2022 STFX X-Women Rugby News
Atlantic University Sport released the 2023 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 2023 fall championships were also confirmed.
STFX X-Women flyhalf Sierra Wood was honoured as the 2022 Atlantic University Sport women's rugby rookie of the year as AUS released their major award winners and all-star today. Four X-Women received AUS all-star status this season including Annie McMullon, Camryn Kleynhans, Hannah Ellis and Madison Ross.
A jubilant crowd of current and former X-Women Rugby players, parents, and fans gathered on Saturday to officially open the new X-Women Rugby locker room.
The STFX X-Women will be heading to Charlottetown Thursday afternoon for a 2:00 pm AUS semi-final game against the UPEI Panthers.
The Acadia Axewomen put a damper on STFX Homecoming weekend as they defeated the U SPORTS No. 10 ranked STFX X-Women 24-12 Saturday afternoon in front of over 1200 fans at STFX Stadium.
The playoff picture hasn’t become much clearer despite the rugby Axewomen picking up an important 32-26 win over the visiting STFX X-Women on a rare Wednesday night game.
STFX teams are ranked in all the U SPORTS rankings this week, for all the sports in which X-Men and X-Women teams compete in.
The STFX X-Women Rugby team improved to 3-1 after defeating the Saint Mary’s Huskies 43-5 on Wednesday night in Halifax.
The STFX X-Women held on for a close 7-5 victory over the U SPORTS No. 7 ranked UPEI Panthers Saturday afternoon at STFX Stadium in a closely contested rugby match between two of the top teams in the AUS conference.
On this national day of Truth and Reconciliation, STFX Athletics shares open letters from Indigenous student-athletes Julia Baniak of the X-Women Rugby team and Colin Buffalo of the X-Men Football team.
The STFX X-Women played to a 58-0 victory over the Saint Mary’s Huskies Friday night at STFX Stadium in their home opener.
Almost a year to the day, the UPEI Panthers stunned the STFX X-Women 38-31 which ended a 17-year winless drought against the formidable foe. Saturday afternoon, they pulled off the feat again, as they defeated the X-Women 32-5.
X-Men Football are ranked No. 6 in the latest U SPORTS Top 10 rankings released on Sept. 6th, up one spot from No. 7 last week. The X-Women Rugby team come in at No. 8 in their first rankings of the season.
Boasting a mix of accomplished veterans, returnees looking to make their mark and a group of hungry newcomers, the STFX X-Women are focused on capturing another Atlantic University Sport (AUS) championship.
The STFX X-Women, Saint Mary’s Huskies and Acadia Axewomen competed in a pre-season exhibition tournament Saturday afternoon at STFX Stadium. The X-Women went 2-0, while Acadia was 1-1 and Saint Mary’s 0-2.
The StFX X-Women defeated the Quinnipiac Bobcats 17-15 in a tight match at the Wanderers Ground in Halifax on Saturday afternoon in pre-season exhibiton play.
