Freeman scores twice as Huskies tie X-Women 4-4

HALIFAX, NS – Saint Mary's forward Cara Freeman scored two goals as the Huskies scored a 90th minute goal to tie the STFX X-Women 4-4 in Atlantic University Sport women's soccer action on Friday night at Huskies Stadium in Halifax, N.S.

The Huskies opened the scoring early, as in the ninth minute, defender Áine O'Neil (New Ross, NS) played a cross into the box that found the head of Cara Freeman (Halifax, NS) who neatly directed it past X-Women goalkeeper Sarah Bach (Calgary, AB) to put the hosts ahead 1-0.

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Cara Freeman keeps her scoring streak going giving the Huskies a 1-0 lead in the 9th minute! pic.twitter.com/3iKZ1kvQNe

— Saint Mary's Huskies (@SMUHuskies) September 6, 2025

The visitors responded less than 20 minutes later, as forward Avril Jamieson (Calgary, AB) picked up a loose ball at the end of the box and beat a defender to the goal line, before crossing a pass in front to forward Ava Elgood (Almonte, ON) who beat Huskies goalkeeper Katie Alley (Milton, ON) to make it 1-1 in the 25^th minute.

STFX took the lead 10 minutes later, when Jamieson's speed sparked another chance – Alley denied Jamieson's shot but the rebound found its way to midfielder Olivia Thompson (Hammonds Plains, NS) who played a quick pass to forward Aidan Miller (Chilliwack, BC) who beat Alley high to give the X-Women a 2-1 lead.

The visitors continued to threaten but Alley made several quality saves to keep the Huskies within a goal, and the score remained 2-1 at halftime.

Less than four minutes into the second half, Freeman was able to draw even, as her pressure forced an X-Women defender to turn the ball over to Huskies midfielder Brenna Kennedy (Fletcher's Lake, NS) who fired a shot that was blocked by a STFX defender, but the rebound bounced right to Freeman who made no mistake, scoring her second goal of the game and league-leading fourth of the season to tie it at 2-2 in the 49^th minute.

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Cara Freeman cleans up the rebound and scores her second goal of the night to tie the match at 2-2 in the 49th minute! pic.twitter.com/Nwn0ajK8Bk

— Saint Mary's Huskies (@SMUHuskies) September 6, 2025

Huskies forward Virginia Boone (Halifax, NS) used her speed to generate several scoring opportunities throughout the game, but was stifled by Boch and the X-Women defence – that is until the 62^nd minute, when a long clearance from Áine O'Neil took a fortuitous bounce past a STFX defender, and Boone capitalized, firing a breakaway shot past Bach to make it 3-2 Huskies.

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Virginia Boone turns on the jets and scores to give the Huskies a 3-2 lead in the 62nd minute! pic.twitter.com/ZDWN8NSOCI

— Saint Mary's Huskies (@SMUHuskies) September 6, 2025

However the Huskies lead was short lived, as the X-Women scored two quick goals to pull ahead. First a freekick from defender Addison Langley (New Glasgow, PEI) was headed in by Ava Elgood for her second goal of the night tying the match at 3-3 in the 66^th minute.

Just over a minute later, midfielder Meghan Cole (Moncton, NB) won a duel in midfield and played a pass ahead to the speedy Avril Jamieson, who took a dribble to the left of a charging Alley and calmly passed the ball into the Huskies goal to give the visitors a 4-3 lead in the 68^th minute.

Saint Mary's pushed for an equalizer and were able to generate several chances over the next 30 minutes, before they finally broke through in the 90^th minute. Once again it was an Áine O'Neil run down the left wing that led to a cross that was deflected in by midfielder Charlotte Baines (Halifax, NS), earning O'Neil her third assist of the match, and tying the game at 4-4.

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Charlotte Baines scores off a cross from Aine O'Neil to give tie the match at 4-4 in the 90th minute! Huskies secure a well deserved point in the standings against STFX! pic.twitter.com/j20bS7AyVo

— Saint Mary's Huskies (@SMUHuskies) September 6, 2025

Added time didn't solve anything and the final whistle was blown on a 4-4 draw.

Huskies forward Cara Freeman was named Player of the Game with two goals. Sarah Bach stopped five shots for the X-Women, while Katie Alley made three saves for the Huskies.

The Huskies record stands at 1-1-1, while the X-Women are 0-1-2. STFX will return to Antigonish, NS to host the UNB REDS (1-0-0) on Sunday, Sept. 7 at 1 p.m., while the Huskies will hit the road to Moncton to take on the Aigles Bleues (1-0-1), also Sunday at 1 p.m.

Recap by Allan April / Saint Mary's Huskies Athletics 
Photos by Mona Ghiz / Saint Mary's Huskies Athletics