Atlantic University Sport released the 2019 fall sports schedules today, including women’s rugby, men’s football, men’s and women’s soccer as well as men’s and women’s cross country. Hosts for the 2019 fall championships were also confirmed.
X-Men defender Josh Read and striker Dan Hayfield were both honoured as U SPORTS men's soccer second team All-Canadians at the awards gala Wednesday evening in conjunction with the U SPORTS national championship. In addition X-Men midfielder Ayoub Al-Arabi was named to the U SPORTS all-rookie team.
X-Men captain Liam Elbourne is the 2018 recipient of the AUS student-athlete community service award, while his teammates defender Josh Read and midfielders Dan Hayfield, Blake Fenton and William Warren were honoured as AUS all-stars.
The StFX X-Women will be playing SMU in the AUS quarter-finals on Thursday at 2:00 pm. The X-Men received a bye into the semifinals and they will await a quarterfinal winning opponent in a 7:00 pm game Friday night at 7:00 pm.
The StFX X-Men downed the Memorial Sea-Hawks by a 4-1 score on Saturday afternoon at King George V to sweep their weekend series. The win pushed the X-Men (8-3-1) into second place overall in the AUS conference, which earns them a first round bye in the Subway AUS Championship next weekend in Sydney, NS.
The Cape Breton Capers (8-0-2) remain undefeated on the season after they handed their rival StFX X-Men (6-3-1) a 3-0 loss on a chilly Friday evening at CBRCH field.
On a cool Saturday afternoon the Dalhousie Tigers impressed with a 4-0 shutout victory over the StFX X-Men on seniors’ day at Oland Stadium in the X-Men’s final home game of the season.
In a battle of U SPORTS top ten teams, the No.1 ranked Cape Breton Capers outlasted the No. 9 StFX X-Men by a score of 2-1 in a scintillating match Friday evening at Oland Stadium. The Capers improve to 2-0-1 on the season, while the X-Men suffer their first loss and fall to 2-1-0.
The StFX X-Men got their season off to a perfect start with a comprehensive 2-0 victory over the visiting Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus Saturday afternoon at Oland Stadium.
The StFX X-Men went 3-0 in pre-season exhibition action in the past week and a half, playing to wins over Cape Breton (1-0), Acadia (4-1) and Moncton (1-0).
X-Men soccer midfielder Blake Fenton is the latest athlete featured in our Getting to Know your X-Women and X-Men series throughout the summer. Blake is a second year Arts student from Halifax, N.S.
X-Men soccer defender Josh Read is the latest athlete featured in our Getting to Know your X-Women and X-Men series throughout the summer. Josh is a third year human Kinetics student from Bath, England.
X-Men soccer defender Liam Harrigan is the latest athlete featured in our Getting to Know your X-Women and X-Men series throughout the summer. Liam is a fourth year Arts student from Bangor, Maine.