IRVING, Texas -- Powered by four second half goals, Trinity University captured its second-straight SCAC Tournament title and 11th in program history following a 5-0 victory over Southwestern University Sunday afternoon at Crusader Field on the campus of the University of Dallas. Official Championships Website | Tournament Stats | Photos
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After a scoreless opening 25 minutes that saw the Tigers take the first 12 shots of the game, it was senior Kaity Ward that found the back of the net for her 17th goal of the season to give Trinity a 1-0 lead in the 27th minute.
- Trinity would finish the half with a 20-2 advantage in shots, but eight opening half saves from Southwestern’s Johnna Campbell kept the Tiger lead to just 1-0 going into the break.
- Just over five minutes into the second frame, Trinity doubled its lead when Emma Everts, among a mass of bodies in the box, was able to find the ball and slot home her third of the season off an assist from Ashlyn Zingelmann.
- Less than five minutes later, Everts collected an assist when she found Molly Sheridan for her 12th goal of the season to give Trinity a 3-0 lead.
- Trinity put an exclamation mark on the victory when the Tigers scored twice in the final six minutes as Michaela Bosco registered her seventh of the season in the 85th minute and then Taylor Campbell rang home the fifth and final goal in the 90th minute. Madison Horner and Abby Schneider were credited with the assists on the two tallies.
- Trinity outshot Southwestern, 33-6, including a 17-2 edge in shots on goal. Each team attempted four corner kicks.
TRINITY UNIVERSITY STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
- Kaity Ward (F): 1 goal, 7 shots, 4 shots on goal
- Emma Everts (MF): 1 goal, 3 shots, 3 shots on goal
- Molly Sheridan (F): 1 goal, 5 shots, 1 shot on goal
- Michaela Bosco (F): 1 goal, 5 shots, 3 shots on goal
- Taylor Campbell (MF): 1 goal, 1 shot, 1 shot on goal
- Lauren Bolish (GK): 90 minutes in goal, 0 goals allowed, 2 saves
SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
- Samantha Hazen (F): 3 shots, 2 shots on goal
- Juliana Chapa (D): 1 shot
- Juliet Pridgen (F): 1 shot
- Johnna Campbell (GK): 90 minutes in goal, 5 goals allowed, 12 saves
NOTABLES
- Senior Kaity Ward was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Offensive Player for the second year in a row. Ward’s goal today set a new SCAC Tournament record for consecutive games with a goal (5), a streak that began in the 2020-21 quarterfinals.
- Junior Bailey Meyer was named SCAC Tournament Defensive MVP as she and the Trinity defense recorded two shutouts on the weekend, extending the Tigers SCAC Tournament shutout streak to 11-straight games. The last time the Trinity defense yielded a goal in came in the 2016 final.
- In the SCAC postseason tournament Trinity holds a 24-1-2 record.
- This marked the fifth consecutive year the championship winning team has not allowed a goal scored during the tournament.
- Trinity and Southwestern have now face each other three of the last four years and five overall for the SCAC Crown. The Tigers have gotten the best of the Pirates now in four of those meetings (2013, 2016, 2018, 2021) with Southwestern earning the SCAC Title back in 2019.
- The Tigers earn their 25th NCAA Tournament bid since 1992.
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
- Britney Zapata (Dallas)
- May Lien Le (Dallas)
- Liliana Avila (Texas Lutheran)
- Monique Sierra (Texas Lutheran)
- Juliet Pridgen (Southwestern)
- Hanna Sanderson (Southwestern)
- Sam Davis (Southwestern)
- Camryn Beall (Trinity)
- Molly Sheridan (Trinity)
- Bailey Meyer (Trinity) – Tournament Defensive MVP
- Kaity Ward (Trinity) – Tournament Offensive MVP
UP NEXT
As SCAC tournament champions, Trinity (14-2-1) will receive the league's automatic berth into the NCAA Division III Tournament and will find out its opponent when brackets are released tomorrow. Southwestern (15-2-1) awaits word of a possible at-large berth. Trinity and Southwestern were positioned at 1-2 in the most recent NCAA Division III Region X rankings.
