Photo courtesy of Erica Roberts
Posted: Sep 22, 2014
Courtesy of StFX
Athletics
Antigonish, NS - The StFX X-Men and Dalhousie
Tigers played to a hard-fought scoreless draw Sunday afternoon at
Oland Stadium.
“It was a really tough, typical AUS
game,” X-Men head coach Graham Kennedy said after the game.
“It was two teams not giving an
inch.”
The teams were scoreless at halftime in front of
more than 500 fans in Antigonish.
“We had our opportunities, but we
couldn’t finish,” X-Men defender Ryan Ashlee (Victoria,
BC) said at the intermission.
In the opening 45 minutes, Tiger keeper TJ
Leopold (Bedford, NS) made two diving saves against X-Men forward
Mark Harpur (Calgary, AB). Freshman Kallen Heenan (Halifax, NS)
also had a point-blank opportunity, but he couldn’t get a
shot away.
“We didn’t put our chances away,
especially in the opening half,” Kennedy
said.
Bezick Evraire (Ottawa, ON) had the best
opening-half chance for the Tigers, but X-Men keeper Sam Hutchison
(Victoria, BC) made a great sliding save on the shot from 20 yards.
The veteran midfielder led the Tigers with three shots on
goal.
Midfielder Michael Tait (Oakville, ON) led the
X-Men with two shots on goal.
Hutchison made seven saves for the X-Men, while
Leopold of the Tigers turned aside five
shots.
The Tigers (2-1-2) return to action Wednesday,
Sept. 24, when they host the Saint Mary’s Huskies (1-3-2) at
7:15 p.m. The X-Men (2-1-2) will host the UNB Varsity Reds (4-0-1)
Friday, Sept. 26 at Oland Stadium, beginning at 7: 15
p.m.