AMHERSTBURG, Ont. - Seneca College (North York) went ahead of St. Lawrence College (Kingston) 4-0 before halftime at the belairdirect OCAA Women's Soccer Championship Thursday afternoon and never looked back cruising to the shut-out victory. The provincial tournament is being hosted by St. Clair College at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg, Ont.

Seneca is the No. 12 ranked team in Canada and won the OCAA's Central Division regular season title with an 8-0-2 record while St. Lawrence finished in the East Division at third place with a 7-4-1 record.

Seneca needed just six minutes to notch a goal with Haley Pozzo (Keswick, Ont.) putting the Sting ahead. Bianca Granata (Richmond Hill, Ont.) then added another tally at the 20 minute mark which was quickly followed a penalty kick goal by Chantel Cifuentes (North York, Ont.) in the 23rd minute. But the back breaker was netted by Nicole Berardi (Markham, Ont.) in added time at the end of the first half to make it 4-0.

St. Lawrence made a valiant effort to turn the tide with a light wind at their backs in the second half but their best chance in the 74th minute was turned away by Seneca's goalkeeper Sarah-Anisha Van Wart Bradbury (Brampton, Ont.) to preserve the shutout.

Player of the Game awards were given to Seneca's Christiana Carmosino (Aurora, Ont.) and St. Lawrence's Rachel Fardella (Cobourg, Ont.).

Seneca will advance to the 6 p.m. semifinal on Friday versus the winner of St. Clair College (Windsor) and Humber College (Etobicoke) which is being played later tonight. St. Lawrence moves to the consolation side of the bracket to face the loser of St. Clair/Humber at 12 p.m. on Friday.

Source: St. Clair College