LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Both of the SCAC's nationally ranked teams, Colorado College and Trinity University, extended their winning streaks. The Colorado Tigers ran their streak to four straight wins while the Texas Tigers extended their streak to seven straight wins.
AROUND THE SCAC
Austin College (6-5-2, 2-3 SCAC) went 0-2 last
week, falling 4-1 to No. 25 Colorado College on Friday before
losing at Dallas, 2-1 on Sunday. The Kangaroos return to action on
Oct. 12th and 14th when they travel to #1 Trinity and Southwestern,
respectively.
Centenary dropped both of the week’s contests
against Dallas (4-2) Oct. 5 and Colorado College (2-0) Oct. 7, both
on the road. The losses moved the Gents to 2-9 and 0-5 in SCAC
play, extending their losing streak to six matches. Brandon Heim
and Spencer Nickerson accounted for the two goals against Dallas.
The Gents are in the middle of the four-game road trip, which
continues Oct. 12 at Southwestern and wraps up Oct. 14 at Trinity
before hosting Austin College Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. That begins a
stretch of five straight home games to end the season before the
SCAC Tournament.
Senior Matt Fechter and No. 24 Colorado College
had a night to remember in their first game on the new turf at
Washburn Field. Fechter struck for the third hat trick of his
career to propel the Tigers to a 4-1 victory over Austin College.
The All-America forward put the Tigers on the board 12:02 into the
game when he buried a cross from junior midfielder Sean Parham. A
little more than six minutes later, Fechter scored on a nearly
identical play set up by senior forward Daniel Wright. Sophomore
midfielder Alec Martinez made it 3-0 when he scored his first
career goal with six minutes remaining in the first half, using his
body to re-direct junior midfielder Andrew Salazar’s cross
from the left corner. Fechter completed his sixth career
multiple-goal contest in the 53rd minute when he buried senior
defender Kyle Buchwalder’s cross from the right corner.
Senior Forrest Marowitz improved to 6-0-0 in goal, making three
saves before giving way to freshman Ian Horne with 16:33 remaining
in the second half. Sophomore defender Alec Sowers recorded a goal
and an assist to help Colorado College defeat Centenary, 2-0, on
Sunday. Sowers set up a tally by Fechter 5:21 into the second half
and then struck for the first goal of his collegiate career with a
little less than 14 minutes remaining to seal the victory.
Fechter's tally was his fourth game winner of the season and the
12th of his career. He also has four game-winning assists. Fechter
established a personal single-season high with his 12th goal and
tied his personal best of 33 points set last year. CC launched a
total of 21 shots, while allowing only four for the second time
this season. The shutout was the seventh of the season for the
Tigers, who have blanked five of eight opponents at Stewart Field.
Colorado College travels to Irving, Texas, next week to face UC
Santa Cruz on Saturday and the University of Dallas on
Sunday.
Dallas (5-5, 2-3 SCAC) went 2-0 on the week in a pair of
SCAC home contests. Friday brought Centenary College of Louisiana
to Irving, Texas. After Centenary opened the game with a 2-0
advantage, the Crusaders responded with four unanswered goals
en route to a 4-2 victory. Dallas battled Austin College
in a tightly-contested affair Sunday afternoon at Crusader Field.
The 'Roos scored at the three-minute mark to claim the early lead.
Matt Wise would not have what Austin College was dishing, however,
as the sophomore midfielder countered with two goals to lead Dallas
to a 2-1 triumph. This week, Dallas will take on Colorado College
(Saturday) and UC-Santa Cruz (Sunday).
A packed house crammed the hill for Saturday's
Southwestern game against #1 Trinity and
despite a 2-0 loss the fans got a great show from the Pirates. The
Pirates may have been out-shot 22-6 but got the most of the looks
they did have as they were right on the verge of scoring numerous
times, but couldn't get fate to fall their way as the shots veered
out of goal. Southwestern currently sits at 8-7 on the season, 2-4
in the SCAC. They remain in conference action as they host
Centenary College on Friday night and Austin College on Sunday
afternoon.
No. 1 Trinity went 2-0 over the past week, taking
a 2-0 SCAC road win at Southwestern on Saturday, then finishing
with a 3-0 win over Mary Hardin-Baylor on Sunday night. The Tigers
had four different players score the five goals over the weekend,
and the defense picked up its seventh and eighth shutouts of the
season. Trinity will continue SCAC play this weekend, facing off
against Austin College and Centenary on Friday and Sunday. The
Tigers beat Centenary 3-0 and Austin 5-1 on the road just two weeks
ago.
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