Rugby
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2024 AUS fall sports schedules releasedApril 11, 2024Atlantic University Sport released the 2024 fall sports schedule today, including women’s rugby, men’s football, men’s and women’s soccer and men’s and women’s cross country. Hosts for each of the 2024 fall championships have also been confirmed.
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Ottawa blanks StFX in consolation semifinalNovember 03, 2023The Ottawa Gee-Gees cruised past the STFX X-Women on Friday afternoon in the first consolation game at the U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship, winning 41-0.
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Akwaima Akpan named U SPORTS women's rugby rookie of the yearNovember 02, 2023STFX X-Women lock Akwaima Akpan was honoured as the U SPORTS women's rugby rookie of the year, as well as being named a U SPORTS second team all-Canadian.
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Gryphons advance to semifinals with win over X-WomenNovember 01, 2023A pair of tries by Kennedy Feasby led the No. 4-seeded Guelph Gryphons as they dropped the STFX X-Women, 29-14, during the second quarterfinal of the 2023 U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship Wednesday afternoon.
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X-Women Rugby to face Guelph in U SPORTS quarter-finalOctober 30, 2023
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X-Women claim AUS title in hard fought battle against PanthersOctober 25, 2023The STFX X-Women have reclaimed their throne and sit atop the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) conference once more.
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Akpan and Culligan receive AUS rugby honours; five X-Women named to all-star teamOctober 23, 2023STFX lock Akwaima Akpan was named the 2023 AUS Rookie of the Year, while centre Katherine Culligan received the AUS Community Service award. Five X-Women were named to the AUS all-star team including Emma MacDougall, Akwaima Akpan, Sophie Beck, Skye Koyote and Katie Murphy.
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X-Women advance to AUS final with win over AxewomenOctober 19, 2023The U SPORTS No. 10 ranked STFX X-Women took home a 29-21 victory over the Acadia Axewomen Thursday night in the AUS semifinal playoff game in front of 500 fans at STFX Stadium.
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X-Women to host Acadia in AUS semifinal playoff game Thursday eveningOctober 16, 2023The STFX X-Women will host the Acadia Axewomen Thursday evening, October 19th at 7:30 pm in the AUS semifinal playoff game.
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Panthers stun X-Women in late-game comebackOctober 13, 2023In a stunning comeback, the UPEI Panthers put a damper on STFX Homecoming weekend by defeating the STFX X-Women 25-22 in the final game of the AUS regular season Friday night at STFX Stadium.
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X-Women defeat Huskies 48-7October 06, 2023The St. Francis Xavier X-Women defeated the Saint Mary's Huskies 48-7 in AUS rugby action on Friday night at Huskies Stadium in Halifax.
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X-Women and Axewomen battle it out in 33-33 tieOctober 01, 2023In a battle of AUS women’s rugby powerhouses on a sunny Sunday afternoon in front of over 300 fans, the U SPORTS No. 6 ranked STFX X-Women and the Acadia Axewomen played to a 33-33 tie.
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STFX remains undefeated with 43-26 win over PanthersSeptember 23, 2023Since he was promoted to head coach two years ago, the James Voye-led UPEI Panthers have never lost at home to the STFX X-Women…until today.
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X-Women hold off Axewomen comeback attemptSeptember 17, 2023Two tries in the last 20 minutes gave them a shot, but the Acadia Axewomen (0-2) were unable to complete the comeback as the STFX X-Women (2-0) held on for a narrow 21-19 victory on Sunday night.
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X-Women dominate Huskies 81-0 in season openerSeptember 09, 2023The STFX X-Women rugby squad kicked off their 2023 regular season with a dominant 81-0 win over the Saint Mary's Huskies on Saturday afternoon.
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X-Women 3-0 in AUS pre-season tourneySeptember 03, 2023The X-Women Rugby team competed in the pre-season AUS tournament at Acadia on Sunday and came home with three victories.
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Rugby X-Women looking for return to AUS supremacyAugust 30, 2023For two decades, as much as the leaves changing colours on the trees lining the STFX campus, a sure sign that fall was arriving came courtesy of the X-Women rugby program. In late October or early November – without fail – the White and Blue would be boarding a plane for a Canadian destination, where they would play for a USPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship.
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X-Women compete south of the border in pre-season rugby matchesAugust 28, 2023The STFX X-Women Rugby team headed south of the border this past weekend and played four pre-season exhibition matches against NCAA opponents. The blue and white posted a 3-0-1 record.
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Off-Season Profiles: Janet Kennedy & Sophie BeckAugust 03, 2023Over the summer, we caught up with X-Women Rugby's Janet Kennedy and Sophie Beck on their off-season plans, favourite moments at StFX and what they're looking forward to this season — plus more!
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2023 AUS fall sports schedules releasedApril 20, 2023Atlantic 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.
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Sierra Wood receives AUS rugby rookie of the year award; Four X-Women named AUS all-starsOctober 25, 2022STFX 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.
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Top Left legacy continues with new locker room openingOctober 20, 2022A 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.
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Panthers defeat X-Women 14-12 to punch ticket to AUS FinalOctober 20, 2022There will be a new AUS champion this season as the STFX X-Women will not be advancing to the AUS final after losing a hard fought 14-12 semifinal game to the UPEI Panthers Thursday afternoon.
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X-Women Rugby to play UPEI in AUS semi-final Thursday in CharlottetownOctober 17, 2022The STFX X-Women will be heading to Charlottetown Thursday afternoon for a 2:00 pm AUS semi-final game against the UPEI Panthers.
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Axewomen dampen Homecoming with win over X-WomenOctober 15, 2022The 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.
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X-Women drop close game to AcadiaOctober 12, 2022The 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.
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Record seven STFX teams ranked in U SPORTS Top Ten rankings in same weekOctober 11, 2022STFX 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.
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X-Women defeat Huskies 43-5 in HalifaxOctober 05, 2022The STFX X-Women Rugby team improved to 3-1 after defeating the Saint Mary’s Huskies 43-5 on Wednesday night in Halifax.
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X-Women come out on top in close 7-5 game against PanthersOctober 01, 2022The 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.
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Open letters from Indigenous student-athletes Julia Baniak and Colin BuffaloSeptember 30, 2022On 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.