Mounties Defeated by Axewomen in Home Opener
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
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3 | 0 | 3 |
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0 | 1 | 1 |
(SACKVILLE, NB) The Mount Allison Mounties women's soccer team returned to Alumni Field for their first regular season action of the year against the Acadia Axewomen on a beautiful Friday evening in Sackville.
The visitors would get off to a blistering start, with their 3 goals in the match all coming in the first 15 minutes. Taylor Kay found the scoresheet in the 4th minutes followed by two goals from Alli Kelly in the 8th and 15threspectively, as the teams would head into the break with Acadia leading 3-0.
Better play from the Mounties in the second half kept the Axewomen from adding to their tally, and a well-crafted set piece found the head of Maeve Williams in the 88th minute as her header would be the Mounties first goal of the season and the final action of the game as the bout would end 3-1 in favour of Acadia.
Acadia (1-0-0) will return home to Wolfville to host Les Aigles Bleues of Universite de Moncton on Sunday, September 1st with kick-off set for 5:00pm. Mount Allison (0-1-0) will head out on the road to Fredericton as they take on the UNB Reds on Sunday, September 1st, kick-off in that one is set for 1:00pm.
Recap courtesy of Mounties Athletics
Team Stats
Acadia
| Game Statistics | Acadia | Mount Allison |
|---|---|---|
| Shots (on goal) | 9 (7) | 5 (2) |
| Saves | 1 | 4 |
| Fouls | 3 | 2 |
| Corner Kicks | 4 | 1 |
| Offsides | 0 | 0 |