St. Clair College women’s varsity wrapped up their OCAA regular soccer season schedule Tuesday evening playing the top ranked Fanshawe Falcons to a 1-1 draw at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg

In an evenly played first half, the Saints came out on top on a nice goal by Kaitlyn Austin in the 27^th minute on a nice ball forward by Nina Civitarese. It was Austin’s 14^th goal in 9 games played. The shots on goal for the first half were in favour of St. Clair 4-3 but the Falcons held an 11-8 edge in shot attempts.

Fanshawe came out hard in the second half and got the equalizer in the 58^th minute on a great ball from long distance the hit the bottom of the cross bar and went in. Alexandria Samping was solid in goal making a couple of key saves late in the game. St. Clair put the pressure on very late though and had a couple of glorious chances to win the game in the last 5 minutes but couldn’t find the back of the net. Fanshawe had 7 shots on goal in the second half while the Saints had 4. The Falcons also held the edge in shot attempts 16-11.

With the draw, the Saints record on the season ends up at 7 wins 1 loss and 2 ties and in second place in the OCAA West Division. Fanshawe finished in first place with a record of 9 wins and a tie.  Fanshawe is ranked 2^nd  in Ontario and 4^th in Canada. St. Clair scored 36 goals and allowed 12 in 10 matches while Fanshawe scored 42 and allowed 6.

The Saints are next in action on Thursday, October 27 at 6 pm at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg in OCAA Quarterfinal action. St. Clair is the host college for the 2016 OCAA Belairdirect Women’s Soccer Championship.