SHERBROOKE, Que. – The Bishop's Gaiters men's lacrosse team will faceoff on the friendly confines of Coulter Field for the first time this season on Saturday night at 5 p.m. against the Trent Excalibur. They will also host the Queen's Gaels on Sunday at noon.
 
Other Gaiters teams in action include: women's soccer in Montreal on Friday and at home on Sunday, football in Halifax on Saturday, men's rugby in Montreal on Sunday and the golf team tees it up for the final time this year at the RSEQ championship in Montreal starting on Sunday.
 
Football
The Bishop's Gaiters football squad is part of the annual AUS-RSEQ crossover this weekend.  They will be in Halifax to face the St. Mary's Huskies on Saturday at 2 p.m. For complete coverage of the Gaiters on the gridiron check out www.gaiters.ca.
 
Lacrosse
After being road warriors for the first two weekends of the 2015 campaign, one that will cumulate with the Baggataway Cup being hosted by Bishop's, the Gaiters men's lacrosse team (6-0)* will open their home schedule on Saturday at 5 p.m. Their opponent will be the Trent Excalibur (3-3), a team Bishop's beat 13-9 in Peterborough to open the season two weeks ago.  The Gaiters boast the top two scorers in CUFLA in James Malloy (Whitby, Ont.) and Mason Austen (High River, Alta.), they will look to light the lamp as they open their home schedule. The double-header weekend for the Gaiters concludes on Sunday at noon when then Queen's Gaels (4-2) are in town. The Bishop's-Queen's game will be a re-match from exactly one week earlier where the Gaiters were victorious 14-8 in Kingston, Ont.
 
*Note all teams in the CUFLA east were given two victories as a result of Concordia withdrawing from the league.
 
Women's Soccer
Hot off a draw with Concordia last weekend, the Gaiters women's soccer team (0-3-1) will look to build momentum in their third weekend of the season.  On Friday the Gaiters are in Montreal to face the No. 7 Carabins (2-0-2).  Game time is 6 p.m. They will step back onto Coulter Field on Sunday for a match-up with the UQTR Patriots (0-4-0), the only team in the RSEQ without a point.
 
Men's Rugby
Ecole Technologie Superieure (ETS) from Montreal is a new addition to the RSEQ Men's Rugby league this year.  Bishop's (1-1, 5 pts.) will step onto the pitch with ETS (0-2, 0 pts.) on Sunday at 3 p.m. in Montreal. The Gaiters are coming off their first win of the season at home against Sherbrooke, while upstart ETS fell 31-3 against McGill, both games took place last Sunday.
 
Golf
The Bishop's Gaiters golf teams will tee-up for the final official time in 2015 this weekend.  They are at the RSEQ Championships hosted by UQAM at the Ile de Montreal Golf Club starting on Sunday.  The three-round event will crown the RSEQ champions.  While the Bishop's men who currently sit in seventh place overall are well back from contending for a title, they will look to put solid rounds together and top last year's sixth place finish.  The top four men's teams punch their ticket to the national championships in the spring. The points-based system has Bishop's with 1800, 660 points back of fourth-place ETS.
 
On the women's side, Bishop's will look to gain experience as they have two freshman competing along-side senior Lindsay Reid (Beaconsfield, Que.). 
 
Another busy weekend of action is set to get underway for the Bishop's Gaiters. Follow all of their results online at www.gaiters.ca or on social media using @BishopsGaiters.
 
Watch the games from Coulter Field live online at www.gaiters.ca/webcast.
Lacrosse Saturday at 5 p.m. vs. Trent
Lacrosse Sunday at 12 Noon vs. Queen's
Women's Soccer Sunday at 2:30 p.m. vs. UQTR
 
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