2023 STFX X-Women Soccer News
X-Women Soccer head coach Graham Kennedy was honoured as the U SPORTS women's soccer coach of the year. Three athletes received national recognition as Amanda Smith was named a 1st team all-Canadian, Abby Steen a 2nd team all-Canadian and Cheyenne Bower an all-rookie.
The No. 3 seeded STFX X-Women will play the No. 6 seeded Montreal Carabins in the U SPORTS quarterfinal game on Thursday at 11:00 am in Kingston, Ont.
Six STFX X-Women soccer student-athletes garnered honours as 2023 AUS all-stars including Abby Steen, Caitlin Crichton, Brynn Jurus and Amanda Smith as first team all-stars, along with Christina Gentile and Cheyenne Bower as second team all-stars. Graham Kennedy was honoured as the AUS Coach of the Year.
Both the X-Women and X-Men teams have secured first round playoff byes and will play in their respective semifiinal games on Friday, October 27th. The first place STFX X-Women will play the winner of Memorial-Dalhousie Friday at 11:00 am, while the second place X-Men will play the winner of DAL-UNB Friday at 8:00 pm.
In their regular season finale, the UNB REDS were defeated 2-0 by the STFX X-Women on a Saturday afternoon at UNB's BMO Campus.
The U SPORTS No. 5 ranked STFX X-Women played to a dominant 8-0 shutout victory over the Universite de Moncton Aigles Bleues Friday night.
The U SPORTS No. 6 ranked STFX X-Women soccer team wrapped up their 2023 home schedule with a 3-0 win over the Memorial Sea-Hawks on Sunday afternoon. The win makes it 10 victories in a row for the undefeated AUS first place X-Women, who have already clinched a berth in the AUS playoffs.
The U SPORTS No. 6 ranked STFX X-Women earned their ninth consecutive win of the season, dropping the UPEI Panthers 4-0 under the stadium lights Saturday evening at STFX.
The U SPORTS No. 6 ranked X-Women soccer team extended their winning streak to eight games with a dominant 5-0 win over the Mount Allison Mounties on Friday night.
The U SPORTS No. 7 ranked STFX X-Women (7-0-0) topped the No. 8 Acadia Axewomen (4-2-1) by a 1-0 margin on Sunday to stay atop the AUS standings and remain undefeated.
The STFX X-Women earned a close 2-1 victory over the Dalhousie Tigers at Wickwire Field on Saturday.
The U SPORTS No. 8 ranked STFX X-Women remain undefeated on the AUS season as they shutout the Mount Allison Mounties 4-0 Friday night.
In between matches last Sunday, the STFX Soccer program was honoured to celebrate the life and legacy of our coach and friend, Patrick Rutayisire, who passed away this May after a difficult battle with cancer.
The U SPORTS No. 10 ranked STFX X-Women picked up their second win of the weekend with a 6-0 victory over the Saint Mary’s Huskies on a sunny Sunday afternoon at STFX Stadium.
The Cape Breton University (CBU) Capers (2-1-0) dropped a hard-fought 3-1 decision to the visiting STFX X-Women (3-0-0) in AUS action at Ness Timmons Field.
The STFX X-Women made it a double win weekend with a hard fought 2-1 victory over the visiting UNB Reds on Sunday afternoon at STFX stadium.
