September 17, 2021

Mounties play Homecoming Thriller

Acadia

1-1-0, 1-1-0

Mount Allison

0-3-0, 0-3-0

Final

Acadia (1-1-0, 1-1-0)

Mount Allison (0-3-0, 0-3-0)

The Mount Allison Mounties kicked off Homecoming weekend with some inspired women's soccer action, losing a close 2-1 battle to the visiting Acadia Axewomen at Alumni Field on Friday night.

Acadia, who was picked to be one of the AUS's top 4 teams in the pre-season coaches' poll, opened the scoring quickly when Jayden Boudreau scored in the 16^th minute.

The Mounties replied quickly as senior Amanda Piltzmaker scored her first goal of the young season in the 24^th minute. The scored remained knotted at 1-1 for the remainder of the 1^st half.

Acadia took a 2-1 lead in the 74^th minute when Rosie Nichols scored what proved to be the winning goal.

Acadia returns to action on Saturday as they travel to PEI to visit the UPEI Panthers. Mount Allison sees its next action on Friday, September 24^th when they host UNB at Alumni Field.