Volleyball Teams Open Second Semester at Home Saturday

The St. Clair College women's and men's volleyball teams will open their OCAA second semester schedules on Saturday afternoon at the Sportsplex.

Both teams will be taking on the Niagara College Knights (Welland, ON).

The men will take to the floor at 2 pm. St. Clair is currently 8-3 on the season while the Knights are 7-4. The Saints men are currently ranked 3^rd in the OCAA while Niagara is ranked 8^th. St. Clair narrowly defeated the Knights 3-2 on November 18^th on the road in Welland.

The St. Clair men are led offensively by second year outside hitter Kale Wilkinson (Windsor; Riverside) who is leading the OCAA in kills with 177 and second in points/set with 4.9. Setter Nick Kwiatkowski (Essex; Essex District) is first in the OCAA with 427 assists. Libero Simran Pahal (Kitchener; Huron Heights) leads the OCAA with 107 digs.

Prior to the men's match St. Clair will be honouring former Saints volleyball player Jason Hernandez. Hernandez was inducted into both the OCAA and CCAA Hall of Fames this past spring.

The women's match will start at 4 pm. St. Clair is currently 9-2 while the Knights are 7-4. The Saints women are currently ranked 2^nd in the OCAA and 8^th in Canada while Niagara is ranked 6^th in Ontario. St. Clair took down the Knights 3-0 on November 18th at Niagara College.

The St. Clair women are led offensively by third year outside hitter Kiana Huggins (London; Saunders) who is first in the OCAA with 4.6 points/set.  Second year middle Geneva Huisman (Amhertsburg; Marantha) leads the OCAA in kill percentage at 414 and in blocks/set with .93. Second year setter Emma Clements (Windsor; Holy Names) is second in the OCAA with 8.25 assists/set.

The Saints will be giving away four $500 scholarships to full time St. Clair students in attendance during the matches to help kick off the second semester schedule.

The games will also be live streamed by WE Digital Productions on OCAA Live by clicking HERE