Women's Soccer Recap (Week 3) - Around the SCAC

Women's Soccer Recap (Week 3) - Around the SCAC

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Texas Lutheran University and Austin College both started their SCAC seasons 1-0 with victories over Schreiner and Centenary. Trinity University also added a 2-0 weekend in non-conference play.

AROUND THE SCAC

The Austin College women's soccer team defeated Centenary 1-0, winning their SCAC conference opener on Wednesday night. Then the 'Roos hit the road for the weekend falling to Rhodes 2-0 on Friday night and on Sunday to Millsaps 1-0. The 'Roos will be looking to come back strong for their second conference game at University of Dallas on Sunday, Sept. 22nd at 1:00 p.m.

Centenary
went 0-2-1 on the week with both losses being decided by one goal. Chelsea Russell provided the lone, Ladies' goal over the week with an unassisted score in the 83rd minute of the contest to force a draw with Hendrix College on Sunday. Freshman Erica Coker played 225 minutes in goal for the Maroon and White over the week recording six total saves, but allowing two goals in both 1-0 shutouts. Traci Lee led the squad with six shots with three coming on goal. Centenary returns to action on Tuesday, Sept. 15 as the Ladies host LeTourneau at 5 p.m.

The University of Dallas women's soccer team went 1-1 on the week. On Thursday, in Irving, Texas, the Lady Crusaders powered to a 9-1 win over LeTourneau University. Junior forward Nicole Johnson registered seven points in the affair, including a hat-trick and an assist. Also joining the scoring barrage for Dallas were sophomore defender/forward Rebecca Brunter, senior midfielder Melissa Carpenter, senior defender Emily Rogers, freshman midfielder Cascade Mayer and freshman defender Mary Alexander. Senior goalkeeper Brigid Hasson and sophomore Alice Bloemer split time in net. Hasson picked up the win, while Bloemer made three saves in 35 minutes of playing time. Head coach Angelina Pane's squad proceeded to fall 1-0 to Rhodes College (Tenn.) in Memphis on Sunday afternoon. Nicolette Glidden's 73rd-minute goal proved the game-winner for the Lady Lynx. Dallas has one road and two home games on the docket this week -- @ Texas-Tyler (Tuesday, 7 p.m.); Centenary (Friday, 3 p.m.); Austin (Sunday, 1 p.m.).

The Schreiner Mountaineers were 0-2 on the week.  On Friday, Schreiner traveled to Texas Lutheran to open SCAC play, and fell 4-0. Against Houston -Victoria on Saturday, the Mountaineers were again defeated, 4-0.This week the Mountaineers will travel to Southwestern (Friday, Sept. 20th) and Trinity (Sunday, Sept. 22nd) for continued SCAC matches.

Southwestern
had a big week of home action, hosting three American Southwest Conference schools. Tuesday, despite the Pirates controlling most of the game SU fell 2-1 just minutes into overtime. UT Dallas came to town on Friday evening and was unable to overcome a momentum swing in the first half as they fell 4-2 to the Comets. Southwestern closed out the weekend on Sunday against UT Tyler and played extremely well, but had trouble getting the ball in the back of the net, losing 1-0. SU falls to 1-5 on the season and remain at home to open SCAC conference action this weekend against Schreiner University. 

Texas Lutheran
went 2-0 for the week. Sioned Kirkpatrick assisted on two goals while scoring one of her own in the Texas Lutheran women's soccer team's 4-0 win at home against Schreiner on Friday afternoon. It was a dominating effort all-around for Texas Lutheran, outshooting Schreiner 30-4 on the day. The Bulldogs held Schreiner without a shot on goal all game while notching 12 themselves. Courtney Brooks and Maegan Idrogo scored the two other Bulldog goals on the day. The Texas Lutheran women's soccer team used an excellent offensive attack to score five goals in its 5-3 home win over Huston-Tillotson on Sunday afternoon. Maegan Idrogo notched a hat trick while Sioned Kirkpatrick scored TLU's other two goals.

No. 6 Trinity
posted a pair of shutout victories over the weekend, defeating UT-Tyler 2-0 on Friday, and blanking UT-Dallas 4-0 on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers have now recorded three consecutive shutouts, after starting the season by allowing a goal in each of the first three games. Both of Trinity's goals against UT-Tyler came in the final minute of each half, and then the Tigers had three goals in the second half of the win over UT-Dallas. Trinity will open defense of its SCAC title this weekend, hosting both Texas Lutheran and Schreiner in conference play on Friday and Sunday.

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