SUWANEE, Ga. - Conference play opened up this weekend and it was Trinity who picked up two wins on the road against Austin College and in overtime against Colorado College. The TU Tiger's have now extended it's conference unbeaten streak to 29 games. Conference play continues this weekend with eight teams in SCAC action.

- AROUND THE SCAC -

Austin College dropped a pair of tough games over the weekend, falling 3-0 to Trinity and 2-1 against Southwestern to fall to 0-5 overall and 0-2 in conference play. Against Trinity, the ‘Roos surrendered a pair of goals in a four minute span midway through the first half and never recovered, ultimately falling 3-0 after the Tigers scored again with 24 seconds remaining in the match. Grant Gosselin made five saves in the net for the ‘Roos. Against Southwestern, the ‘Roos fell behind 1-0 in the first half when a corner kick deflected off of a Pirates player and into the net, but Austin College came out on the attack in the second half and got the equalizer on a header from Sam Temple in the 57th minute. However, the momentum shifted back in Southwestern’s favor 15 minutes later when the Pirates scored what would prove to be the game winner. The ‘Roos step out of conference to face Texas Lutheran this Sunday in their only match of the week.

Birmingham-Southern split two games this weekend in St. Louis. First, BSC travelled to Washington University on Friday and fell to the Bears 2-1 before heading over to Fontbonne on Sunday. The game with the Griffins went better, with the Panthers getting the 3-0 shutout to close the week. Tony Crocker scored the Panthers’ lone goal on Friday, but the stiff Bear defense was too much to overcome. Tyler Evans had a hand in two of BSC’s three on Sunday, scoring the game-winning first goal and assisting in the third. The Panthers will open SCAC play this weekend as they host Rhodes on Friday before seeing Hendrix on Sunday. Game times are 6:00 p.m. on Friday and noon on Sunday.

Centre continued on its impressive undefeated run with a 2-0-1 record this week, making it 6 games in a row without a loss for the Colonels. On Tuesday night, Centre faced off against a determined Hanover College side, scoring two late goals for a 2-0 victory, outshooting the Panthers 25-6 on the night. Centre then headed to Bloomington, IL for two tough matches on the road. On Friday night, Centre and the University of Chicago battled hard for 110 minutes, with the game ending in a 1-1 tie. Then, on Saturday night, Centre beat Illinois Wesleyan University 2-1 in another tough road match. The Colonels, 6-2-1, begin SCAC Conference play this weekend with road matches at Oglethorpe University and Sewanee, the University of the South.

Senior midfielder Trevor Cobb scored on a direct kick in the 30th minute to lift Colorado College to a 2-1 victory over Southwestern University in the conference opener for both teams on Friday night at Washburn Field. It was Cobb’s eighth game-winning goal of his career. He also has six game-winning assists. Freshman forward Matt Fechter gave the Tigers a brief 1-0 lead when he tallied his first collegiate goal off a Jordan Reese corner kick 21:51 into the game. Brian Engle stopped three shots to earn the victory in goal. On Sunday, CC dropped a 1-0 decision to Trinity for the second year in a row. Engle made seven saves, a career high in an SCAC game, to give the Tigers an opportunity to get the victory. Engle still has never allowed more than one goal in a conference game. Colorado College will play host to the annual Bill Boddington Memorial Tournament this weekend and play non-conference matches against Milwaukee School of Engineering and the University of Dallas on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Head Coach Horst Richardson needs just two victories to reach 500 for his career, all of which will be as head coach at CC.

No. 23 DePauw suffered the first blemishes on its 2009 record during the week as it battled to a 2-2 tie at Wabash on Wednesday and lost by a 1-0 count in Saturday's contest at third-ranked Ohio Wesleyan. The Tigers trailed the Little Giants with less than 12 minutes left before Beau Sorg's free kick cut the lead in half. Sorg then struck another free kick which Jent Botterman headed to Brian Lawless who knocked in the game-tying goal with 21 seconds remaining in regulation. The tie was just the second in 47 meetings between the two schools with the first coming last year. Ohio Wesleyan scored on a penalty kick at 64:27 for the game's lone goal.

