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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - It was a busy week in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference men’s soccer with six fixtures on the schedule highlighted by Trinity making its season debut with a pair of league contests.
Trinity (2-0-0, 2-0-0) opened its 2020-21 campaign last Friday with a 1-0 win at Dallas (1-3-1, 1-3-1) and then followed that up with a 2-1 come from behind victory at Austin College (0-3-0, 0-3-0) on Sunday. This is the first time since the 2017 season the Tigers have started 2-0 through its opening two games. After a scoreless opening 45 minutes against the Crusaders, Mac McCord struck for the first goal of his career in the 49th minute off a feed from Philip Duenez. Trinity limited Dallas to just three shots, while posting 31 shots of its own. On Sunday, Trinity fell behind, 1-0, in the 50th minute when Ivan Barrios found the back of the net off an assist from Mickey Maloney. Less than six minutes later, Trinity equalized as Michael Somerville scored off a pass from Jack Eubank. Chen Adjei secured three points for the Tigers when he scored the game-winner on an unassisted marker in the 72nd minute. Trinity outshot Austin College 18-9 and held an 11-5 edge in corner kicks. Juan Carlos Vidales made three saves in net over the weekend for the Tigers posting a shutout in the opener.
St. Thomas (3-1-2, 3-1-1) earned a pair of home shutout victories last week, defeating Schreiner (0-4-0, 0-4-0), 3-0, on Wednesday and then knocked off Centenary (2-2-1, 2-1-0), 1-0, on Saturday. Heiko Leinweber opened the scoring against the Mountaineers in the 26th minute of the first half to give the Celts a 1-0 lead after 45 minutes. Maxwell Lockhart assisted on the Leinweber tally. The game remained 1-0 into the final moments of the match before Wilbreth Araujo and Gabe Salako scored in the 86th and 87th minute to put the contest away. Salako assisted on the Araujo goal and Tom Hultsch delivered the assist on the third goal of the night. St. Thomas outshot Schreiner 11-3 and held an 7-1 edge in corner kicks. St. Thomas then handed Centenary its first conference loss of the season on a first half goal from Ian Alvarez. Salako, who had a hand in three of the four Celts goals last week, was credited with the assist on the goal. Rodrigo Lazo made five saves in net en route to posting two shutouts for the Celts last week.
Texas Lutheran (2-2-0, 2-2-0) snapped a two-game losing streak with an impressive 4-0 win over Austin College last Saturday. Luis Green scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner, to bring his season total to four. Jared Esparza and Nestor Ayala rounded out the scoring. Esparza was also credited with an assist. TLU outshot Austin College, 19-11. Noel Pena and Caleb Weed combined for eight saves in net for the shutout. Pablo Macias led Austin College with three shots on goal.
Colorado College (2-1-1, 2-0-1) jumped out to a 1-0 lead, but Southwetern (2-0-1, 2-0-1) found a late equalizer to snatch a point as the Tigers played the majority of the second half down a man in a 1-1 draw. Noah Johnson scored in the 35th minute to give CC a 1-0 lead at the half. Alexander Ward was credited with his second assist of the season on the Johnson goal. Up a man following a red card in the 58th minute, Theo Givens tied the game for the Pirates in the 86th minute off a pass from Garrison Van Houten. Southwestern held a 12-11 edge in shots, while Colorado College attempted two more corner kicks, 8-6.
SCAC men’s soccer continues this week with four fixtures scheduled for Saturday. Centenary is visiting Colorado College, Schreiner is hosting Texas Lutheran, Dallas and Austin College will battle in Sherman and Trinity will open its home schedule against St. Thomas.
This Week's Results
| Date | Away | Home | Status | Links | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | ||||||
| Wed. 17 |
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0 |
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3 | Final | |
| Fri. 19 |
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1 |
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0 | Final | |
|
0 |
|
4 | Final | ||
| Sat. 20 |
|
1 |
|
1 | Final - 2OT | |
|
0 |
|
1 | Final | ||
| Sun. 21 |
|
2 |
|
1 | Final | |
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