Avery Walker was honoured as the AUS award nominee for the U SPORTS Tracy MacLeod award, while Ekaterina Karchevskaya earned AUS second team all-star status and Shannon Neita was named to the AUS all-rookie team.
For the first time since the 2013-2014 season, the STFX X-Women basketball team is heading to the six-team Atlantic University Sport playoffs, thanks to a 78-65 win over the Cape Breton Capers on Saturday evening on Coach K Court in Antigonish.
The visiting STFX X-Women upset the U SPORTS No. 9 UNB REDS 76-72 in Atlantic University Sport women’s basketball action Friday night at UNB’s Richard J. Currie Center.
The Acadia Axewomen extended their win streak to four games with a 68-52 victory over the STFX X-Women Wednesday night on Coach K Court at the STFX Saputo Centre. The win also avenged an earlier 76-65 loss to the same X squad in Wolfville earlier this month.
Led by a monster performance from versatile forward Ekaterina Karchevskaya (Mogilev, BY), the visiting STFX X-Women (6-8) scored an impressive 77-60 victory over the rival Cape Breton University (CBU) Capers (5-10) in Atlantic University Sport (AUS) basketball action on Friday evening at Sullivan Fieldhouse.
The Saint Mary's Huskies earned a decisive 76-60 win over the STFX X-Women on Coach K Court on Wednesday night in AUS women's basketball action. The Huskies picked up 50 rebounds on the night, while shooting 31 per cent from beyond the arc, netting 13 three-pointers.
The UPEI Panthers made it two close wins in a row, dropping the STFX X-Women 57-55 on Sunday afternoon on Coach K Court. The Panthers are now 8-7 on the season, while the X-Women are 5-9.
The UPEI Panthers came out strong early and held on for an exciting 51-48 win over the STFX X-Women in AUS basketball action Saturday evening on Coach K Court. With the win, the Panthers snapped a four-game losing streak while putting an end to a three-game win streak for the X-Women. The win also pulled the Panthers ahead of the X-Women in the AUS standings.
The StFX X-Women snapped Acadia’s three-game win streak on Saturday night as they walked away with a 76-65 victory in front of over 600 fans at Stu Aberdeen Court.
The STFX X-Women made it two wins in a row with a hard fought 76-69 victory over the Memorial Sea-Hawks on Saturday night on Coach K Court. With the win, STFX’s record on the season is now 4-6, giving them the most wins they've had in a season since 2015-2016.
Ekaterina Karchevskaya (Mogilev, BY) put up 18 points and five rebounds as the STFX X-Women basketball team picked up their third victory of the season with a 67-53 win over the Memorial Sea-Hawks on Friday evening at Coach K Court.
The STFX X-Women played a trio of exhibition games at the Laval Rouge et Or Tournament in Quebec City at PEPS. The X-Women had a 0-3 record, dropping games to Laval, Windsor and Guelph.
Saint Mary’s guard Courtney Donaldson poured in a game-high 19 points, as the Huskies defeated the St. Francis Xavier X-Women 65-48 on Friday night at the Homburg Centre.
The Memorial Sea-Hawks fell short after a tough battle against the STFX X-Women. The game came to an end with a final score of 71-60 for STFX as the X-Women earned their first regular season win.
Behind another strong defensive effort and a career night from Aiden Rainford, the UPEI Panthers secured a weekend sweep with a 62-51 win over the STFX X-Women.
A strong fourth quarter powered the UNB REDS to an 84-62 win over the STFX X-Women on Coach K Court Saturday afternoon. It was the second win of the weekend for the REDS, who dropped the X-Women 66-53 on Friday night.
The UNB REDS relied on a strong 22-point fourth quarter to play to a 66-53 comeback victory over the STFX X-Women in the first game of AUS regular season competition Friday night on Coach K Court at the STFX Saputo Centre.
Defense wins championships. That often-used – and, at times, disputed – sports adage would seem to be the perfect fit for a STFX X-Women basketball program that, before shooting for an Atlantic University Sport (AUS) banner, is focused on making a return to the conference playoffs.
The STFX X-Women basketball team claimed a pair of pre-season exhibition wins this weekend over the Niagara College Knights (88-28) and the Mount Saint Vincent Mystics (78-50).
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. For the 2023-24 X-Women Basketball team, that first step was taken on a court in the hills of Barcelona, Spain where the team spent 8 days for their pre-season training camp and exhibition tour. This international adventure provided the team with invaluable experiences both on and off the court.
Over the summer, we caught up with X-Women Basketball's Katie Upham and Jaya D'Souza on their off-season plans, favourite moments at StFX and what they're looking forward to this season — plus more!
STFX Athletics is pleased to announce two new recipients of the Danny Gallivan Memorial Scholarship. Incoming X-Men Football student-athlete Oluwatobiloba (Tobi) Sokunbi and X-Women Basketball recruit Shannon Neita are the 2023 award recipients.