2017 St Clair volleyball teams opened up their OCAA regular season schedules this past weekend on the road.
Both the women and men got off to great starts as they defeated Mohawk College and Conestoga College.
On Friday night in Hamilton, the women defeated the Mohawk Mountaineers in a tight back and forth match 3-2. Game scores for St. Clair were 21-25, 26-24, 17-25, 25-23 and 18-16. The Saints were down late in the fourth set and faced two match points in the fifth set. Kaila Crough (Tecumseh) led the way offensively for St. Clair with 10 kills, 1 service ace and 1 stuff block. Chloe Stachow (Windsor) had a solid all around game with 7 kills, 1 service ace, 1 stuff block and 12 digs. Libero Julie Ann Milling (Woodstock) was great as well with 3 assists and 18 digs.
On Saturday afternoon the women took down the Conestoga Condors 3-0 in Kitchener. The match was much closer than the score indicated with the set scores 25-23, 26-24 and 25-21 for St. Clair. Hanna Stewart (Woodstock) was the top offensive Saint with 9 kills, 3 service aces and 4 digs. Rookie Te-Anna Stephenson (Whitby) was very good as well with 7 kills on 10 attempts along with 1 service ace, 1 stuff block and 4 digs.
The St. Clair men beat Mohawk 3-0 on Friday night. Game scores for St. Clair were 25-22, 25-19 and 25-20. Manik Jandoria (Windsor) was the top Saint with 11 kills, 2 stuff blocks and 4 digs. Rrezart Sadiku (Toronto) had a solid match as well with 5 kills, 4 service aces, 1 stuff block and 4 digs.
On Saturday the St. Clair men defeated the Conestoga Condors by a score of 3-1. Set scores for the Saints were 20-25, 25-23, 25-15 and 25-20. Michael Knight (LaSalle) has a huge game for St. Clair with 22 kills, 1 service ace, 1 stuff block and 8 digs.
Both the men and women open up their OCAA home schedules on Saturday, November 4th when they face the Humber Hawks at the Sportsplex. The women take to the floor at 6 pm followed by the men at 8 pm.