A quick roundup of Gaels teams and student-athletes in competition over the weekend:

CROSS COUNTRY

Claire Sumner led the Queen’s Gaels to a first place finish at the Queen's Invitational by winning the women’s title and edging the powerhouse Guelph Gryphons by five points.

The Gaels women's team had a historic run to open their season with a first for Sumner and as a team.

Sumner finished in a time of 28:45.75 while teammate Amy Stephenson came in third followed by sixth, seventh and eighth place finishes from Shannen Murray, Molly Steer and Taylor Sills.

The Gaels finished with a total of 25 points compared to the Gryphons’ 30. Guelph’s Hannah Woodhouse placed second overall.

On the men's side, Queen's saw fifth and sixth-place finishes from Brett Crowley in a time of 25:56.00 and Mitchell Kirat 25:59.53. The Gaels also had the eighth to 10th-place finishes from Matt Flood, Robert Kanko and Eric Wynands for a total of 38 points.

The Guelph Gryphons took first place with 17 points and were led by a first-place finish by Connor Black, who crossed the line in 25:03.31.

FOOTBALL

The Queen's Gaels (0-3) fell to a 40-17 defeat at Richardson Stadium to the defending Yates Cup Champion Laurier Golden Hawks (3-0) in front of a home crowd of 4,657 on Saturday afternoon.

After the Hawks opened the scoring, but missed out on the convert, the Gaels struck back as Nate Hobbs found Jeremy Pendergast with a 42-yard throw. Nick Liberatore added a point to make it 7-6 for the home side.

The Golden Hawks went back in the lead 13-7 in the first minute of the second quarter 13-7 before Liberatore added a 42-yeard field goal. Then Cam Lawson came up big with a fumble recovery for the Gaels and Hobbs found Chris Osei-Kusi in the endzone to make it 17-13 Gaels.

However, Laurier is ranked fifth in the country for a reason and added a field goal and touchdown to go into the half up 23-17. The second half was all Laurier as they tacked on 17 more points and kept the Gaels off the scoreboard.

MEN’S RUGBY

Kainoa Lloyd had three tries for Queen’s (3-0) as the Gaels romped past cross-town rival the RMC Paladins for a 62-0 win in men’s rugby at Nixon Field on Saturday.

The hosts found themselves up 14-0 early with a pair of tries from Joshua Engelbrecht while Dylan Young made the converts. Young then scored a try of his own, Lloyd added two more and Alex Pipchuk crossed the line as well to put the Gaels up 40-0 at the half.

The Gaels kept up the pace after the break and Lloyd added his third try of the game and Lachlan Devir added the final score.

MEN’S SOCCER

The Gaels men’s soccer team (3-3-0) earned a split as they headed north for the weekend.

On Saturday, Queen’s topped the Nipissing Lakers (2-4-0) 3-0 in North Bay with second-half goals from Inaki Hew, Brevin Mackay and Patrick Van Belleghem. Alex Jones maintained a clean sheet with a number of key saves.

On Sunday, the Gaels were in Sudbury, where they lost 2-1 against the Laurentian Voyageurs (3-4-0). After the hosts went down a man due to a second yellow card the Gaels opened the scoring in the 60th minute as Jacob Schroeter found the back of the net.

However, the momentum quickly swung as the Voyageurs struck back five minutes later and Schroeter earned a red card in the 70th minute to put the teams at 10 men each.

Laurentian netted the winner three minutes later.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

The No. 5 Queen's Gaels (4-1-1) suffered their first loss of the season but exited the weekend road trip with a split.

On Saturday the Gaels topped the Nipissing Lakers (1-4-1) 3-1, as Alexandra Doane opened the scoring and captain Laura Callender added a brace of her own.

On Sunday, the Gaels faced the Laurentian Voyageurs (4-0-3) and fell to a 2-0 defeat.

After controlling the play early a defensive lapse in the 26th minute allowed the hosts to open the scoring on a shot from outside the box.

Queen’s pressed forward after the half but couldn’t find the equalizer and Laurentian made it 2-0 and held on for the win.