2019 StFX X-Women Rugby News

  • Lake and McCarron receive rugby All-Canadian honours
    October 31, 2019
    X-Women prop Sam Lake and lock Sarah McCarron were honoured as U SPORTS second team All-Canadians at the awards gala Thursday evening in Ottawa.
  • U SPORTS Women's Rugby Championship Preview
    October 26, 2019
    The reigning champion StFX X-Women look to make history when the U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship Presented by the University of Ottawa opens in the nation’s capital later this week.
  • X-Women earn five AUS all-stars; Cavanagh named AUS Coach of the Year
    October 24, 2019
    The StFX X-Women earned five spots on the AUS all-star team including Sam Lake, Sarah McCarron, Alex Hamilton, Maddison Ross and Sarah Hoerig. Mike Cavanagh was honoured as the AUS Coach of the Year.
  • X-Women defeat NY team in exhibition match
    October 16, 2019
    The U SPORTS No. 2 ranked StFX X-Women played an exhibition game Tuesday evening during StFX fall break week and came away with a 64-0 victory over the NY Village Lions FC, a senior women’s team. The game was played in the Bronx.
  • X-Women earn close 20-19 exhibition win over Army
    October 16, 2019
    The StFX X-Women came out on top 20-19 over the Army Black Knights in very wet, rainy conditions Wednesday night in exhibition action.
  • X-Women to host AUS rugby final on Oct. 26th
    October 15, 2019
    The StFX X-Women will host the AUS rugby championship final game on Saturday, October 26th at 2:00 pm.
  • StFX beats SMU in season-finale
    October 09, 2019
    The visiting StFX X-Women defeated the home side SMU Huskies 49-0 on Wednesday night in Atlantic University Sport women’s rugby action from Huskies Stadium.
  • X-Women delight Homecoming crowd with 57-12 victory over Axewomen
    October 05, 2019
    The U SPORTS No. 2 ranked StFX X-Women remain undefeated on the AUS season after playing to a 57-2 victory over the No. 8 ranked Acadia Axewomen Saturday afternoon in front of an enthusiastic Homecoming crowd of over 1700 fans.
  • X-Women win battle of AUS rugby heavyweights
    September 27, 2019
    The U SPORTS No. 3 ranked StFX X-Women remain undefeated and improve to 4-0 with a convincing 38-14 win over the No. 5 ranked Acadia Axewomen in a battle of AUS rugby heavyweights Friday night at Raymond Field.
  • X-Women remain undefeated with win over Panthers
    September 22, 2019
    The U SPORTS No. 3 ranked StFX X-Women remain undefeated following a 65-5 victory over the UPEI Panthers Sunday afternoon. 
  • X-Women handle Huskies in AUS rugby action
    September 14, 2019
    The defending U SPORTS national champion and No. 1 ranked StFX X-Women were victorious over the visiting Saint Mary’s Huskies Satursay afternoon, handling them by a convincing 81-7 scoreline, in front of close to 300 fans.
  • X-Women rugby head coach Mike Cavanagh reaches milestone with career win No. 100
    September 06, 2019
    The hardest thing to do in sports is win. But for StFX women’s rugby coach, Mike Cavanagh, that’s all he’s done. Friday afternoon, the rugby guru reached the century mark after his team took down the UPEI Panthers 73-5 in the season opener.
  • AUS games rescheduled for coming weekend
    September 05, 2019
    Please note that due to the pending weather, the following StFX games have been rescheduled: SOCCER:  Friday, Sept. 6th UPEI @ StFX games will now be played at 1:15 and 3:30 pm at StFX Stadium FOOTBALL:  Saturday, Sept. 7th ACA @ StFX game will now be played on Friday, Sept. 6th at 7:00 pm at StFX Stadium W RUGBY:  Saturday, Sept. 7th StFX @ UPEI game will now be played on Friday, Sept. 6th at 5:00 pm in Charlottetown CROSS COUNTRY:  Sunday, Sept. 8th meet @ Halifax has been cancelled SOCCER:  Sunday, Sept. 8th UNB @ StFX games at 1:00 and 3:15 pm are on as scheduled
  • X-Women rugby win pair of pre-season matches over Axewomen
    September 01, 2019
    On Saturday the StFX X-Women rugby team began defense of their 2018 U SPORTS national title with a pair of pre-season exhibition games against conference rival Acadia. The two teams split their squads and the X-Women came out on top of both games, winning 46-29 and 36-0.
  • Getting to Know...Danielle Franada
    July 17, 2019
    X-Women Rugby fly half Danielle Franada is the latest athlete featured in our Getting to Know your X-Women and X-Men series throughout the summer. Dani is a third year Business student from Grand Prairie, Alta.
  • Getting to Know...Meghan Buchanan
    June 26, 2019
    X-Women Rugby center Meghan Buchanan is the latest athlete featured in our Getting to Know your X-Women and X-Men series throughout the summer. Meghan is a fourth year Business student from Lethbridge, Alta.
  • Getting to Know...Alex Hamilton
    June 13, 2019
    X-Women Rugby forward Alex Hamilton is the latest athlete featured in our Getting to Know your X-Women and X-Men series throughout the summer. Alex is a fourth year Nursing student from Eastern Passage, N.S.