Around the SCAC - October 18th

Around the SCAC - October 18th

SUWANEE, Ga. -- SCAC weekly releases for the week spanning from Monday, October 9th to Tuesday, October 17th. 

Click the headings below to review each sports recap from the week ending in October 17th. 

Cross Country - Week 7
Conference teams wrapped up their final meets prior to the SCAC Championship meet, which is scheduled for Saturday, October 28. Highlights from last weekend included the Colorado College and Trinity University men and women competing at the prestigious Augustana (Ill.) Invitational. The CC men finished seventh, ahead of six ranked teams, and the CC women placed fourth in the 42-team field. MEN'S SCHEDULE - WOMEN'S SCHEDULE

Men's Runner of the Week - James Settles, Colorado College
James Settles of Colorado College, a senior from Claremont, Calif., has been selected the SCAC Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for meets run from Friday, October 13 through Saturday, October 14. Full Release 
 
Women's Runner of the Week - Kendall Accetta, Colorado College
Kendall Accetta of Colorado College, a senior from Portland, Ore., has been selected the SCAC Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week for meets run from Friday, October 13 through Saturday, October 14. Full Release  


Golf - Week 5
Five of the league's men's teams and four of the league's women's squads were in action this week, with the Southwestern and Trinity men and Trinity women all at the prestigious Golfweek October Classic in Sandestin, Florida. The Southwestern men came in at 21st in the nationally-ranked field while the Trinity women posted a 16th place finish. Other leading performances included the Dallas men posting a fourth-place finish and the St. Thomas women coming in third - both at their respective events at the University of Houston-Victoria Fall Classic. MEN'S SCHEDULE - WOMEN'S SCHEDULE

Men's Golfer of the Week - Tobey Wills, Texas Lutheran University 
Tobey Wills of Texas Lutheran University, a junior from Richmond, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Men’s Golfer-of-the-Week for competition played from Wednesday, October 11 through Tuesday, October 17. Full Release  

Women's Golfer of the Week - Lucy Hansen, Trinity University
Lucy Hansen of Trinity University, a senior from Gilbert, Ariz., has been selected the SCAC Women’s Golfer-of-the-Week for competition played from Wednesday, October 11 through Tuesday, October 17. Full Release  


Men's Soccer - Week 7
Through three weeks of conference play, #19 Colorado College sits alone as the league's only unbeaten team (4-0-0, 9-2-1), with #22 Trinity (4-1-0, 9-1-2) trailing by just a single match in the loss column. The two nationally-ranked programs will meet on Friday in Colorado for what could decide the top seed in next month's SCAC tournament in Houston. Three other teams sit at 3-2 in conference play - Southwestern, St. Thomas and #21 Texas Lutheran - with all eyes focused on finishing in the top four and qualifying for the conference tournament. In addition to the CC/TU match on Friday, other teams in action include Texas Lutheran (3-2-0, 12-2-0) visiting Austin College (2-2-1, 7-5-1), Dallas (0-4-1, 1-9-3) visiting Southwestern (3-2-0, 7-2-3) and Centenary (1-3-1, 4-6-3) traveling to St. Thomas (3-2-0, 10-2-1). STANDINGS - SCHEDULE - STATISTICS

Offensive Player of the Week - Daniel Castro, University of St. Thomas
Daniel Castro of University of St. Thomas, a junior forward from Pasedena, Texas, has been named the SCAC Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for games played from Monday, October 10th through Sunday, October 15th. Full Release  

Defensive Player of the Week - Charlie Wagner, Colorado College
Charlie Wagner of Colorado College, a junior midfielder from Atlanta, Ga., has been named the SCAC Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week from Monday, October 9th through Sunday, October 15th. Full Release  


