SEGUIN, Texas - Top seed and second-ranked Trinity University won the 2013 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Championship with a 5-0 victory against second seed Southwestern University on Sunday afternoon at Texas Lutheran University. Interactive Bracket |
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The title was the fifth consecutive conference championship for the Tigers, who improved to 21-0-1 with the victory.
Trinity junior midfielder Kelsey Falcone was named SCAC Women's Soccer Tournament Offensive MVP, and fellow Tiger sophomore midfielder Emily Donnan was named Tournament Defensive MVP.
In today's SCAC Championship game, Falcone scored a pair of goals to follow up her hat trick in yesterday's semifinal. Falcone got the game-winner into the net just 1:21 into the game today, then scored the opening goal of the second half to put the Tigers up 4-0 at the time.
Donnan anchored a Trinity defense that dominated in its two games, allowing no goals in 180 minutes of action, and holding the opposition to just five total shots. Donnan and the Tigers gave up just one shot in today's final against the Pirates.
Hannah Kuhl, Brigette Taylor, and Michelle Lanier also netted goals for Trinity, and Kuhl also added a pair of assists in the title game. Also earning assists were Yasmeen Farra and Jordan Leeper, while Shelby Guenthardt assisted on a pair of goals in the first half.
Emily Jorgens picked up her 28th assist of the season on the game's first goal, which puts her just two from tying the NCAA Division III record for a single season.
Trinity recieves the automatic qualifier into the NCAA DIII Tournament. The Tigers will find out the location and oppenent of their opening round in the NCAA DIII Tournament on Monday.
