They surrendered the tying goal late in the game, but the good news, at least, for the Memorial Sea-Hawks women’s soccer team is it still came away with a valuable single point in Atlantic University Sport play Sunday afternoon in Antigonish, N.S.
The Sea-Hawks and host St. Francis Xavier X-Women battled to a 2-2 tie, improving Memorial to 4-3-3 on the year. Heading into the final week of the regular season, the Sea-Hawks are locked in the sixth and final playoff spot with 15 points, six ahead of the UPEI Panthers.
Holly O’Neill and Kristyn Lee scored for Memorial on Sunday following a 2-1 loss to the Cape Breton Capers Saturday.
Lee’s goal staked the Sea-Hawks to a 2-1 lead, until the X-Women scored in the 86th minute.
Spencer Wilkins had the only Memorial goal Saturday.
As for Memorial’s men’s squad, it lost both weekend affairs, falling 1-0 to the Cape Breton Capers on a late goal Saturday in Sydney, N.S., and 2-0 to the St. FX X-Men at Antigonish on Sunday.
The men, who have two regular-season games remaining, against the Dalhousie Tigers next weekend in St. John’s, sit just outside of a playoff spot in the AUS. They are in seventh place in the conference standings at 3-5-2. UPEI holds sixth place and what would be the final playoff berth at 4-5-2.
The men’s and women’s basketball teams both competed in tournaments in Ontario over the weekend. The men played in the Tindall Invitational hosted by Queen’s University, and the women in Thunder Bay, Ont. at the Lakehead Tournament.
In Kingston, Ont., the men’s Sea-Hawks team was coming off tournament win at the Concordia Classic last weekend in Montreal. At Queen’s, however, Memorial went 0-3 following 80-72 (in overtime), 93-60 and 78-74 losses to Queen’s, Ottawa and Regina.
At Lakehead, fifth-year guard Haille Nickerson was outstanding for the Lady Birds, who fashioned a 2-1 record.
Nickerson, from Grimsby, Ont., scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds in a 56-44 tournament-opening loss to Lakehead, and came back with a 23-point, seven-rebound effort in a 73-51 MUN win over Algoma University of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Hannah Lee chipped in with 10 points and four boards.
The Sea-Hawks posted their second victory with a 98-94 decision over the University of Winnipeg. Nickerson scored 27 points, pulled down five boards and collected four assists. Ashley Collins netted 17 points.
The Sea-Hawks’ basketball seasons open Nov. 2-3 when both Memorial teams play host to the University of New Brunswick Reds at the Field House.
