St. Clair Men’s Saints Soccer Headed to Playoffs on the Road

The St. Clair College men’s Saints soccer team are headed to the OCAA Playoffs next Saturday. The Saints played their final regular season game on Sunday on the road in Welland against the Niagara Knights.

In a game that the Saints had to win to move into third place and earn a home playoff game St. Clair came up just short falling 2-0 in an evenly played match.

Niagara went up 1-0 on a penalty kick after an unlucky bounce in the 6th minute. The Knights made it 2-0 in the 21st minute on a breakaway. The Saints played well the rest of the match but could not put one past the Niagara keeper.

With the loss the Saints end the regular season with a 5-5 record and in 4th place in the OCAA West Division. The St. Clair men are currently ranked 10th in the OCAA. Niagara end their season with a record of 7-2-1 in 2nd place. The Niagara men are currently ranked 6th in the OCAA.

St. Clair will now play either Durham or Centennial (2nd Place in East) on the road next Saturday. The winner of that match will advance to the OCAA Championship. Both Durham and Centennial play their final regular season games on Wednesday night.

St. Clair Women’s Saints Soccer Headed to Playoffs

The St. Clair College women’s Saints soccer team are headed to the OCAA Playoffs next Saturday. The Saints played their final regular season game on Sunday on the road in Welland against the Niagara Knights.

In a game that didn’t matter to either team the Knights came out on top 2-1. St. Clair did not play a couple key players due to injury as the game had no impact on the standings.

Niagara went up 1-0 at the end of the first half in the 42^nd minute. The Knights made it 2-0 in the 82^nd minute. The Saints made in 2-1 in the 87^th minute on a penalty kick by Jaclyn French (Windsor; Brennan)

With the loss the Saints end the regular season with a 3-5-2 record and in 4^th place in the OCAA West Division. Niagara end their season with a record of 7-3 in 2^nd place. The Niagara women are currently ranked 6^th  in the OCAA.

St. Clair will now play either Humber or Sheridan (2^nd Place in Central) on the road next Saturday. The winner of that match will advance to the OCAA Championship. Humber and Sheridan play Tuesday night to decide 1^st and 2^ndplace in the Central Division.