Men’s basketball denied in Ottawa

The men’s basketball team travelled to the capital this past weekend with hopes of getting closer to snagging a playoff spot. Action kicked off Friday night against the Ottawa Gee-Gees, but Queen’s couldn’t reproduce any of the magic from their upset win over the Toronto Varsity Blues a week earlier.

The Gee-Gees cruised to a dominant 71-41 victory. The next day against the Carleton Ravens was more of the same theme. The nationally ranked Ravens took apart the Gaels to win 81-41. The Gaels now sit six points behind the sixth placed Laurentian Voyageurs and the final playoff position.

— Lauri Kytömaa

Queen’s squash not joking around at Jesters Squash Team Tournament

The Gaels travelled to the National Squash Academy in Toronto this past weekend to compete against Brock, McMaster, Waterloo and Western. The men’s team enjoyed a successful weekend beating Brock 6-0, McMaster 6-0 and Waterloo 6-0, while suffering a 1-5 loss to Western. The women beat Waterloo 5-1, tied Western 3-3 and lost to McMaster 2-4. Highlighting the weekend was Erin Roberts on the women’s team, who only lost against Micaala Seth of Waterloo, last year’s University and College Squash champion.

— Lauri Kytömaa

Plenty of improvement for track at McGill Invitational

The Gaels had plenty to be happy about this past weekend in Montreal as nearly all the athletes posted personal best times in their events. Michael Nishiyama stood out as he beat personal bests in the 4×800 metre relay, the 600 metre and the 4×400 metre relay. Grant Henneberg finished seventh in the long jump.

On the women’s side Stephanie Hulse finished as the third best university athlete in the 3,000 metre, bringing home the lone medal of the meet for the Gaels.

— Lauri Kytömaa

2010 CIS champion curlers compete on international stage

The Gaels championship winning curlers Jonathan Beuk, Andrew Inouye, Chadd Vandermade and Scott Chadwick are currently competing at the World University Games in Erzurum, Turkey as a representative for Canada.

On Tuesday they sat in lone possession of fifth place after a 6-5 win over the United States moved them up to a 4-3 record. Great Britain (6-1), Korea (6-1), the Czech Republic (5-2) and Switzerland (5-2) currently sit ahead of them as two games remain in round robin action. The top four teams advance to the playoff rounds beginning on Friday.

— Lauri Kytömaa