Carleton Ravens Fall 3-0 to Queen's Gaels in Kingston

Kingston, ON – For 45 minutes, Carleton had Queen’s right where they wanted them. Then the game flipped in a brutal, breathless spell that left the Ravens staring at a 3-0 defeat and wondering how it unraveled so fast.

Carleton came out sharp under the Friday night lights, snapping into tackles and carving out early chances. Xavier-Etienne Patry tested the Gaels first, followed quickly by efforts from Damiano Totten and Marek Achadinha as the visitors dictated the tempo.

Queen’s couldn’t find a way through. They couldn’t even find a shot.

The Ravens controlled the rest of the half, snuffing out attacks before they formed and moving the ball with confidence. The scoreboard stayed stuck at 0-0, but the pattern was clear: Carleton on the front foot, Queen’s hanging on.

Second Half

Then the second half arrived and with it, chaos.

A foul in the box against Luke Harrop cracked the game open. The referee pointed straight to the spot, and suddenly the Gaels had the chance they’d been waiting for. Damola Akanni stepped up and buried the penalty, and just like that, Queen’s had a lead they hadn’t threatened for most of the night.

The hit stung Carleton. The response never came.

Instead, Queen’s pounced again. Isaac Molouba struck, and before the Ravens could steady themselves, Sebastian Aguade added another. The two goals landed less than a minute apart, a ruthless one-two punch that turned a tight contest into a 3-0 Gaels advantage “in the blink of an eye” on the scoreboard and in the body language.

Carleton tried to claw something back in the final ten minutes. Achadinha rose well to meet a cross, his header flashing toward goal, but it failed to find the net. Adrijan Vrankovic then had a look of his own, another half-chance that might have offered a late consolation, but the finish wasn’t there.

No way through. No way back.

The Ravens walk away with a harsh lesson from Kingston, but they won’t have long to dwell on it. They’re back on the road Sunday at 4:00 p.m., heading to Ontario Tech with a simple question hanging over them: how quickly can they turn control into goals before another game slips away?