SUWANEE, Ga. - The Tigers of Trinity University continue to roll through the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference schedule and now have won 16 straight games. Trinity has now been ranked number one in the country for the past five weeks and is looking to be crowned conference champions for the seventh time in a row.

Austin College fell to 5-8-1 overall and 1-4 in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play with a 4-0 defeat at the hands of visiting Colorado College on Saturday. The Tigers got a pair of first half goals and after the ’Roos were unable to take advantage of some good opportunities to open the second frame, Colorado College added two more second half goals for the final four goal difference. Matt Dickinson made seven saves for Austin College as the ’Roos were out-shot 17-9 in the match. This weekend Austin College will be looking to get back in the win column when they host SCAC rivals Hendrix College and Rhodes College in the team’s final two home matches of the season.

Birmingham-Southern dropped a pair this weekend in Texas. First, on Friday, they lost 7-0 against the #1-ranked Trinity Tigers. Then, on Sunday, they dropped another at Southwestern by a closer 2-1 margin. The losses drop BSC to 2-14 on the season. BSC will return home to host Sewanee and Oglethorpe over the Halloween weekend. Friday’s match with Sewanee is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., and they will host Oglethorpe at noon on Sunday.

Centre defeated visiting DePauw University 1-0 on Saturday night in front of a large crowd for homecoming weekend. The match was scoreless until the 37th minute when junior James Kusak scored the match’s lone goal off an assist from freshman Cameron Bayse. Centre out-shot the Tigers 13-8 while DePauw held a 4-3 advantage in corner kicks. With the win, the Colonels improve to 13-4 overall and 6-2 in the SCAC. Centre returns to action Sunday with a non-conference match against Maryville College.

Colorado College recorded its eighth shutout of the season in the 4-0 victory over Austin College on Saturday afternoon in Sherman, Texas. Junior goalkeeper Brian Engle made three saves en route to his fifth shutout of the season. He improved to 8-1-0 in goal and lowered his goals-against average to 0.44. CC scored more than twice in a game for the first time since a 5-0 victory over Millsaps College on Sept. 28. The three goals scored by Dallas on Sunday were the most allowed by the Tigers this season. Colorado College will play host to Rhodes College and Hendrix College this Friday and Sunday, respectively, in the Tigers’ final two home games of the season.

DePauw dropped to 8-3-4 overall and 4-2-2 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference following a 1-0 loss at Centre. Centre's James Kusak scored on Cameron Bayse's assist at 36:38 for the game's only goal. The Colonels outshot the Tigers 13-8, while DePauw held a 4-3 advantage in corners. DePauw's Ted Jacobi recorded three saves in goal, while Centre's Aaron Arndt totaled four.

Hendrix split a pair of non-conference matches this week with a 1-0 loss to Central Baptist College on Friday and a thrilling 3-2 come-from-behind win over Williams Baptist College on Saturday. The Warriors now stand at 4-9 overall on the season. Hendrix missed on nine chances to tie the game after Central Baptist its lone goal of the game in the 10th minute to give the Mustangs their 1-0 victory in front of an intense crowd Friday. Hendrix first year midfielder Duncan Keegan led the team with five shots, two of which were on-goal. First year defender Ryan Menchaca recorded three shots and junior defender Will Brown tallied a pair of attempts. The Warriors outshot the Mustangs 17-9 and posted five corner kicks to Central Baptists’ three. Brown hammered home the Warriors game-winning goal on Saturday night when he took a free kick from 50 yards out with six minutes remaining in regulation. The Warriors snapped a four-game losing streak with the win. Brown’s game-winner marked his second of the season and third overall score. Hendrix fell behind early as Williams Baptist put the ball past the keeper just 0:53 into regulation. The Warriors found a 2-0 deficit when the Eagles’ scored on a breakaway in the 7th minute. Hendrix made it a one-goal affair before the break when first year midfielder Colin Thompson toed the ball in off a corner kick from junior forward DJ Mello and Keegan. Warriors’ first year midfielder Grant Chandler knotted the contest with 46:33 showing on the scoreboard by firing an unassisted ball into the top right corner of the goal from inside the box. Hendrix junior goalkeeper Jon Moore posted a solid performance with four saves. The Warriors outshot the Eagles 26-12 and tallied nine corner kicks, compared to Williams Baptist’s three.

