2016-=17 Acadia Women's Rugby News
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Mauraders top Axewomen at CIS championship
November 06, 2016VICTORIA (U Sports) – The McMaster Marauders punched their ticket to the consolation finals on Saturday afternoon with a 24-5 victory over the Acadia Axewomen at Wallace Field. -
Acadia Rugby's Brumm, Kennedy & Tucker honoured
November 03, 2016VICTORIA (U Sports) – DaLeaka Menin, a fourth-year prop from the University of Calgary, was named the U Sports player of the year in women’s rugby, Wednesday night. Menin, a native of Vulcan, Alta., becomes the first Dinos player to take home national MVP honours. Other winners announced during the All-Canadian Banquet held at the Harbour Cente Hotel & Suites were UBC flyhalf MacKenzie Carson, who was named rookie of the year; Acadia wing Kelsey Brumm, who received the Student-Athlete Community Service Award; and Calgary head coach Simon Chi.
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Rugby Axewomen open CIS championship with 42-10 loss
November 03, 2016VICTORIA, B.C. – Temitope Ogunjimi scored four tries and the Calgary Dinos held the Acadia Axewomen off the board until the final minutes to open the CIS women’s rugby championship with a 42-10 victory at Wallace Field.
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AUS Rugby All-Stars and Major Awards announced
October 28, 2016(ANTIGONISH, N.S.) - Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2016 women's rugby major award winners and all-stars as selected by the conference's four head coaches following the regular season. Acadia's Kelsey Brumm recognized as the AUS Community Service Award winner, while Annie Kennedy, Angela Govier, Harley Tucker, Natasha Johnson and Gillian Bergsma were named AUS All-Stars
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Axewomen slip past UPEI to advance to Finals
October 22, 2016WOLFVILLE, N.S. – The Axewomen rugby team will advance to the AUS Subway women’s rugby championship game in Antigonish on Friday against the host StFX X-Women after a hard fought 22-17 win over the visiting UPEI Panthers.
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Rugby Axewomen capture second place with win over UPEI
October 07, 2016WOLFVILLE, N.S. - The Axewomen rugby team improve to 3-2 with a convincing 45-7 win over the visiting UPEI Panthers. The win over the Panthers helps solidify a second place finish for the Axewomen as they wrap up the season at Saint Mary's next weekend. The loss for the Panthers drops UPEI to 2-3, losing the season series against the Axewomen 74-24.
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X-Women win season series 2-0 vs Axewomen
October 02, 2016ANTIGONISH, NS - The CIS #4-ranked StFX X-Women (4-0) put a stranglehold on first place in AUS regular season rugby action with a 32-7 win over the defending conference champion Acadia Axewomen (2-2) Sunday afternoon.
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Rugby Axewomen improve to 2-1 with 84-0 win
September 23, 2016WOLFVILLE, N.S. – The Axewomen rugby team handed the visiting Saint Mary’s Huskies an 84-0 loss and improve to 2-1 with three weeks remaining in the regular season.
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X-Women double Acadia in rugby match
September 17, 2016WOLFVILLE, N.S. - A rematch of the 2015 AUS championship between rivals StFX and Acadia resulted in the X-Women doubling Acadia 38-19 in Wolfville.
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Axewomen open season with 29-17 win over UPEI
September 11, 2016CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI - The UPEI Women’s Rugby Panthers were dealt a difficult hand in their Week 1 matchup against the Acadia Axewomen, coming up short 29-17.
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Axewomen add seven more to 2016 recruiting class
May 20, 2016WOLFVILLE, N.S. - Acadia University and Axewomen Rugby head coach Matthew Durant announced today the second wave of committed student recruits who will be suiting up for the Axewomen in the fall of 2016. Included in this recent recruiting class are four players from B.C., one from Ontario, one from P.E.I. and a local recruit from Windsor, Nova Scotia.
