Men's Soccer Defeat Niagara

The St. Clair College men's varsity soccer team continued their OCAA regular season home schedule on Sunday afternoon at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg.

The Saints came away with a hard fought 2-0 victory over the Niagara College Knights. The first half was scoreless as both teams had a couple of decent chances in an evenly played 45 minutes. The Knights had 8 shot attempts compared to 7 for St. Clair. The Saints took over the game in the second half holding a convincing 17 to 7 edge in shot attempts. However, St. Clair did not beat the Niagara keeper until the 68^th minute on a nice strike by Noel Junior (Brazil) from in tight.  The Saints got an insurance goal by Daniel Wlodek (Kitchener; Huron Heights) in the 75^th minute that all started with a great place kick by St. Clair keeper Jaksa Vulovic (Windsor; Riverside). Vulovic had a solid game in goal making a couple nice saves in turning aside all 7 shots he faced.

Heading into the match St. Clair was ranked 7th in the OCAA. With the win the Saints improved to 3-2 while Niagara fell to 1-3.

The Saints are next in action on Friday when they host the Mohawk Mountaineers at 7 pm at the Libro Centre.