, and one goal each from Mikayla Cranney, ArtSci ’27, and Logan Biggs, Kin ’24. Emma Tennant, Sci ’25, made 15 saves.
Game two was tighter on Sunday, resulting in overtime. The Gaels managed to pull through and won 3-2. Gaels goals came from Rebecca Thompson, ArtSci ’24, Emma Michalicka, ArtSci ’24, and the overtime win came from Kelsey Dunn, Kin ’25.
Queen’s rookie Alexis Jandciu captured her first OUA victory in her first start of the season on Jan. 21. She blocked a total of 15 shots.
Following her weekend success, Reeves was named Queen’s female Varsity Student-Athlete of the Week.
The Gaels face off at home again against the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks on Jan. 27 at Memorial Centre. The Gaels are ranked third in the OUA East division, just ahead of Ontario Tech, who are fourth.
Men’s Hockey
Currently placing fifth in the OUA East division, the Queen’s Men’s Hockey team had a victorious weekend.
On Jan. 19 the Gaels had a home game against the University of Toronto (U of T) Varsity Blues where goaltender Christian Purboo, ArtSci ’25, secured a shutout in a 3-0 win. Purboo was named Queen’s male Varsity Student-Athlete this week.
Two of the game’s goals were scored by Jonathan Yantsis, ArtSci ’24, and the other by Alex Robert, ArtSci ’24. Purboo made 18 saves.
Jan. 20 had the Gaels travelling for a game against the Concordia Stingers. This time, they won 3-1 with goals from Dalton Duhart, ArtSci ’26, Samuel Marburg, ArtSci ’27, and Cameron Tolnai, Comm ’27. Purboo made a whopping 37 saves.
The Gaels’ next home game is against Concordia again on Jan. 26 at Memorial Centre. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m.
Women’s Basketball
The nationally ranked fourth-place Queen’s Women’s Basketball team played a pair of away games in Toronto this past weekend.
On Jan. 19 the Gaels beat the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) Bold 75-54 and on Jan. 20 they beat the U of T Varsity Blues 81-69. This comes after Julia Chadwick’s record-breaking game last weekend.
They play the Western Mustangs next at the University of Western Ontario on Jan. 26. The Gaels don’t have another home game until Feb. 2, when they take on the Laurier Golden Hawks.
Men’s Basketball
Sitting at third in the U SPORTS national rankings, the Queen’s Men’s Basketball team was another varsity Gaels team to win both of their weekend games.
Like the women’s team, the men played TMU on Jan. 19 and won. The final score was 82-73. On Jan. 20 they beat U of T, though the game was close with a score of 96-91.
Their next home game is on Feb. 2 against Laurier. Tip-off is at 8:00 p.m.
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