Millsaps dropped a 4-0 decision to Southwestern University and a 7-2 decision to top-ranked Trinity University as they completed a two-game Texas road swing. The losses dropped the Majors just one spot from sixth to seventh in the conference standings, as they sit at 2-4 in the SCAC and 6-10 overall. Anthony Amaya and Andres Colocho scored the Majors’ lone two goals on the weekend, both against TU, as Amaya connected on his third penalty kick and Colocho his second goal of the season. Millsaps will return home Oct. 31 for its last two home matches of the season, hosting Oglethorpe and Sewanee (Senior Day). Game times are set for 8 p.m. on Friday and Noon on Sunday and can both been seen on www.atwsportscast.com.

Oglethorpe won their only match of the week over non-conference foe Huntingdon College on Saturday afternoon, 2-1. The Petrels were lifted by the outstanding play of freshmen Greyson Surges and Jimmy Harter who each produced a goal in the win over the Hawks. Surges gave Oglethorpe a 1-0 lead only minutes before the first half expired by heading a perfect pass from senior Scott Devault just underneath the crossbar and into the side-netting. It marked the third consecutive Petrel goal that was scored on a header assisted by Devault. In the second half, Harter won a challenge near midfield and streaked down the pitch to beat all of the Hawks defenders including the keeper to record his first career goal as a Petrel. With the result, Oglethorpe is now 4-8-3 on the season and will get set to face Millsaps in Jackson on Friday night.

Rhodes defeated NAIA foe Central Baptist College 2-1 in double overtime. Junior Zac Berry and Senior Patrick Deveau would score for the Lynx. Rhodes returns to SCAC play this coming weekend when they travel to Colorado College and also to Austin College.

Sixth-Ranked Emory came to the Mountain Friday night and after scoring four unanswered goals in the first half, Sewanee held the Eagles scoreless in the second half for a 4-0 final tally in favor of Emory (13-0). Emory outshot Sewanee 12-8 on the day and committed 14 fouls compared to 12 for Sewanee. The Eagles were also given three yellow cards. At halftime, Sewanee alumnus Kyle Rote, Jr., '72 was honored on the occasion of Sewanee Homecoming and the dedication of the Kyle Rote, Jr. Field House at the Sewanee soccer/lacrosse complex. Rote kicked out an honorary game ball and was presented with several gifts, including a ball signed by the team. Sewanee is now 4-9-1 and 1-5-1 in the SCAC. The Tigers will face Birmingham-Southern and Rhodes next weekend in road SCAC action.

Southwestern went 2-0 for the weekend, bringing their record even at 8-8. On Friday against Millsaps, an aggressive game put the Majors' defense on their heels as the Pirates went for seventeen corner kicks, eventually scoring off a low shot by freshman Morgan Knobel. Preston Hollis, who assisted the goal, would send one in himself in the second half to finish the game 2-0. On Sunday against Birmingham-Southern, a David Lozano run through the defense put the first point on the board in the 20th minute, with another scored by Tom Holleman off a keeper fumble in the 31st. The Panthers added a point off a penalty kick in the second half, but the Pirate defense held them off to come out with a 2-1 win.

No. 1 Trinity continued its undefeated season with a pair of wins at home against Birmingham-Southern and Millsaps over the weekend. The Tigers scored five second-half goals to defeat Birmingham-Southern 7-0 on Friday night, led by a school record-tying four goals by Patrick Floeck. On Sunday, Trinity earned a 7-2 win over Millsaps thanks to another Trinity hat trick – this time by Noe Casanova. Casanova also had three assists over the weekend to tie him for Trinity’s career record for assists with 38. His 16 assists this year are the second-most in school history for a single season. Trinity will travel to Georgetown, Texas this weekend to take on Southwestern University in a matchup of the top two teams in the SCAC standings. The Tigers stand 6-0-0 in SCAC play, while Southwestern is 6-1-0 in the conference. The Tigers are 17-0-3 against Southwestern since 1993, which includes last year’s 2-1 win in San Antonio. The last meeting in Georgetown was a 1-0 win for Trinity. In 2005, Southwestern forced a 2-2 tie in San Antonio, which was the only blemish of the regular season for the Trinity Tigers.

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