Atlantic 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.
The defending national champions Montreal Carabins and STFX X-Women braved the cold on Thursday morning for the opening game of the U SPORTS Women?s Soccer Championship. Montreal came away with the 2-0 win after a hard-fought battle on both ends.
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.
On the strength of a goal from junior midfielder Brynn Jurus (Ancaster, ON), in the 80th minute, the STFX X-Women finished off a perfect conference campaign with a 2-1 victory over the host Cape Breton University (CBU) Capers in the championship match of the 2023 Atlantic University Sport (AUS) women’s soccer championship on Sunday afternoon at Ness Timmons Field.
The STFX X-Women (#1) defeated the Memorial SeaHawks (#4) in the first semi-final match at the 2023 Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Women’s Soccer Championship – presented by Bell – on Friday morning at Ness Timmons Field on the Cape Breton University (CBU) campus.
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.
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.
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 began their 2023 regular season campaign with a decisive 8-0 victory over the visiting Moncton Aigles Bleues on Saturday afternoon at STFX Stadium.
While boasting a “strong returning core,” veteran STFX X-Women head coach Graham Kennedy expects his team to be in the thick of the playoff race in a highly-competitive 2023 Atlantic University Sport (AUS) soccer season.
Over the summer, we caught up with X-Women Soccer's Kristen Riis and Emma Steen on their off-season plans, favourite moments at StFX and what they're looking forward to this season — plus more!
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.
The No. 1 seeded Cape Breton Capers will be playing in the AUS women’s soccer championship game for the seventh time in the last 10 seasons after a 1-0 semi-final win over the No. 4 seeded STFX X-Women Thursday afternoon.
Lauren Seamone’s (New Germany, NS) overtime goal in the 105th minute was the game-winner as the STFX X-Women knocked off the feisty Saint Mary’s Huskies 6-4 in overtime in AUS quarterfinal play to advance to the semi-final.
Four STFX X-Women student-athletes received AUS all-star recognition for this play this season, including AUS first team all-stars Emma Steen and Amanda Smith, and second team all-stars Abby Steen and Caitlin Crichton.