Photo courtesy Acadia Athletics
Posted: Sep 19, 2014
WOLFVILLE, NS – Two teams that have yet to record a loss this season faced off Friday night at Acadia's Raymond Field as the Acadia Axewomen and StFX X-Women took to the field. The game finished with a 0-0 final score with neither team able to penetrate the other's defensive curtain.
StFX started the game off aggressively, being first to the ball often and controlling the tempo for the start of the game. But midway through the first half, Acadia would seize control and put the X-Women on their heels firing 20 shots towards StFX keeper Erin Visser in the opening half.
Visser made a number of key saves in the first half despite fourth year Axewomen midfielder Talisa Silzer's production of several great scoring opportunities. As the whistle blew to signal halftime, the score remained 0-0 with the shots on goal 20-5 in favour of Acadia.
Acadia started the second half in a bit of a lull as StFX came out prepared. The Axewomen would answer back though and both teams picked up the tempo in the final six minutes of play but defense prevailed and neither team could find the back of the net.
Two second-year defenders won the Subway Player of the Game honors for their respective teams. Emily Nickerson was named for the Axewomen while Claire Gibbons received the award for the X-Women. Both were key in anchoring their teams' defense and the resulting 0-0 score.
Visser recorded the shutout for StFX with 28 saves and senior keeper Caroline Wood kept the scoreboard clean for Acadia saving 13 shots.
StFX improves to 2-0-2 and third place in the AUS standings with eight points, while Acadia holds onto second place with nine points and a 2-0-3 record – four points behind league leading UNB. The X-Women head home to face Dalhousie in a Sunday afternoon game at 1:00 pm while Acadia will host Memorial Sunday morning at 11:00 am.
Courtesy Ashley Hasler, Acadia Sports Information