Football Gaels fall to Mustangs; Perfect weekend for soccer teams

Football Gaels fall to Mustangs; Perfect weekend for soccer teams

By Communications Staff

September 21, 2015

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Queen's Gaels players Nelkas Kwemo (left) and Ejaz Causer (right) tackle Tom Marshall of the Western Mustangs during Saturday's OUA football game in London. (Photo by Dev Vasile)

FOOTBALL

The Queen's Gaels (2-2) were in London on Saturday afternoon to take on their rival No.3 Western Mustangs (4-0). Quarterback Nate Hobbs finished with three touchdowns on 336 yards passing while adding another 62 yards on the ground but the Gaels were upended 48-25. Nelkas Kwemo had a game-high 9.5 tackles for the Gaels.

WOMEN’S RUGBY

The No.2 Queen's Gaels women's rugby team (2-0) had no trouble getting past the Trent Excalibur (0-2) on Saturday in Peterborough taking a dominant 54-0 shutout win. Hannah Greenwood and Katie Garland both picked up their first tries in tricolour.

MEN’S RUGBY

The Queen’s Gaels men’s rugby team (2-1) charged to a convincing 76-14 win over the Warriors (1-1) Sunday afternoon in Waterloo. Benjamin Oppenheimer led the scoring for the Gaels with three trys.

MEN’S SOCCER

The Queen’s Gaels men's soccer team (3-1-2) finished the weekend road trip to Toronto with a pair of wins, capped off by a convincing 4-1 victory over the No. 2 Ryerson Rams (6-1-1) 4-1 on Sunday. A day earlier, the Gaels got a late goal from Conor Hannigan to top the Toronto Varsity Blues (4-2-1) 2-1.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

The Queen's Gaels Women’s soccer team (3-1-3) also notched a pair of wins in Toronto thanks to a 3-0 win over the Ryerson Rams (2-4-2) on Sunday and a 1-0 victory over the Toronto Varsity Blues (4-2-1) on Saturday.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

The Queen's Invitational women's hockey tournament kicked off at the Invista Centre in Kingston on Friday afternoon with the Montreal Carabins taking down the McGill Martlets 4-0 followed by the Queen's Gaels winning 2-0 over the UBC Thunderbirds. On Saturday McGill picked up a 3-1 win over Queen's and Montreal beat UBC 5-1. On Sunday, UBC defeated McGill 3-2 followed by the Gaels losing to Montreal 7-2. A s a result, Montreal claimed the title with a perfect 3-0 record, while the three other teams finished 1-2.

MEN’S HOCKEY

The Queen's Gaels scored a 3-1 win over RMC in the annual Lou Jeffries exhibition game in Gananoque on Sunday. Slater Doggett, Blair Wentworth and Cory Genovese scored for the Gaels.