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Gaels blowout Western Mustangs to give coach Dan Valley first win
KINGSTON, Ont. (September 9, 2017) - The Queen's Gaels (1-1) hosted the Western Mustangs (0-1) in the 2017 home opener on Saturday afternoon at Nixon Field. After being tied early at 12-12, the Gaels exploded offensively taking a 57-12 victory.

GAME FLOW
The Gaels and Mustangs were close to start out with Queen's picking up early tries from Sophie de Goede (Victoria) and Nadia Popov (Newmarket, Ont.) and tacking on a successful conversion from de Goede to put Queen's up 12-0 through 17 minutes.

The Mustangs fought right back as Dubissette-Borrce and Wallsten each picked up tries while Western converted successfully on one attempt, tying the match up at 12-12.

From there on it was all Gaels. Just three minutes later de Goede picked up her second try of the match as she punched in a two-metre run. The Gaels two-sport rookie then picked up a successful conversion to make the lead 19-12 Queen's.

Pippi McKay (Toronto) and Molly Labenski (Oakville, Ont.) added two more tries before the half as Queen's was in control through 40 minutes with a 31-12 lead.

Labenski picked up her second try of the match to kick-off the second 40 minutes and Erin Geddes (Lindsay, Ont.), Sadie Stephenson (Oakville, Ont.) and McKinley Hunt (King City, Ont.) all added tries in the second half.

Queen's finished off with a 57-12 victory over the Mustangs.

FINAL SAY
"We came out with the intention of weathering the storm through the first 20 to 25 minutes, knowing that if we were able to do that our depth would allow us to pull away eventually. I was very happy with the 80 minutes that we were able to put in and although we didn't put as many on in the second half as we would have liked the opportunities were there." - Head coach Dan Valley

BY THE NUMBERS
1st - Win for head coach Dan Valley with the Gaels
16 - Points for de Goede in each of her first two matches for 32 total to lead Queen's
7 - Different Gaels landing tries on the day for Queen's