Huskies top Axewomen to win battle of top seeds

WOLFVILLE – With top spot in the AUS on the line, the Saint Mary's Huskies were victorious on Sunday afternoon as they came back to beat the Acadia Axewomen 3-1 on Stu Aberdeen Court.

Acadia opened the match with a decisive 25-13 first set with the Huskies having the answer with a 25-19 win in the second.

The third set was much closer, but Saint Mary's ultimately took it 25-23. They finished the match with a 25-19 fourth set.

Megan Bruhm (Hubley, NS) and Emilia Mikanovich (Minsk, Belarus) led the Huskies offence, which was run through Taylor Lougheed (Calgary, AB) who finished with 31 assists. Mikanovich had a team-high 11 kills and 12 points, while Bruhm had eight kills, two aces and a block.

For Acadia it was Alexia Lemay-Evans (Azilda, ON) who led the match with 13 kills and 15 points. Their player of the game, Jenna Lake (Conception Bay South, NL), finished with 11 kills and two aces for 13 points.

Defensively at the net it was Erica Fisher (Middle Stewiacke, NS) who had a match-high three blocks and two block assists. On the floor, Rebecca Dorsey (Toronto, ON) had a match-high 19 digs for the Axewomen, with Bruhm, Lougheed, and Olivia Bell (Lahave, NS) all finishing with 13 digs apiece for Saint Mary's.

The next two weekends the Axewomen are on the road as they travel to Moncton on January 20-21 before heading to St. John's to face Memorial on January 26-27. They return home on February 9 for the first of two matches against UNB.

Saint Mary's heads to Fredericton next weekend for a pair of matches against UNB on January 19-20. They return home on January 26 to host Moncton.