2018-19 Acadia Women's Basketball News
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Harvey continues to lead Axewomen Basketball team
May 13, 2019WOLFVILLE, N.S. – Acadia University and Executive Director of Athletics Kevin Dickie announced today that women’s basketball head coach Len Harvey will return to lead the Axewomen for the coming seasons after signing a multi-year contract extension. -
McDonald named U SPORTS Athlete of the Month
March 29, 2019TORONTO, ON - Acadia's Haley McDonald was named the U SPORTS Athlete of the Month for March. A third-year kinesiology student from Port Williams, N.S., McDonald led the Axewomen to their second consecutive AUS women?s basketball championship title March 3 in Halifax, N.S.
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McDonald named U SPORTS Athlete of the Week
March 06, 2019TORONTO (U SPORTS) – Haley McDonald from the Acadia Axewomen women’s basketball squad and Zach Sawchenko of the Alberta Golden Bears men’s hockey team are the U SPORTS Male and Female Athletes of the Week for the period ending Mar. 3, 2019.
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McDonald named Subway AUS Athlete of the Week
March 05, 2019HALIFAX, N.S. - Acadia's Haley McDonald of the Axewomen basketball team was named this week's AUS Athlete of the Week after posting a 31 points per game average in the AUS women's Final 6 championships this past weekend.
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2018-19 AUS Women's Basketball Awards and All-Stars Announced
February 27, 2019HALIFAX, N.S. - Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2018-19 AUS women's basketball all-stars and major award winners as selected by the conference's eight head coaches following regular season play.
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Axewomen finish regular season with loss to UNB
February 23, 2019(FREDERICTON, NB - The UNB Reds closed out their regular season on a high note, defeating the Acadia Axewomen 62-53 on Saturday.
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Axewomen lose rare two in a row by UPEI in Charlottetown
February 17, 2019CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI - It was a historic Saturday night for the UPEI Panthers, who captured a perfect 10-0 home record and clinched a first-round bye in the AUS Championships after sweeping the Acadia Axewomen 77-65.
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Panthers’ defence cools off high-scoring Axewomen 76-64
February 16, 2019CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI - The coveted first-round bye is in striking distance after the UPEI Panthers defeated the Acadia Axewomen 76-64.
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Capers stall Axewomen comeback and hold on to 92-85 win
February 09, 2019WOLFVILLE, N.S. - The Acadia Axewomen drop to 13-4 and second place in the AUS after a 92-85 loss to Cape Breton snapped a seven-game winning streak that dated back to a January 13 win over host Memorial.
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Axewomen stay on track with win at StFX
February 06, 2019Antigonish, NS - The Acadia Axewomen defeated the StFX X-Women on a mid-week matchup by an 83-66 score in what was an impressive shooting display by both teams.
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Axewomen pick up important 4-pt win over Dalhousie
February 03, 2019HALIFAX, N.S. – In an important 4-point game, the Dalhousie Tigers hosted the Acadia Axewomen at the Dalplex on Saturday night in support of Shoot for the Cure. The three-point shooting for the Axewomen made the difference, as they came away with the 78-52 win
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This is still my dream job,” says Axewomen head coach
January 31, 2019By John DeCoste '77 - The Acadia basketball Axewomen are a different-looking team from last season, but head coach Len Harvey says, “it's time we started giving credit to the girls that are here now, rather than the ones we've lost since last season.”
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Axewomen extend winning streak to five with an 84-60 win over SMU
January 26, 2019WOLFVILLE, N.S. - The Acadia Axewomen won their second game of the weekend against the Huskies by a score of 84-60 and improving their record to 11-3 on a five game winning streak.
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Axewomen improve to 10-3 with win over Huskies
January 24, 2019WOLFVILLE, N.S. - The Acadia Axewomen never gave up a lead to the Saint Mary’s Huskies for 40 minutes in an 82-64 win on Thursday night.
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Axewomen post 71-64 win over Capers to take over second place
January 20, 2019SYDNEY, N.S. – The Capers were unable to overcome a slow start in the opening quarter and dropped a 71-64 decision to the visiting Acadia Axewomen on a snowy Sunday afternoon at the Sullivan Fieldhouse.
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Axewomen explode in a convincing win over the fourth place Reds
January 18, 2019WOLFVILLE, N.S. - The Acadia Axewomen grabbed a big 4-point 88-53 win over the visiting UNB Reds on Friday night to improve to 8-3.
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A new home for Basketball's Shalyn Field
January 17, 2019By Sara Baxter - Acadia is not the first university that Shalyn Field has attended, but it has quickly become home. After completing a Kinesiology degree at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Field decided she wanted to complete her education degree. She is currently in her first year of the two year education degree at Acadia University.
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Moller, Fuller and Fox commit to Basketball Axewomen program
January 15, 2019WOLFVILLE, N.S. – Acadia women’s basketball head coach Len Harvey is pleased to announce the commitment of three Nova Scotia high school senior student-athletes.
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Axewomen split weekend with 89-75 win over Memorial
January 13, 2019WOLFVILLE, N.S. - The Acadia Axewomen split their weekend two-game series with the Memorial Seahawks with a convincing 89-75 win in Sunday afternoon’s game.
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Sea-Hawks edge Axewomen 86-83 in game 1 of 2
January 12, 2019WOLFVILLE, N.S. - The Memorial Seahawks won Saturday afternoon’s first of two games against Acadia in the final seconds, with a final score of 86-83.
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Axewomen pick up important 4-pt game win over Tigers
January 05, 2019WOLFVILLE, N.S. - The Acadia Axewomen improved to 6-2 and captured a 4-point game win against the visiting Dalhousie Tigers 84-51 on Saturday night.
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Axewomen improve to 5-2 with 4-pt. game win over StFX
November 24, 2018WOLFVILLE, N.S. - The Acadia Axewomen defeated the StFX X-Women by a score of 94-76 on Minor Basketball Night in front of a crowd just under 1000.
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Axewomen split weekend at Memorial
November 18, 2018ST. JOHN'S, NL - The Sea-Hawks (3-2) were able to grab a win in the first game against the Acadia Axewomen (3-2) in the weekend series, 88-74.
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Panthers even weekend series with 70-62 win over Axewomen
November 10, 2018WOLFVILLE, N.S. - The UPEI Panthers evened the two game series against the Acadia Axewomen 1-1 with a 70-62 win on Saturday night.
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Axewomen remain undefeated with win over UPEI
November 09, 2018WOLFVILLE, N.S. - The Axewomen took their home opener against the UPEI Panthers 73-70 on Friday night in the first of two games against UPEI at home this weekend.
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Axewomen improve to 2-0 with 78-74 win over Huskies
November 04, 2018HALIFAX, NS - In their 2nd meeting in two days, the Acadia Axewomen defeated the Saint Mary’s Huskies, 78-74 in AUS women’s basketball at the Homburg Centre.
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Axewomen open season with win over host Huskies
November 02, 2018(HALIFAX, N.S.)—The SMU Huskies dropped their 2018-19 season-opener at home on Thursday evening, 78-70 to the visiting Acadia Axewomen in Atlantic University Sport women’s basketball action from the Homburg Centre.
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Berry extends playing career in Germany
September 21, 2018WOLFVILLE, N.S. - Over the early summer months, Allie Berry patiently waited to hear about extending her basketball career after her graduation from Acadia this past spring.
