Atlantic University Sport released the 2018 fall sports schedules today, including women’s rugby, men’s and women’s soccer as well as men’s and women’s cross country. Hosts for the 2018 fall championships were also confirmed.
Recovering from a disheartening loss in Saturday’s semifinal, the defending champion StFX X-Women claimed the bronze medal at the 20th U SPORTS women’s rugby championship with a 22-12 win over the Canada West champion Calgary Dinos.
Playing a near perfect game, the fifth-seeded Laval Rouge et Or ended defending champion StFX’s quest for a second straight national championship, beating, them 23-0 in semifinal action Saturday afternoon.
Looking to repeat as U SPORTS women’s rugby champions, the top-seeded StFX X-Women exerted their size and strength, moving on to semifinals with a 39-12 win over the host Lethbridge Pronghorns.
The reigning champion StFX X-Women will head into the 20th U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship as tournament favourites, looking to capture a second straight national banner.
On the strength of four tries by AUS most valuable player Joanna Alphonso (Ajax, ON), the StFX X-Women defeated the Acadia Axewomen 58-21 to win the 2017 Subway AUS championship Friday night, taking home the Birks Memorial trophy.
Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2017 women's rugby major award winners and all-stars as selected by the conference's four head coaches following the regular season. Fourth-year StFX prop Joanna Alphonso has been named the Atlantic University Sport most valuable player for the third consecutive season. This is the 11th time in the past 13 seasons that a member of the StFX X-Women has earned the honour.
StFX X-Women rugby player June Beals and UNB Varsity Reds men's hockey player Stephen Anderson have been named the Subway AUS Athletes of the Week for their respective performances for this past week.
The Gee-Gees women’s rugby team wasn’t phased when the U SPORTS No. 1 ranked StFX X-Women roared back to tie the score at 14-14 early in the second half. Instead, the Garnet and Grey went on a 19-0 run to capture a meaningful 33-19 exhibition victory in a rematch of the 2016 U SPORTS national final.
June Beals had four first-half tries as the StFX X-Women defeated the Saint Mary’s Huskies 89-7 Wednesday night in AUS women’s rugby action from Huskies Stadium.
Joanna Alphonso of the U SPORTS No. 1-ranked StFX X-Women rugby team is the Subway Atlantic University Sport female athlete of the week for the week ending Sept. 24, 2017.
On a warm fall afternoon at Oland Stadium the Acadia Axewomen felt the heat of the U SPORTS No. 1 ranked StFX X-Women as the home squad played to a 57-14 win, improving to 3-0 on the season and taking sole possession of first place in the AUS standings over the nationally ranked No. 10 Axewomen (2-1).
The defending national champion X-Women rugby team earned their second consecutive lopsided victory in AUS competition this season, this time a 90-0 win over the UPEI Panthers.
The StFX X-Women open the 2017 campaign as the top-ranked women’s rugby team in the nation, while the X-Men soccer team are ranked No. 10 in their respective top ten.
The defending national champion X-Women rugby team opened the 2017 varsity season with a bang as they defeated the Saint Mary’s Huskies 105-0 Friday night at StFX Oland Stadium.
As StFX students return to campus and renew acquaintances, few will have better ‘how I spent my summer vacation’ stories than X-Women rugby players Alison Blanchard, a 4th year scrum-half from Hering Cove, Nova Scotia; and Merrit Blair, a 4th year wing from Ottawa, Ontario. This past summer Alison and Merrit lived every rugby player’s dream: playing rugby in New Zealand.
The defending U SPORTS national champion X-Women rugby team took to the field Saturday in pre-season exhibition action in Truro at the AUS Invitational tournament.
X-Women rugby lock Carolyn Williams is the latest athlete featured in our Getting to Know your X-Women and X-Men series throughout the summer. Carolyn is a third year Nursing student from Orleans, Ont.
X-Women rugby prop Sam Lake is the latest athlete featured in our Getting to Know your X-Women and X-Men series throughout the summer. Sam is a third year Human Kinetics student from Windsor, NS.
X-Women rugby winger June Beals is the latest athlete featured in our Getting to Know your X-Women and X-Men series throughout the summer. June is a third year Arts student from North Preston, N.S.