Women's Soccer - Week 7
Trinity continues to lead after two full weekends of confernece play as the Tigers sit with an umblemished 4-0-0 confernece mark (7-4-2 overall). Dallas is second (3-1-0, 5-7-1) after sweeping a pair of conference matches last weekend and is off to its best start to conference play since 2019. Conference play continues this weekend with four matches on Friday evening: Trinity will play at St. Thomas (0-2-2, 1-3-5), Texas Lutheran (2-1-1, 6-4-4) travels to Austin College (1-1-2, 5-5-3), Southwestern (2-1-1, 5-7-2) plays host to Dallas and Centenary (0-3-1, 1-9-3) travels to Schreiner (0-3-1, 1-9-1). STANDINGS - SCHEDULE - STATISTICS

Co-Offensive Player of the Week - Claire Reed, University of Dallas
Claire Reed of University of Dallas, a junior midfielder from Harlingen, Texas, has been named the SCAC Women’s Soccer Co-Offensive Player of the Week for games played from Monday, October 9th through Sunday, October 15th. Full Release  

Co-Offensive Player of the Week - Abby Schneider, Trinity University
Abby Schneider of Trinity University, a junior forward from Albuquerque, N.M., has been named the SCAC Women’s Soccer Co-Offensive Player of the Week for games played from Monday, October 9th through Sunday, October 15th. Full Release  

Defensive Player of the Week - Ilsa Newland, Trinity University
Ilsa Newland of Trinity University, a sophomore defender from St. Louis, Texas, has been named the SCAC Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for games played from Monday, October 9th through Sunday, October 15th. Full Release  


Swimming & Diving - Week 2 
Almost the entire league was in the pool over the weekend, with seven of eight men's and women's teams competing, including several intra conference matchups. The McMurry men and women swept a pair of duals against Centenary and the Colorado College men swept a pair from Trinity while the Trinity women returned the favor with two wins over CC. Saturday and Sunday saw the swimming debut of the St. Thomas program as they hosted a tri/match with Southwestern and Loyola (La.). MEN'S SCHEDULE - WOMEN'S SCHEDULE

Men's Swimmer of the Week - Jack Hussin, Colorado College
Jack Hussin of Colorado College, a junior from Phoenixville, Pa., has been selected the SCAC Men’s Swimmer of the Week for performances during the meets swam Monday, October 9 to Sunday, October 15. Full Release 

Men's Diver of the Week - Aidan Richter, Colorado College
Aidan Richter of Colorado College, a junior from Kirkland, Wash., has been selected the SCAC Men’s Diver of the Week for performances the week of Monday, October 9 to Sunday, October 15. Full Release

Women's Swimmer of the Week - Emma Hagan, Trinity University
Emma Hagan of Trinity University, a senior from Overland Park, Kan., has been selected the SCAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week for performances during meets swam Monday, October 9 to Sunday, October 15. Full Release  

Women's Diver of the Week - Emma Krasemann, Colorado College
Emma Krasemann of Colorado College, a sophomore from Suffield, Conn., has been selected the SCAC Women’s Diver of the Week for performances during the period spanning Monday, October 9 to Sunday, October 15. Full Release 


Volleyball - Week 7
Eleventh-ranked Trinity (10-0, 21-3) remained perfect in conference play, picking up victories over St. Thomas, Southwestern and Texas Lutheran over the weekend. Schreiner (6-4, 15-8) continued its climb up the standings as the Mountaineers also posted a perfect weekend with victories over the same trio of Texas Lutheran, St. Thomas and Southwestern. With Trinity, Texas Lutheran (7-3, 17-6), Colorado College (7-4, 11-10), Schreiner and St. Thomas (7-5, 13-9) occupying the top five spots in the standings, the race to make the top six and qualify for the post-season conference tournament is as tight as ever. STANDINGS - SCHEDULE - STATISTICS

Offensive Player of the Week - Mackenzie Logan, Trinity University
Mackenzie Logan of Trinity University, a senior outside hitter from Alberta, Canada, has been named the SCAC Volleyball Offensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October 9 through Sunday, October 15. Full Release  

Defensive Player of the Week - Jenna Palomarez, Schreiner University
Jenna Palomarez of Schreiner University, a sophomore defensive specialist from Pearland, Texas, has been named SCAC Volleyball Defensive Player-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October 9 through Sunday, October 15. Full Release 

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