WOLFVILLE, N.S. – The U SPORTS No. 3 ranked StFX X-Women remain undefeated and improve to 4-0 with a convincing 38-14 win over the No. 5 ranked Acadia Axewomen.
The first meeting between these two teams in the regular season was billed as the clash of the titans and for the opening half, fans were not disappointed.
StFX struck first fifteen minutes into the match when Alex Hamilton punched in the first of six StFX tries.
The Axewomen responded nine minutes later when Annie Kennedy scored Acadia's first try and converted it to give the Axewomen a 7-5 lead.
Acadia went on the attack again when Harley Tucker scored only four minutes later for Acadia's second try to be converted by Kennedy again.
StFX's Anna Horner closed the Axewomen lead to 14-12 in the opening four minutes of the second half.
The X-Women would score five unanswered tries in the second half to grab an eventual 38-14 win.
Horner's try was converted by Danielle Franada. Franada would convert all tries except the last one scored by her.
Hannah Ellis scored a try at the 49-minute mark to give StFX a 19-14 lead that they would not give up for the remaining of the game.
Sammy Nadeau pushed the lead to 26-14 on her try at the 54-minute mark. Sam Lake would add another try shortly after Nadeau's – both converted by Franada.
At the 78 minute mark, Franada would score the final try, unconverted, for the 38-14 win and sole possession of first place in the AUS standings with a 4-0 record.
Anna Horner was named the Subway Player of the Game, while Acadia's Monique Coffey was honoured as Acadia's Player of the Game.
The Axewomen drop to 3-1 and travel to Antigonish next Saturday for the rematch against the X-Women beginning at 3:00 p.m.
Scoring Summary:
|
Time |
Team |
# |
Try |
# |
Conversion |
Running Score |
|
15:43 |
StFX |
6 |
Alexandra Hamilton |
|
|
0 - 5 ACA |
|
24:18:00 |
ACA |
10 |
10 |
7 - 5 ACA |
||
|
28:41:00 |
ACA |
4 |
10 |
14 - 5 ACA |
||
|
44:35:00 |
StFX |
7 |
Anna Horner |
15 |
Danielle Franada |
14 – 12 ACA |
|
49:09:00 |
StFX |
10 |
Hannah Ellis |
15 |
Danielle Franada |
14 – 19 StFX |
|
54:04:00 |
StFX |
11 |
Sammy Nadeau |
15 |
Danielle Franada |
14 – 26 StFX |
|
54:20:00 |
StFX |
1 |
Sam Lake |
15 |
Danielle Franada |
14 – 33 StFX |
|
78:06:00 |
StFX |
15 |
Danielle Franada |
|
|
14 – 38 StFX |