MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #20
October
19, 1991
Centre College scores a conference single-game record 21 goals to
defeat Fisk University, 21-0. It is also represents the
largest margin of victory in any men's soccer match in
conference history.
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #19
September 30,
2004
Oglethorpe University's Zach Atkinson sets the new SCAC single-game
scoring record with seven goals in an 18-2 victory over Fisk
University. Atkinson also added two assists to give him 16 points
for the match - also a league single-game record - and the
sixth-most points ever scored in a NCAA Division III men's soccer
match.
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #18
January 8,
2009
Trinity University men's soccer player Patrick Floeck is
published as a “Face in the Crowd” in the January 12
issue of Sports Illustrated. Floeck, a senior forward,
scored four goals in a span of 5:26 in a 7-0 win over
Birmingham-Southern last Oct. 24, which is believed to be the
fastest four goals in NCAA history.
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #17
September 28, 2009
Colorado College head men’s soccer coach Horst Richardson
earns his 500th career victory with a 4-0 win against the
University of Dallas. The celebration, however, is bittersweet as
Richardson was attending the funeral of former player Chris Quon
who passed away suddenly the previous week. Richardson joined Ohio
Wesleyan’s Jay Martin, Keene State’s Ron Butcher and
Rowan’s Dan Gilmore as the only active Division III coaches
to reach the milestone and just the fifth all-time.
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #16
October 31,
1992
Sophomore forward Will Lukow of Oglethorpe University scores
the game-tying goal against Rhodes College in the semifinals of the
1992 SCAC Men's Soccer Tournament - a game that Rhodes would
eventually win 3-2 in double overtime. The goal was the 27th of the
year for Lukow, which remains the SCAC single-season record for
goals scored, and, at the time, was the ninth-most goals ever
scored by one men's player in a NCAA Division III single
season.
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #15
December 4,
1995
Centre College junior forward Josh Will and Rhodes College senior
defender Billy Gordan are both selected Third Team NSCAA
All-Americans - the first men's soccer players in SCAC history to
receive all-America honors. A year later, Trinity University's
Clint Regier, a junior forward, would become the first SCAC men's
soccer First Team all-America selection.
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #14
November 4,
1994
Rhodes College earns an at-large bid into the 1994 NCAA Division
III Men's Soccer Championship. It is the first-ever invitation to
the post-season tournament for any Rhodes soccer team and first for
a SCAC men's soccer team. However, the tournament appearance by the
Lynx turns out to be brief as they are eliminated by
Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 2-0, in a first-round match played in Wheaton,
Ill.
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #13
November 3, 1991
Centre College gets a goal from senior forward Chris Olney
with 10:35 remaining in sudden death to defeat Trinity University,
3-2, in the championship match of the 1991 SCAC Men's Soccer
Tournament in San Antonio.
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #12
November 1, 1992
After battling through 90 minutes of regulation play and two
10 minute overtime periods without settling a 2-2 deadlock - and
with darkness looming - Rhodes College and Trinity University had
to settle the 1992 SCAC Men's Soccer Championship on penalty
kicks. Rhodes made five penalty kicks to Trinity's four
and the Lynx claimed the conference championship match played
at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Ga.
This was the last conference tournament match as the event was
discontinued prior to the 1993 season in favor of a
single round-robin conference schedule, where the best regular
season conference record would be declared the SCAC champion.
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #11
November 9,
1997
The tournament field for the 1997 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer
Championship is announced and the SCAC has three teams invited - a
first for the league. No more than one SCAC school had ever made
the field on either the men's or women's side prior to 1997. Rhodes
College and Trinity University, the last two teams to represent the
league in the tournament (1995 and 1996 respectively), both
receive invitations as does Centre College - the program's
first-ever invite.
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #10
November 8,
1998
The SCAC is awarded with a conference-record four bids to the 1998
NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship. League champion Rhodes
College is joined in the tournament field by Centre College, DePauw
University and Trinity University. The SCAC is one of only three
conferences to have four representatives in the championships
(NESCAC and NJAC are the other two).
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #9
October 29-30, 1994
Oglethorpe senior forward Will Lukow, returning after
missing four games due to injury, scores one goal against Trinity
and two more the following day against Southwestern to end his
career with a SCAC-record 73 goals scored in 73 games played. At
the time, his 73 goals scored were the 11th most by a men's player
in NCAA Division III history (currently 22nd).
