Saints to face St. Mary's in opener at nationals

The schedule for next week's CCAA national championship tournament was released today and has St. Clair opening against the St. Mary's Lightning Thursday March 16th at 1pm MDT.

St. Mary's finished 14-7 during the regular season and lost to the SAIT Trojans in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference gold medal game last weekend 84-74.

St. Clair won the OCAA gold medal at home Sunday against George Brown in front of a packed house. The Saints are riding a 15-game win streak heading into the tournament being held at the University of Calgary.

St. Clair is the top seed in their bracket at the 8-team tournament. The bronze and gold medal games are slated for Sunday March 19th.

Relive last weekend's championship in the video below.