Hendrix finished the week at 1-1 after opening SCAC play with a 3-2 double-overtime win over Rhodes College on Friday night and a 3-4 loss to visiting Coe College on Sunday afternoon. The Warriors now stand at 4-3 overall and 1-0 in conference action and will look to add a pair of road wins when they travel to Millsaps College on Sept. 25 and then to Birmingham-Southern College on Sept. 27. Senior defender Kent Coombs scored the Warriors’ golden goal against Rhodes with four minutes remaining in the second overtime to snap a six-game losing streak against the Lynx. Sophomore forward Duncan Keegan sent a cross from the right end line past senior forward Thatcher Crawford and Coombs was there to hammer in the game-winner, his first career goal. Keegan came out of the gate hot and gave the Warriors an early 2-0 advantage with goals in the first and 26th minutes. Sophomore forward Jonathan Birdwell assisted Keegan for his first goal, while sophomore midfielder Colin Thompson took a shot from about 30 yards out and Keegan was there to clean up the rebound for his fifth goal of the season. Rhodes knotted the game at 2-2 with a pair of unanswered goals in the second half. Coe College used a pair of goals from Tom Wakeland and Jacob Johnson to outlast the Warriors on Sunday. Hendrix first year Dylan Reed scored the first goal of the game, and the first of his career, before Wakeland scored two unanswered goals. Warriors sophomore defender Ian Evans knotted the game at 2-2, and then Johnson put two balls past the keeper to round out the Kohawks scoring. Coombs scored off a rebound with just 2:55 remaining, but it was too little, too late as Coe College took the thrilling win.

Millsaps got a late goal from senior Corey Beaumont to grab a 2-1 win on the road at Huntingdon College Saturday to improve to 5-2 overall. The road win was the Majors fourth consecutive – the first time that has happened since the mid-1980’s – as they improved to 3-0 on the road this year. Senior Aaron Hyatt got his 17th career goal (7th all-time) and Beaumont added his second career game-winner as the Majors tied a school-record start through seven games (1982, 1986). The Majors will open SCAC play this weekend in Jackson at Harper Davis Field, welcoming Hendrix and Rhodes College to town on Friday and Sunday. Both matches will be streamed live on www.gomajors.com.

Oglethorpe lost their only match of the week at Reinhardt College, 2-1. Playing in a steady downpour, the Eagles were able to get the game-winning goal with only 10 minutes remaining in the contest for the victory. Jon Beaver got the start in goal for Oglethorpe over an injured Michael Hadjisimos and stopped 8 of 10 shots on goal. The Petrels scored their lone goal late in the first half when Ben Robertson fed E.J. Ovie-Ogodo who put it in the right corner past the Eagles keeper. The Petrels begin conference play this weekend when they square off with Centre on Friday on Salamone Field at 2:00 p.m.

Rhodes suffered a tough loss in the second overtime against Hendrix on Friday night. After a sluggish first half, the team played well, and worked hard to come back from a 2-0 deficit, with goals from Sophomore defender Michael Pappas and Senior midfielder Allen Orgeron. The Lynx fought hard into overtime but couldn't come up with the win. With 4 minutes left in the second overtime, Hendrix was able to slip one past Junior keeper Justin Stradley for the sudden-death victory. Saturday's game, however, had a much better turnout. The Lynx battled hard and defeated Coe College with a 2-0 victory on a wet and muddy home field. The first goal was scored by Senior Logan Eberly on a ball played from out wide by Freshman Ben Owens. Less than fifteen minutes later, Ben Owens found himself on the scoresheet again when he received a ball on the far side of the goal from Freshman Petar Radujkovic. Justin Stradley played all 196 minutes in goal this weekend. Rhodes will host Christian Brothers University Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 5 pm.

Sewanee went 2-0 this weekend with shutouts of DIII foes LaGrange and Huntingdon. On Friday, Matt O'Brien scored a header to net the game-winner, which was followed by an own goal for the 2-0 Sewanee win. On Sunday, O'Brien scored the winner at Huntingdon off of a corner kick for the 1-0 Tiger victory. The Tigers are 4-2 and will host DePauw and Centre in SCAC play this weekend.

Southwestern opened up conference action this week with two games, one at Colorado College and one at Austin College. Friday night saw all goals scored in the first half and within eight minutes of each other as Southwestern fell 2-1. SU rebounded from the loss to defeat Austin College 2-1 on Sunday and improve to 4-3 on the season and 1-1 in SCAC action. Josh Spencer led the way for SU on the weekend with three points, recording an assist against Colorado College and scoring the game winning goal at Austin College. Sophomore goalkeeper Nick Pierce had 10 saves over the weekend. The regionally-ranked Pirates will head to San Antonio, Texas for a non-conference match-up with Rowan University on Friday, September 25th.

No. 12 Trinity opened up SCAC play on the road this past weekend, earning a pair of wins to take the early lead in the SCAC standings. Trinity opened the weekend with a 3-0 win at Austin College, with Ben Grossman scoring two first-half goals and assisting on the final score. On Sunday, Trinity and Colorado College were locked in a scoreless tie that was reminiscent of last year’s game in San Antonio. Trinity scored in the 89th minute to earn the win last season. This time, there would be no late goal to break the tie, though, and the game eventually went into double overtime without a score. With just under five minutes remaining in the game, Tommy Barros was able to find the back of the net for his second game-winner of the year, though, with Grossman picking up another assist. This week, Trinity returns home for the first time since the season opener, taking on Rowan University on Saturday night. The Tigers will also face the University of Incarnate Word at home on Monday night.

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