SUWANEE, Ga. - For the first time since the
1999 season, the SCAC has multiple men's and women's soccer teams
competiting in the postseason.
SCAC automatic qualifier 20th-ranked Oglethorpe University
(17-3-0) and at-large and regular season champion
fifth-ranked Trinity University (14-1-2) will represent the
conference on the men's side. On the women's side, SCAC regular
season and tournament champion third-ranked Trinity University
(20-0-0) is joined in the field by tournament runner-up 22nd-ranked
Centre College (14-4-2).
The league has not sent multiple men's teams to the tournament
field since 2000. And although the women's side has had multiple
teams in the field in 2001 (2), 2005 (3), 2006 (2) and 2008
(2), both sides haven't had this much combined success since the
Trinity University men and women along with the Centre College men
and DePauw University women all made the field in 1999.
Oglethorpe's men begin play Thursday evening (6 p.m. CST) at
American Southwest Conference champion, University of Texas-Tyler
(15-2-2). The winner travels to San Antonio to take on Trinity
University on Sunday at 1 p.m. CST.
On the women's side, both Centre and Trinity begin play on
Saturday, November 12.
The Colonels will square off against Roanoke College at 5 p.m.
EST on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. The
Maroons finished 14-5-1 on the season and fell to Virginia Wesleyan
in the semifinals of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Tournament.
Trinity (20-0-0) opens play against the College of St. Scholastica
at home as the Tigers are set to host the first and second rounds
of the tournament. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m. CT.
The Saints finished the regular season 16-4-1 after winning the
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament Championship
defeating University of Minnesota-Morris 2-1.
If Trinity wins, the Tigers would play the winner of
Hardin-Simmons (19-1) and Texas-Dallas (16-4) who play on Saturday
at 5 p.m. CST.
In preparation for this weekend's action, Russell Kramer, SCAC
Director of Communications/New Media, caught up with all four head
coaches from the SCAC.
To listen to the interview with Oglethorpe's Jon Akin, click here. To listen to the interview with Trinity's Paul
McGinlay, click here.
To listen to the interview with Trinity's Lance Key, click here. To listen to the interview with Centre's Jay
Hoffman, click here.