AMHERSTBURG, Ont. - The St. Clair College women's varsity soccer team wrapped up their OCAA regular season schedule on Tuesday evening by playing the top ranked Fanshawe Falcons to a 1-1 draw at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg, Ont.

In an evenly played first half, the Saints came out on top on a nice goal by Kaitlyn Austin in the 27th minute on a nice ball forward by Nina Civitarese. It was Austin's 14th goal in nine 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 58th 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 five minutes but couldn't find the back of the net. Fanshawe had seven shots on goal in the second half while the Saints had four. The Falcons also held the edge in shot attempts 16-11.

With the draw, the Saints record on the season ends up at 7-1-2 and in second place in the OCAA West Division. Fanshawe finished in first place with a record of 9-0-1. Fanshawe is ranked second in Ontario and fourth in Canada. St. Clair scored 36 goals and allowed 12 in 10 matches while Fanshawe scored 42 and allowed six.

The Saints are next in action on Thursday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg in OCAA quarter-final action. St. Clair is the host college for the 2016 OCAA belairdirect Women's Soccer Championship. For more details on the championship click on the following link:
 
http://www.saintsathletics.ca/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=335&leagueID=0&page=97206

Source: St. Clair College