Tag: Queen’s Gaels
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Madalyn, Nehita and Brooke highlight OUA Awards
Jacob Smith It’s championship week which means it’s awards week. The OUA end of season awards were just announced and we can now look back at some incredible seasons by the league’s best. Let’s look at the Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year recipients. Madalyn is unstoppable…
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X-Factors, dominant guard play the focus for Gee-Gees and Gaels
Jacob Smith The Ottawa Gee-Gees and Queen’s Gaels are 5-5 in their games over the past 5 seasons. They’ve only met 3 times in the playoffs, twice dating back to 2013, but coming from the same division they are very familiar with each other, and they meet in the OUA quarterfinals. Let’s breakdown the approach…
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The keys to Warriors and Gaels matchup
Jacob Smith The 7 seed against the 10 seed. Waterloo travelling to Kingston to take on the Queen’s Gaels in the first round of the Critelli Cup playoffs. I’m here to break it down. Queen’s enters as the seventh seed with a record of 15-7 and the victors in the last matchup with Waterloo. The…
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Where do the Gaels go after big turnaround?
Jacob Smith The Queen’s Gaels are coming off back to back OUA silver medals and are losing four of their five starters. After seasons of the core of Emma Weltz, Laura Donovan, Julia Chadwick and Bridget Mulholland playing a very large part in the Gaels success, they will have to look elsewhere to keep the…
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Stars show out for day one
Photo: Don Volkander/Alberta Athletics Jacob Smith There’s a overused saying, big time players make big time plays in big time games. That phrase couldn’t be more true after day one of the U SPORTS Women’s Basketball Final 8. In every game, the stars came out to play and pushed their side over the edge, and…
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Chadwick DPOY a long time coming
Jacob Smith Julia Chadwick won the OUA’s Defensive Player of the Year award for the 2023-2024 Women’s Basketball season, and it’s about time. As the Queen’s Gaels have been rising to the level of national contenders where they’re at now, Julia Chadwick has been playing at a MVP level, and aside from All-Star nods, hasn’t…
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The more they stay the same
Jacob Smith The OUA Critelli Cup finalists were decided on Wednesday, and the matchup in sight is a familiar picture. The Carleton Ravens will host the Queen’s Gaels on Saturday at 7pm EST to hoist the Critelli Cup. The reigning champs looking for back-to-back, going against the team they beat in the championship, hungry for…
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Gaels redemption meets Bold rally
Jacob Smith The Queen’s Gaels finished the season with a 18-4 record with the tiebreaker giving them the second seed over the Ottawa Gee-Gees. The TMU Bold finished 16-6 and the sixth seed in the playoffs. With Queen’s having a first round bye they’ve only had to play one game, TMU two, and wins from…
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Gryphons meet Gaels in OUA Quarterfinals
Jacob Smith The Gryphons defeated the Windsor Lancers 74-50 in the first round of the OUA Critelli Cup playoffs, and they now travel to Kingston to play the Queen’s Gaels. Queen’s having received a bye in the first round sat back and watched as their opponent was decided, now these two go face to face…
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Five to look back on
Jacob Smith The 2023-2024 OUA women’s basketball season is halfway done. Games resume on January 4th and the push towards the Critelli Cup playoffs is on the horizon. With the break in play, it’s time to look back on the first half of the season. If you’re a new fan or simply need a refresher, here are five…
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