Fifth-year lock Ronnie Russell had the game-winning try late in the second half, allowing Acadia to overcome a 29-10 deficit.
For the X-women, who led 24-10 at halftime, it was their first home field loss since 2013. The Axewomen were also the opposition on that occasion.
Junior fly half Maddie McKenzie had two tries to lead the Acadia offence. Fifth-year scrum half Jenny Matheson, junior fullback-centre Tamara Dondi and senior lock Emma DeLory had the other Axewomen tries. Matheson added a two-point convert.
Axewomen coach Matt Durant was “really pleased with how the women responded.” With several players sick with the ’flu, he was concerned Acadia “might suffer in the second half, but the opposite was true,” as Acadia scored the final 22 points.
Hockey sweep
Fourth-year centre Mike Cazzola served notice that he will be a player to watch this season, leading the hockey Axemen to a pre-season sweep of the Brock Badgers.
In their first pre-season action, the Axemen nipped the Badgers 4-3 Sept. 25, followed by a 3-1 victory Sept. 26.
Following a scoreless opening period Sept. 25, Cazzola had both Acadia goals as the teams battled to a 2-2 tie after two periods. Newcomers Daniel Pettersson and Liam Maaskant also found the net for Acadia.
Cazzola netted two more goals Sept. 26, including scoring on Acadia’s first shot of the game for an early 1-0 lead followed by a second midway through the second period. Zach Franko had the third Acadia goal.
Win for men, loss for soccer women
Acadia’s men’s soccer team continued its early season run with a win and a draw in weekend action Sept. 25-27, blanking Memorial 2-0 Sept. 25 in Wolfville, then played Cape Breton to a scoreless draw Sept. 27 in Sydney.
Matt Berrigan and Cooper Coats each scored on Memorial, with Nigel Goodwin earning the shutout.
At Cape Breton, no one on either team was able to score, and Goodwin recorded his second shutout of the weekend. The results left the Axemen with a season record of three wins and two draws.
The Axewomen played to a 1-1 draw against Memorial Sept.25 before ending up on the short end of a 4-0 score Sept. 27 against Cape Breton, finishing the weekend with a season record of three wins, one loss and one draw.
Meghan Earle had the only goal of the weekend for the Axewomen, her seventh of the season, which had her tied for the conference lead.
Football Axemen lose to McGill
The football Axemen suffered their first loss of the season, dropping a 45-15 decision Sept. 26 at McGill.
Considering the final score, the stats were surprisingly close. Acadia held a 409-404 edge in total offence and had 294 net passing yards but was only able to score one touchdown, on a 39-yard scoring pass from Nick Bynkoski to Eugene McMinns.
Four safety touches rounded out the Acadia scoring.
Cody Cluett (10-24, 167 yards) and Bynkoski (7-9, 127 yards) split the quarterbacking duties for Acadia.
Thomas Troop (55 yards on eight carries) was the leading Axemen rusher, and Jaylen McRae (77 yards on two catches) the leading receiver.
Volleyball pre-season tournament
Acadia’s volleyball team made it to the final of the Dalhousie Invitational pre-season tournament before settling for the runner-up position following a three-sets-to-one loss to the host Tigers.
The scores in the final were 20-25, 25-21, 23-25, 15-25 in favour of Dalhousie. Sarah Ross had 10 kills and 35 total attack points, and Hillary Monette recorded 30 digs.
The Axewomen reached the final by winning two of three round robin matches, edging Saint Mary’s and Moncton 3-2 and dropping a 3-0 decision to the Tigers.
Fifth-year lock Ronnie Russell had the game-winning try late in the second half, allowing Acadia to overcome a 29-10 deficit.
For the X-women, who led 24-10 at halftime, it was their first home field loss since 2013. The Axewomen were also the opposition on that occasion.
Junior fly half Maddie McKenzie had two tries to lead the Acadia offence. Fifth-year scrum half Jenny Matheson, junior fullback-centre Tamara Dondi and senior lock Emma DeLory had the other Axewomen tries. Matheson added a two-point convert.
Axewomen coach Matt Durant was “really pleased with how the women responded.” With several players sick with the ’flu, he was concerned Acadia “might suffer in the second half, but the opposite was true,” as Acadia scored the final 22 points.
Hockey sweep
Fourth-year centre Mike Cazzola served notice that he will be a player to watch this season, leading the hockey Axemen to a pre-season sweep of the Brock Badgers.
In their first pre-season action, the Axemen nipped the Badgers 4-3 Sept. 25, followed by a 3-1 victory Sept. 26.
Following a scoreless opening period Sept. 25, Cazzola had both Acadia goals as the teams battled to a 2-2 tie after two periods. Newcomers Daniel Pettersson and Liam Maaskant also found the net for Acadia.
Cazzola netted two more goals Sept. 26, including scoring on Acadia’s first shot of the game for an early 1-0 lead followed by a second midway through the second period. Zach Franko had the third Acadia goal.
Win for men, loss for soccer women
Acadia’s men’s soccer team continued its early season run with a win and a draw in weekend action Sept. 25-27, blanking Memorial 2-0 Sept. 25 in Wolfville, then played Cape Breton to a scoreless draw Sept. 27 in Sydney.
Matt Berrigan and Cooper Coats each scored on Memorial, with Nigel Goodwin earning the shutout.
At Cape Breton, no one on either team was able to score, and Goodwin recorded his second shutout of the weekend. The results left the Axemen with a season record of three wins and two draws.
The Axewomen played to a 1-1 draw against Memorial Sept.25 before ending up on the short end of a 4-0 score Sept. 27 against Cape Breton, finishing the weekend with a season record of three wins, one loss and one draw.
Meghan Earle had the only goal of the weekend for the Axewomen, her seventh of the season, which had her tied for the conference lead.
Football Axemen lose to McGill
The football Axemen suffered their first loss of the season, dropping a 45-15 decision Sept. 26 at McGill.
Considering the final score, the stats were surprisingly close. Acadia held a 409-404 edge in total offence and had 294 net passing yards but was only able to score one touchdown, on a 39-yard scoring pass from Nick Bynkoski to Eugene McMinns.
Four safety touches rounded out the Acadia scoring.
Cody Cluett (10-24, 167 yards) and Bynkoski (7-9, 127 yards) split the quarterbacking duties for Acadia.
Thomas Troop (55 yards on eight carries) was the leading Axemen rusher, and Jaylen McRae (77 yards on two catches) the leading receiver.
Volleyball pre-season tournament
Acadia’s volleyball team made it to the final of the Dalhousie Invitational pre-season tournament before settling for the runner-up position following a three-sets-to-one loss to the host Tigers.
The scores in the final were 20-25, 25-21, 23-25, 15-25 in favour of Dalhousie. Sarah Ross had 10 kills and 35 total attack points, and Hillary Monette recorded 30 digs.
The Axewomen reached the final by winning two of three round robin matches, edging Saint Mary’s and Moncton 3-2 and dropping a 3-0 decision to the Tigers.
