The StFX X-Women were not able to overcome the Acadia Axewomen Saturday night in Antigonish N.S. The blue and white lost the game 81-69 to the seventh place team in the country. Emma Duinker poured in 27 points and had ten rebounds to pace the visiting Axewomen who earned their 13th victory of the season.

Emma’s sister Abbey Duinker was able to provide the secondary scoring for the Axewomen, putting up 17 points in the win along with five rebounds. Stephanie Chapman and Jasmine Parent each contributed ten points apiece for the AUS first place team.

The X-Women were able to hold even with the Axewomen 12-12 after the first quarter, but were outworked 30-19 in the second quarter as the Axewomen took a 40-31 lead into the dressing room at halftime. Despite being without team leader Kirsten Jones, StFX played a resilient third quarter against the tough Axewomen squad, and pulled to within four points of the conference leaders in the final frame.

Acadia outscored StFX 39-38 in the second half, as the second quarter would prove to be the difference as the CIS No. 7 team held on for the four-point victory over the home team X-Women.

Donisha Young scored a team high 20 points for the X-Women in the loss and also had 11 rebounds for a double-double night.  Vanessa Pickard picked up 15 points and six rebounds for the X-Women, while Anne Kiberd scored 14. 

Acadia shot 33.8% from field goal range, 38.9% from three point range and 66.7% from the free throw line, while the X-Women had 30.3% in field goal shooting, 33.3% from three point range and were 63.3% from the three point line.

The X-Women remain in sixth place with a 7-8 record. They will play host to the eighth place UPEI Panthers (2-14) Sunday afternoon at 2:00 pm, while the first place Axewomen improve to 13-1 and travel to Cape Breton for a meeting with the third place Capers (10-5) on Sunday afternoon.