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #8
November 14,
1998
A day after defeating SCAC foe Rhodes College, 2-0, 11th-ranked
Trinity University upset defending national
champion Wheaton (Ill.) College, 2-1, in four
overtimes at Wheaton's East McCully Field to become the first
conference men's team to advance to the national quarterfinal
round. A week later, the TU Tigers, who ended the season with an
18-3-1 mark, would lose in the round of eight to Ohio Wesleyan,
2-1, after giving up two goals in the game's first 17 minutes.
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #7
November 1,
2000
A week after clinching its second consecutive SCAC men's soccer
title and fourth in the last five years, Trinity University
defeats Southwestern University, 2-1, to complete a perfect
9-0 season in conference and become the first men's soccer team in
conference history to complete the regular season with an
undefeated and untied overall record at 17-0-0.
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #6
November 23,
2003
The Trinity University men advance to the NCAA Division III soccer
semifinals for the second consecutive year with a 3-0 blanking of
UC-Santa Cruz in the national quarterfinals - played at the Blossom
Athletic Center in San Antonio. After earning a first-round
bye, Trinity had advanced to this point with victories over
University of Ozarks (5-0) and Piedmont College (6-0). With
the shutout of UC-Santa Cruz, the Tigers had outscored the
opposition 14-0 in three postseason wins while posting
its seventh consecutive shutout and 19th of the season.
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #5
November 24,
2002
Top-ranked Trinity University edges Macalester College, 1-0, in a
NCAA Division III men's national quarterfinal match, earning the
first Final Four berth for any SCAC men's soccer team. The Tigers
had advanced to the quarterfinals with victories over Texas
Lutheran (3-0) in the first round, Colorado College (4-1) in the
second round and host Univerity of Redlands (2-0) in the region
final.
The win capped an incredible weekend for Trinity athletics as all
four of its fall sports teams remained alive in NCAA postseason
play with three teams advancing to their respective Final Fours
(men's soccer, women's soccer and volleyball).
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #4
November 23-24,
2007
Playing in the national semifinals for the third time in
school history, top-ranked Trinity University defeats fourth-ranked
Messiah College, 1-0, on a goal by Patrick Floeck that comes one
minute into the second half. The win puts the Tigers into the
national title match for the second time in school history. A day
later, and despite outshooting its opponent 23-12, Trinity is
unable to find the net in regulation and two overtime periods and
falls in penalty kicks 4-3 to Middlebury College in the national
championship match. The Tigers end their season with a 23-1-0
mark.
In a related note, the SCAC served as host of the 2007 NCAA
Division III Men's and Women's Soccer Championships which was
played at the Wide World of Disney Sports Complex in Lake Buena
Vista, Fla. It was the first time the league had served as
host for a national championship event.
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #3
November 29,
2003
Behind two goals by Chris Quinn (his 24th and 25th of the season;
tied for the second-most in a SCAC single-season) - including the
game-winner in the 108th minute - Trinity University posts a 3-2
double overtime victory over Wisconsin-Oshkosh in the national
semifinals of the 2003 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer
Championship.
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #2
November 13,
2004
After earning a first-round bye, Trinity University defeats
University of Texas-Dallas, 2-0, in the second round of the 2004
NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship. The win is the 43rd
consecutive for the Tigers. Although Trinity's win streak would be
snapped the following match - a 1-0 loss to Gustavus Adolphus
College in the sectional semifinal - the 43-match win streak
still stands as the longest winning streak in the history of NCAA
Division III men's soccer.
MEN'S SOCCER - MOMENT #1
November 30,
2003
Senior midfielder Josh Smith, the SCAC Player-of-the-Year, scored
the eventual game-winner to give Trinity University a 2-1 win over
the host school, Drew University, in the championship match
of the 2003 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Tournament. The
Tigers end the season with a perfect 24-0-0 record. The title
represents the first soccer national championship for any
school - in any NCAA division - in the state of
Texas.
Smith, a three-time all-America selection, would go on to earn the
NSCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Player-of-the-Year honor, the
only SCAC student-athlete who has ever earned the
award.
The national title is the fourth for Trinity and the conference
(2000 – men’s and women’s tennis; 2003 –
women’s basketball).
For more on the top SCAC Men's Soccer moment, including
interviews with Coach Paul McGinlay and former Tiger All-American
Josh Smith, click here.
Top 20 Moments - Men's Soccer
Posted: Dec 03, 2010