St. Clair Men’s Soccer Defeat Niagara
Sept 23, 2019 – The St. Clair College men’s varsity soccer team continued their OCAA regular season home schedule on Sunday afternoon at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg.
The Saints came away with a hard fought 2-0 victory over the Niagara College Knights. The first half was scoreless as both teams had a couple of decent chances in an evenly played 45 minutes. The Knights had 8 shot attempts compared to 7 for St. Clair. The Saints took over the game in the second half holding a convincing 17 to 7 edge in shot attempts. However, St. Clair did not beat the Niagara keeper until the 68th minute on a nice strike by Noel Junior (Brazil) from in tight. The Saints got an insurance goal by Daniel Wlodek (Kitchener; Huron Heights) in the 75th minute that all started with a great place kick by St. Clair keeper Jaksa Vulovic (Windsor; Riverside). Vulovic had a solid game in goal making a couple nice saves in turning aside all 7 shots he faced.
Heading into the match St. Clair was ranked 7th in the OCAA. With the win the Saints improved to 3-2 while Niagara fell to 1-3.
St. Clair Men’s Soccer Fall to Top Ranked Humber
The St. Clair College men’s varsity soccer team opened up their OCAA regular season home schedule on Saturday afternoon at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg against the top ranked Humber Hawks.
The Saints had a decent first half only trailing 1-0 heading in the break with the Hawks scoring in the 33rd minute. Humber then jumped all over the Saints scoring 3 quick goals in the 60th, 62nd and 67th minutes to go up 4-0. St. Clair broke the shut out with Korede Adepitan (Etobicoke; NACI) scoring a nice goal in the 80th minute. That was as close as the Saints would get with the final scoring ending 4-1.
Humber controlled the play for a significant part of the match holding a large margin in shot attempts by a total of 26-11. Saint’s keeper Haiden Gelinas (Windsor; St. Joseph’s) was solid in net despite allowing 4 goals making a couple spectacular saves as he turned away 9 shots on goal in the match.
Heading into the match St. Clair was ranked 7th in the OCAA while the Hawks were ranked 1st in the OCAA and 1st in Canada. With the loss the Saints dropped to 2-2 while Humber improved to 4-0.
St. Clair Men’s Soccer Fall to Top Ranked Humber
The St. Clair College men’s varsity soccer team opened up their OCAA regular season home schedule on Saturday afternoon at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg against the top ranked Humber Hawks.
The Saints had a decent first half only trailing 1-0 heading in the break with the Hawks scoring in the 33rd minute. Humber then jumped all over the Saints scoring 3 quick goals in the 60th, 62nd and 67th minutes to go up 4-0. St. Clair broke the shut out with Korede Adepitan (Etobicoke; NACI) scoring a nice goal in the 80th minute. That was as close as the Saints would get with the final scoring ending 4-1.
Humber controlled the play for a significant part of the match holding a large margin in shot attempts by a total of 26-11. Saint’s keeper Haiden Gelinas (Windsor; St. Joseph’s) was solid in net despite allowing 4 goals making a couple spectacular saves as he turned away 9 shots on goal in the match.
Heading into the match St. Clair was ranked 7th in the OCAA while the Hawks were ranked 1st in the OCAA and 1st in Canada. With the loss the Saints dropped to 2-2 while Humber improved to 4-0.
The Saints are next in action on Sunday when they host the 1-2 Niagara Knights at 3 pm at the Libro Centre.
St. Clair Women’s Soccer Lose Tight Match to Humber
The St. Clair College women’s varsity soccer team opened up their OCAA regular season home schedule on Saturday afternoon at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg.
Unfortunately the Saints came up just short falling 2-1 to the Humber Hawks. Humber started off the scoring in the 35th minute. St. Clair tied the match up on a nice goal by Ryan Morneau (Windsor; L’Essor) in the 55th minute. The rest of the match was evenly played until Humber scored in the 78th minute to take the lead on a nice shot into the top corner.
Humber controlled the play for most of the first half holding a 9-4 edge in shot attempts. The Saints had a better second half with Humber holding an 8-7 edge in shot attempts. St. Clair keeper Alex Samping (Windsor; Holy Names)was solid in net making 5 saves in the first half and 2 in the second. The Saints pushed for the equalizer after that but could not get one past the Humber keeper. St. Clair defenders Ravneet Rana (Windsor; Riverside) and Charesse Thomas-Tate (Brampton; St. Thomas Aquinas) had good games at the back end as well.
Heading into the match St. Clair was ranked 7th in the OCAA while the Hawks were ranked 8th. With the loss the Saints dropped to 2-2 while Humber improved to 2-1-1.