SHERMAN, Texas -- Senior forward Chen Adjei got Trinity on the board and then gave them the lead for good as the top-seeded Tigers held on for a 4-3 victory over fourth-seeded Colorado College in semifinal action Friday evening at a rain-soaked Jerry E. Apple Stadium on the campus of Austin College. Official Championships Website | Photo Album | Interview w Trinity Head Coach Paul McGinlay | Interview w/ Trinity Senior JonConnor Rule | Tournament Stats
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Colorado College struck first when Alexander Ward punched in the game's first goal off a scrum from a throw in the 23rd minute. He picked up the second goal of the contest just 23 seconds later, beating the keeper on a through ball, to give the CC Tigers a 2-0 lead.
- Less than a minute after Trinity's Adjei got Trinity on the board in the 27th minute, the Texas Tigers found the equalizer through the 10th goal of the season from senior forward Michael Somerville.
- After Adjei put the Tigers on top early in the second half (45:54), less than five minutes later, Kyle Davis collected what would become the gamewinner in the 51st minute to give Trinity a 4-2 lead.
- Ward would score his third goal of the night - heading in a throw-in from distance in the 81st minute - to pull the CC Tigers within one at 4-3.
- Trinity outshot Colorado 17-13 with both teams have seven on goal. Trinity also owned a 10-4 edge in corners.
TRINITY UNIVERSITY STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
- Chen Adjei (M): 2 goals, 5 shots, 3 shots on goal
- Kyle Davis (D): 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 shots, 2 shots on goal
- Michael Somerville (F): 1 goal, 2 shots, 2 shots on goal
- JonConnor Rule (D): 1 assist, 2 shots
- Juan Carlos Vidales (GK): 90 minutes, 3 goals allowed, 4 saves
COLORADO COLLEGE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
- Alexander Ward (D): 3 goals, 4 shots, 3 shots on goal
- Atticus Lynch (D): 2 assists
- Kevin Petterson (F): 1 assist, 2 shots, 1 shot on goal
- Sajjan Sing (M): 2 shots, 1 shot on goal
- Jasper Broad (GK): 90 minutes, 4 goals allowed, 3 saves
NOTABLES
- The 23 seconds between goals by CC's Ward is the shortest amount of time between goals in SCAC tournament history. The previous mark was the 24 seconds it took between goals by Trinity's Chris Madden and Brent Mandelkorn in the 2016 semifinal against Austin College, which was also played in Sherman but on the natural surface soccer field.
- Less than a minute after Trinity's Adjei got Trinity on the board, the Texsa Tigers found the equalizer through the 10th goal of the season from senior forward Michael Somerville.
- All four first-half strikes between both squads of Tigers came in a five-minute window of play from the 23rd to the 28th minutes.
- CC's Ward is the second Colorado College man to have a three-goal tournament game. He joins former Tiger Christian Wulff, who had a hat trick in a 6-0 semifinal victory over Schreiner at the 2015 championships.
- Trinity advances to the SCAC championship match for the second consecutive year and 11th time in program history.
- Colorado College finishes the season with an 8-3-6 mark.
UP NEXT
Trinity (9-4-3) will face the winner of tonight's other semifinal between second-seeded St. Thomas and third-seeded Southwestern. Sunday's championship match is scheduled to kickoff at 1 pm CT.
