(ANTIGONISH, N.S.) The U SPORTS no. 10-ranked STFX X-Women took home a 29-21 victory over the Acadia Axewomen Thursday night in the AUS semifinal playoff game in front of 500 fans at STFX Stadium.
WOLFVILLE – The Acadia Axewomen put on a show for the over 1,300 fans in attendance for Homecoming 2023 on Saturday as they topped the Saint Mary’s Huskies 53-14.
ANTIGONISH – In a battle of AUS women’s rugby powerhouses on a sunny Sunday afternoon in front of over 300 fans, the U SPORTS No. 6 ranked STFX X-Women and the Acadia Axewomen played to a 33-33 tie.
WOLFVILLE – Two tries in the last 20 minutes of Saturday’s home opener gave them a shot, but the Acadia Axewomen (0-2) were unable to complete the comeback as the STFX X-Women (2-0) held on for a narrow 21-19 victory on Sunday night.
TORONTO, ON - The Acadia Axewomen were honoured with two U SPORTS All-Canadians this week. Grace Pinch and Chloe Buckingham were both named the U SPORTS Second Team All-Canadian squad.
VICTORIA (U SPORTS) – Six different UBC student-athletes scored tries during the Thunderbirds’ 34-12 victory over the Acadia Axewomen on Nov. 4 in their consolation semifinal game at the 2022 U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship on Friday.
VICTORIA (U SPORTS) – Nine different Laval student-athletes scored tries during the Rouge et Or’s decisive 68-0 victory over the Acadia Axewomen on Nov. 2 in their quarterfinal game at the 2022 U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship on Wednesday.
HALIFAX, N.S. - Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2022 women's rugby major award winners and all-stars as selected by the conference's four head coaches following the regular season.
ANTIGONISH, N.S. – The Acadia Axewomen put a damper on STFX Homecoming weekend as they defeated the U SPORTS No. 10 ranked STFX X-Women 24-12 Saturday afternoon in front of over 1200 fans at STFX Stadium.
WOLFVILLE, N.S. – The playoff picture hasn’t become much clearer despite the rugby Axewomen picking up an important 32-26 win over the visiting StFX X-Women on a rare Wednesday night game.
WOLFVILLE, N.S. – The Axewomen rugby team squeaked past the visiting U SPORTS No. 7 ranked UPEI Panthers to even the score on the season between the two teams.
WOLFVILLE, N.S. – Juliette Matsukubo (Ottawa, Ont.) kicked off a 58-12 win over the visiting Saint Mary’s Huskies with three tries in the opening 18 minutes of the game.
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - A week after stunning the St. FX X-Women, the Panthers (2-0) came right back and took down the Acadia Axewomen (1-1)— a team that went undefeated in the regular season in 2021—38-5.
HALIFAX, N.S.– The Saint Mary’s University Huskies the 2022 AUS Women’s Rugby season as they played host to the Acadia University Axewomen Saturday afternoon at Huskies Stadium.
(HALIFAX, N.S.) Today, Atlantic University Sport released the 2022 fall schedules for women's rugby, men's football, men's and women's soccer and men's and women's cross country, as well as the hosts for the 2022 Subway AUS fall championships.
KINGSTON, ONT. – Savannah Bauder struck for three tries, including the game-winner in the eighth minute as the UBC Thunderbirds upended the Acadia Axewomen 64-17 in the Consolation Semifinal game at the 2021 U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship on Friday at Nixon Field.
KINGSTON, ONT. - Four Axewomen rugby players were honoured at this year's U SPORTS women's rugby national championship banquet this evening including Emilie Merilainen, Laura Pfleiderer, Taryn McLachlan and Shea Hickey.
KINGSTON, ONT. – The Laval Rouge et Or have punched their ticket to the U SPORTS Women’s Rugby semifinal with a decisive 46-12 victory over AUS finalists, Acadia Axewomen at Nixon Field in Kingston.
By Patrick Kennedy - KINGSTON, ONT. The loss to archrival St.FX in the recent AUS women’s rugby final may have been a “bitter pill to swallow,” noted Acadia’s seasoned head coach Matt Durant, but make no mistake: the club’s primary pre-season goal remains intact.
The U SPORTS women's rugby championship schedule is out and the Acadia Axewomen will take on the RSEQ champion Laval Rouge et Or on Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 5:00 pm ET - 6:00 pm AT.