Axemen top Huskies 3-1 in Halifax

HALIFAX, NS - The Acadia Axemen scored twice within the first 20 minutes in route to a 3-1-win Sunday afternoon versus the host Saint Mary's  Huskies in AUS men's soccer action from Huskies Stadium. 

Tyler Connolly (Quisspamsis, NB) opened the Acadia scoring, pouncing on a save from SMU goalie Christian Oxner (Halifax, NS) in the 5th minute. 

Connolly set-up the Axemen second goal at the 20th minute on a give and go with Cooper Coats (Halifax, NS) who scored his sixth goal of the year. 

A Saint Mary's own goal off a shot from Coats put Acadia up 3-0 in the 37th minute. 

Darien Rolle (Halifax, NS) replied for the Huskies with his second goal of the year in the 68th minute. Fabian Perez (Bogota, Columbia) forced a turnover and found Nolan Leeco (Bedford, NS) who passed to Rolle, who once he gained control of the ball, deposited it past Axemen keeper Nic Jefferies. 

Acadia outshot SMU 7-6 in the contest and held an 8-3 advantage in corner kicks and a 4-3 save margin.  

Jefferies (Rothsay, NB)  improves to 4-2-1 on the year. 

Both teams return to action in two weeks versus the 5-1-1 StFX X-Men. Acadia travels to StFX October 14th for a 5:15 pm match and the Huskies host the X-Men October 15th at 3 pm. 

Dominic Nolasco, SMU communications 

Photo Nick Pearce