Big Win for Men's Soccer Over Redeemer

The St. Clair men's soccer team earned a huge home win on Saturday afternoon taking down the undefeated Redeemer Royals by a score of 4-3.

The Saints got off to a great start as Tyrone Mulder (Merlin; Chatham-Kent) scored on a header off a corner kick in the 2^nd minute. Redeemer bounced back quickly making it 1-1 in the 7^th minute. Mulder put the Saints back up 2-1 on a nice strike in the 18^th minute.  Korede Adepitan (Toronto; NACI) put St. Clair up 3-1 on a nice effort in the 23^rd minute. The scoring slowed down for a bit but Redeemer tied the match up early in the second half scoring on two rebounds after a couple nice saves by Saints keeper Haiden Gelinas (Windsor; St. Joseph's) in the 55^th and 58^th minutes. St. Clair got the winner by Jagger Schives (Tilbury; ESPC) after a mad scramble in the 73^rd minute. The Saints managed to hold on for the win despite playing a man down for the final 12 minutes.

The Saints had 19 shot attempts compared to 14 for the Royals. Each keeper had 6 saves while St. Clair had 8 corner kicks compared to 3 for Redeemer.

With the win the Saints are now 3-4 on the season while Redeemer fell to 4-1-2. The Royals were ranked 8^th in the OCAA.

The Saints are next in action on Thursday when they host the Lambton Lions at 7 pm at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg.