Wilkie golden at OUA Cross Country Championship
November 2, 2015
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CROSS COUNTRY
Queen’s University’s Alex Wilkie claimed the men’s gold medal at the OUA Cross Country Championship in Waterloo on Saturday while on Julie-Anne Staehli captured the women's silver.
Wilkie won a tight 10-km race in a time of 30:43.3, beating out Windsor’s Paul Janikowski by a second.
Staehli finished the 6-km course in a time of 20:08.3, 14 seconds behind winner Gabriela Stafford of the Toronto Varsity Blues. Queen's Claire Sumner finished fifth and Charlotte Dunlap placed 13th to help lift the Gaels to the women’s team silver medal as well. The men’s team placed fourth. Guelph claimed both team titles.
FOOTBALLL
The Queen’s Gaels' season came to an end with a 39-8 lost to the No. 10 Carleton Ravens in their OUA quarterfinal playoff game Saturday at Richardson Stadium.
A total of 1,234 fans turned out to witness the last game at Richardson Stadium before the revitalization and new stadium arrives for 2016.
The Ravens built up a 21-0 lead in the first quarter while the Gaels struggled to get anything going on either side of the ball.
The Gaels finally got on the board late in the fourth quarter as receiver Doug Corby found the end zone.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
The Queen's Gaels women's soccer team punched their ticket to the OUA Final Four on Sunday afternoon in Sudbury, upsetting second-seeded Laurentian 2-1 in the conference quarterfinals. The Gaels will travel to Ottawa next weekend to take on the York Lions in the conference semifinals.
MEN’S SOCCER
The Queen's Gaels men's soccer team's season came to an end Sunday afternoon at Varsity Field, as they fell to the Toronto Varsity Blues 1-0 in their OUA quarterfinal match.
WOMEN’S HOCKEY
The Queen’s Gaels women’s hockey team (6-1-1) earned a weekend split on the road, beating Waterloo 2-1 on Saturday before falling to their first loss of the season on Sunday 4-1 against Guelph.
MEN’S HOCKEY
The Queen’s Gaels men's hockey stretched their win streak to four as they topped the Carleton Ravens 3-0 in Ottawa. Darcy Greenaway, Patrick Downe and Shawn Boudreau scored for the Gaels while Kevin Baillie made 38 saves for the shutout.
WOMEN’S RUGBY
The No. 4 Queen's Gaels women's rugby team tumbled 20-10 against the Western Mustangs in the OUA bronze medal match Saturday afternoon at Nixon Field. Despite the loss, Queen's will play this Thursday night at 7 pm against the AUS champion Acadia Axewomen as they host the CIS women's rugby national championship.
MEN’S RUGBY
The Queen’s Gaels men’s rugby team (7-1) wrapped up their OUA regular season with a 27-10 win over the McMaster Marauders (5-3) Saturday at Nixon Field. The Gaels now head into the OUA playoffs and will host a semifinal game on Sunday, Nov. 8 against a quarterfinal winner.
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
The Queen’s Gaels men’s volleyball team (2-1) claimed a straight sets victory (25-16, 25-23, 25-21) over the Toronto Varsity Blues (2-1) Saturday night at the Athletics and Recreation Centre.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
The Queen’s Gaels women’s volleyball team (0-3) lost to the Toronto Varsity Blues (3-0) in four sets (21-25, 25-17, 25-13, 25-19) on Saturday night.
FENCING
For a third consecutive year, Queen's fencing fought to a second place finish for the RMC Cup, losing to Western at the 46th RMC Invitational. The RMC Cup rewards the breadth and depth of a program. Among the schools and private clubs competing at the two-day tournament, only those with entries in each of the six events are eligible to have their final places counted toward the Cup. A gold medal in Men's Épeé, silver medals in Men's Sabre and Women's Foil, and strong places in other weapons helped to secure Queen's second place over RMC, University of Toronto, and McMaster University.
Teams and Results:
Men's Épeé, GOLD - Sahil Bablani, Al Quinsey, John Wright, Gavin Crowder (captain)
Women's Foil, SILVER - Kyra Dorfman, Alice Ma, Jessie Pollett, Nicole Turner (captain)
Men's Sabre, SILVER - Leo Huang, Aman Partap, Jimmy Wintle (captain)
Women's Épeé, 5th - Sharleen Fisher, Ruixi Sheng, Vivian Leung (captain)
Men's Foil, 7th - Tristan Samis, Brandon Villeneuve, Yannick Wong (captain)
Women's Sabre, 7th - Rae Lyn Hardy, Sara Stonehouse, Francesca Pang (captain)
In addition to the six ‘A’ teams, Queen's entered B, C, D, and E teams for a total of 19 teams.