Capers win 12th AUS women's soccer championship with 1-0 win over Tigers

(WOLFVILLE, N.S.) Amelia Carlini’s (Ottawa, ON) goal in the 27th minute is all the Cape Breton Capers needed to become the 2022 AUS Subway women’s soccer champion and hand the Dalhousie Tigers a 1-0 loss. 

“It feels amazing to work that hard and just get the chance to come out with a victory,” said Alliyah Rowe (Kitchener, ON) following the game. 

“It was, honestly, a little unlucky. I knew if I kept on trying, eventually one would go in. We kept pressuring the goalie and they began to lose confidence once we got more strikes on net. We came out with the victory in the end,” added Rowe after being told she had eight shots on net within the box. 

For Rowe’s performance throughout the championship tournament, she was honoured as the AUS Most Valuable Player of the Championship. 

The Caper’s offensive firepower was relentless, accumulating 21 shots, forcing Dalhousie’s Annabel Gravely (Toronto, ON) to make six saves. On the other end of the field, Capers’ keeper Haley Kardas (Halifax, N.S.) was tested by six shots. 

Carlini, who was named the Subway Player of the Game, took three shots and landed one shot on net from her striker position. 

Tiger Hannah Firstbrook (Nepean, ON) was named the Dalhousie Subway Player of the Game. 

This year’s championship win marks the 12th title for the Capers under head coach Ness Timmons, the first coming in 2003—a 3-1 win over Dalhousie. 

The Tiger loss is their first of 2022, after posting a regular season record of 8-0-4. 

The Capers will head to Quebec City, Quebec to represent the AUS in the 2022 U SPORTS Women’s Soccer Championship tournament hosted by Laval University beginning on November 10th. 

-Recap courtesy of Acadia Athletics