Saints Athletics Oct 19, St. Clair College Saints men’s varsity soccer team wrap up OCAA regular season Wednesday evening by hosting Fanshawe Falcons at Main Campus Field

In a very exciting intense game between two talented and fast teams  the match ended in a 0-0 draw. St. Clair controlled more of the play in the first half with 8 shot attempts compared to 4 for the Falcons. Fanshawe keeper Mohammed Nabavich had to make 3 saves while Shane Beaton had to make 1 for the Saints in the half. Fanshawe put some more pressure on in the second half with 7 shot attempts while the Saints had 6. Both goalies made 3 saves in the second half to keep the sheet clean. Each keeper had to make a couple tough saves late in the match to keep in scoreless.

With the draw, the Saints record on the season ended up at 7 wins 1 loss and 2 ties and tied for first place in the OCAA West Division with Fanshawe who had an identical record. Both teams tied each other twice during the regular season as well. However, St. Clair had a better overall goal differential so claimed first place based on that tiebreaker. Both teams scored 24 goals in 10 games while the Saints only allowed 7 compared to 9 for the Falcons. St. Clair is currently ranked 3^rd in Ontario and 10^th in Canada. Fanshawe is ranked 4^th in Ontario and 12^th in Canada.

With the first place finish St. Clair has earned a bye into the OCAA Provincial Championship. The Saints will play in their quarterfinal match on Thursday, October 27 at 12 noon. Their opponent will be determined this weekend in another playoff match. The Championship is being hosted by Redeemer University College in Ancaster from Oct 27-29.