Women's Soccer Add Local Recruits

The St. Clair College Department of Athletics and women's soccer program is pleased to announce the signing of three local recruits for the 2022-23 season. The women that will be joining the program are Airika Natyshak , Sydnie Lucier, and Angelica Petro. All three women come from the L'Essor High School Girls Program that recently finished 4th in Ontario in Girls AA OFSSAA after winning WECSSAA and SWOSSAA.

Natyshak is from Belle River and plays travel soccer with the Belle River Football Club. Airika is a 5'5" defender who will be taking the Pre-Health Science program with plans to advance into one of St. Clair Health Science programs the following year.

Airika chose to play at St. Clair because it had everything she wanted in a school and soccer program. "St Clair College offers a diverse health sciences program with the flexibility to learn and continue to play soccer as a student athlete with a world class soccer facility and top level coaches."

Lucier is from Windsor and has played travel soccer in Windsor, Tecumseh and Belle River. She was also a member of L'Essor's team that won was an OFSSAA quarterfinalist in 2019 after winning SWOSSAA and WECSSAA.  Lucier is a 5'2" midfielder who will be taking the three year Dental Hygiene Program at St. Clair.

Sydnie is excited to continue her education and soccer career at St. Clair.  "St Clair gave me an amazing opportunity to get an outstanding education and the chance to compete for a top level soccer program."

Petro hails from Belle River where she also played her club soccer. She was the team captain of both the L'Essor and Belle River travel teams. Angelica is a 5'7" midfielder who will be taking the Collaborative Nursing Degree program.

Petro is looking forward to her time with the Saints. "Despite having received many offers from different institutions, I am certain that St. Clair College is the best choice for me to pursue my academic and athletic dreams and goals. The renowned collaborative Nursing program offers a combination of hands-on learning and theory to better prepare me for a Nursing career. There is no doubt in my mind that this is the best choice for me and I am very excited to begin my college journey with the Saints."

Returning head coach, Steve Vagnini is extremely pleased to add these three women to the program.  "I'm excited to have the opportunity to work with these young athletes. They have been coached extremely well at L'Essor and have had the experience of going to OFSAA and finishing in the final four which is great accomplishment and sets the tone for their future college experience."

The Saints are in a rebuilding year with most of the team graduating from last season. The key returning players that are back are All Star goal keeper Athena Dimario Done along with veteran defender Jaclyn French and forward Malary Cole.

The St. Clair women's outdoor team finished this past COVID shortened regular season in 2nd place in the OCAA West Division with a record of 4-1-1. The Saints ended up losing in overtime in their OCAA Quarterfinal Match.  The women's indoor team ended up winning OCAA Bronze in the winter semester.