No. 7 ranked Axewomen use strong first half to tame Panthers

WOLFVILLE – The Acadia Axewomen continued their undefeated season on Saturday in their final exhibition game with a 43-14 victory over the UPEI Panthers in front of 310 fans at Raymond Field.

The No. 7 ranked Axewomen led from the get-go, with Juliette Matsukubo (Ottawa, ON) scoring the first of her two trys in the third minute.

To round out the scoring in the first half, Sara Grant (Melrose, NB) scored a pair of trys in the 17^th and 23^rd minutes respectively to put the Axewomen ahead 26-0 at the break.

Frances Claire Aceron (Estevan, SK) scored Acadia's first try of the second half, while Grant scored her third of the day just five minutes later in the 54^th minute. Olivia Savoie (Garnett Settlement, NB) rounded out the Axewomen scoring with her 64^th minute try.

Emily Duffy (Saint John, NB) scored back-to-back trys for UPEI in the final 12 minutes of the match, with Charlotte Branchflower (Halifax, NS) converting on both, but it was too late to complete the comeback for the Panthers.

On the day, Grant completed four converts, with her three trys to lead all scorers with 23 points.

Next weekend Acadia heads to STFX for their final match of the year, a battle for first place in the AUS, while UPEI will face the Saint Mary's Huskies.

SCORING SUMMARY:  

UPEI 0-14: 14  

ACA 26-17: 43

First half:  

ACA Juliette Matsukubo try 3rd minute 

ACA Juliette Matsukubo try (Sara Grant convert) 7th minute 

ACA Sara Grant try (Sara Grant convert) 17th minute 

ACA Sara Grant try (Sara Grant convert) 23rd minute 

Second half:  

ACA Frances Claire Aceron try 49^th minute

ACA Sara Grant try (Sara Grant convert) 54^th minute

ACA Olivia Savoie try 64^th minute

UPEI Emily Duffy try (Charlotte Branchflower convert) 68^th minute

UPEI Emily Duffy try (Charlotte Branchflower convert) 80^th minute

Players of the Game:  

ACA: Jenna Gallant

UPEI: Rowan Gallagher

Legend:  

Try: 5 points 

Penalty goal: 3 points 

Convert: 2 points