In the second week of women's rugby action, the UPEI Panthers earned an impressive 38-5 victory over the Acadia Axewomen, while the StFX X-Women bounced back from last week's loss to blank the Huskies 58-0.
A week after stunning the X-Women, the Panthers came right back and took down the Axewomen 38-5 - a team that went undefeated in the regular season in 2021.
This was the first time since 2011 that UPEI started the season 2-0 and atop the standings.
Brinten Comeau, who scored a try in the victory, was named the Subway Player of the Game, while Emily Duffy scored her third try of the season as she showed off her strength carrying defenders across the try line.
For the full recap of UPEI vs Acadia, click here.
The STFX X-Women played to a 58-0 victory over the Saint Mary's Huskies Friday night at STFX Stadium in their home opener.
Fourth-year prop Annie McMullon (Rothesay, NB) opened the scoring for STFX in the ninth minute of play after sustained pressure from the home team. Jill Griffith (Upper Tantallon, NS) converted to give X an early 7-0 lead.
Griffith then converted two more X-Women tries as Katie Douglas (Charlottetown, PE) broke through the Huskies' defenders to touch down in the 18th minute, and prop Emma MacDougall (Halifax, NS) scored two minutes later.
STFX gained momentum and scored three more unconverted tries before the first half expired. Griffith tallied in the 26th minute to put the white and blue up 26-0, then Katie Murphy (Millville, PE) and Camryn Kleynhans (Durban, SA) punched across the try line in the final five minutes to give STFX a 36-0 halftime lead.
The Huskies pressured late in the half but could not get on the scoreboard.
McMullon rounded out the STFX scoring with two minutes to play as she scored her second try in the game, and Griffith booted her fourth conversion of the night to close out the 58-0 victory.
With 13 points on the night for STFX, Griffith received Subway player of the game honours.
For the full recap of StFX vs Saint Mary's, click here.
Scores
Friday, Sept 16
Saint Mary's 0 at StFX 58
Saturday, Sept 17
Acadia 5 at UPEI 38