SUWANEE, Ga. - Nationally-ranked DePauw University (6-1-0 - 10th in the nation) and Trinity University (5-1-0 - 14th in the nation), along with Oglethorpe University (4-0-1) and Centre College (5-1-0), continue to pace the field as the SCAC prepares for its first conference men's soccer matches this weekend.

- AROUND THE SCAC -

Austin College dominated Dallas Christian College 6-0 in their lone match of the week to improve to 3-2-1 on the year behind a staggering five goal performance from Sam Temple. Temple played less than half of the game and scored seemingly each time he touched the ball, netting a hat trick in the first half and punching home two penalty kicks in a two minute span midway through the second half. Chris Melton also tallied for the ’Roos and Andy Johnson and Chris Stein each had assists. Grant Gosselin made four saves in the net as the ’Roos got their first shutout of the season.

Birmingham-Southern played one game this week, losing to Maryville College at home, 2-0, Sunday afternoon. Both of MC’s goals came in the second half of the game. Juniors Tony Crocker and Garner Shivers lead BSC on the season with three goals and two assists apiece. Senior goalkeeper Shachar Hovan owns a 1.04 goals against average. BSC opens conference play on the road this weekend, traveling to face Austin College and Colorado College.

Centre continued its winning streak with victories against The College of Mount Saint Joseph’s on Friday and Wilmington College on Saturday. On Friday night, Centre needed just thirty seconds to get on the scoreboard en route to defeating The College of Mount Saint Joseph’s 3-1. Playing less than 24 hours later, Centre grinded out an impressive away win, defeating Wilmington College 1-0 on Saturday. The Colonels improve to 5-1 on the year with their fifth straight win. They’ll travel away to Thomas More on Wednesday before opening SCAC play on Friday and Sunday at home, with games against Sewanee and Oglethorpe.

Colorado College dropped a 3-1 decision to No. 3 Carnegie Mellon on Friday afternoon in the Tigers’ only game last week. The Tartans, who are coached by CC Hall of Famer Arron Lujan, scored in the sixth minute and then struck twice in a span of 44 seconds to take control of the game with just over 15 minutes remaining in the first half. But from that point on, Colorado College had the majority of the scoring chances. Brandon Ogilvie finally put the Tigers on the board when he ran down a lead pass from Matt Fechter and put a shot from the penalty kick mark past Zach Stall inside the right post. That tally stopped CC’s scoring draught at 168.40. Fechter nearly cut the Tigers’ deficit in half in the 72nd minute when his shot from 15 yards went on the outside of the right post. Carnegie Mellon finished with a 10-9 edge in total shots. Andy McGhie finished with five saves for CC, but his scoreless streak ended at 336.38. His best save occurred in the 88th minute when he stopped Brad Edelman on a breakaway from eight yards out. Colorado College returns to action on Monday against Wheaton College, and then begins conference play this Friday and Sunday with games against Millsaps and Birmingham-Southern, respectively.

#10 DePauw is 6-1 on the season after posting a 2-1 record last week. The Tigers defeated Wabash by a 1-0 count on Wednesday before suffering its first loss and allowing its first goal in a 1-0 overtime decision to 21st-ranked Ohio Wesleyan on Friday. They then wrapped up the week with a 2-1 win over Millikin on Sunday. Ryan Keefe scored the only goal in the Wabash win and delivered the game-winning penalty kick in the second half of the Millikin win. Dean Weaver also added a goal in that contest. Keefe leads the Tigers with six of its 112 goals this year, while Nate Sprenkel has a 0.28 goals against average as the Tigers have allowed just two goals this year.

Hendrix dominated possession and outshot University of Dallas, 21-6, to earn a 2-1 victory on Sunday afternoon at Warrior Field.  Hendrix avenged its 1-0 defeat at Dallas from a year ago and improves to 3-1 on the year.  Junior midfielder Taylor Davenport scored the opening goal, his second career score, on a low cross from 35 yards off the left side of the net in the eighth minute of action.  Sophomore forward Connor Silvestri was credited with his first assist of the season on the goal.  Hendrix outshot Dallas 13-3 and would take its 1-0 lead into the break.  Junior forward Duncan Keegan netted his second goal of the season in the 53rd minute off a double assist from Davenport and junior midfielder Colin Thompson.  Keegan headed the ball in off a cross from 10 yards out.  Dallas scored with just 20 seconds left in regulation on a rebounded shot off a free kick from the right corner.  Senior forward Ryan Meske recorded his fourth goal of the season on a pass from junior defender Derek Yoder.  Hendrix junior keeper Adam Legg made three saves in the win and Dallas first year goalie Sam Carter denied nine shots.

Millsaps did not play this week. The Majors will return to action Tuesday night to take on cross-town rival Belhaven University for a 5:00 p.m. match.

Oglethorpe remained unbeaten by topping two nonconference foes last week, Piedmont and Huntingdon. The Petrels dominated the attack all evening against Piedmont but still only led 1-0 at halftime on a 32nd minute goal by Ellis Curry, the first of his career. Curry was set up supremely by a deft assist from Mark Lavery. Oglethorpe finally established some separation in the second half when they posted two goals within two minutes of each other to extend the lead to 3-0. The first strike came on an outstanding individual effort from Ben Robertson who beat two Lion defenders with some nifty dribbling before powering a shot past Piedmont's keeper. Moments later, in the game's 74th minute, Robertson fed EJ Ovie-Ogodo who found the back of the net from inside the box for his first tally of the season. On Saturday, the Petrels topped Huntingdon by the score of 3-0. Ovie-Ogodo found the back of the net again as did Jeff Arsenault and Nick Williamson. Oglethorpe is now 4-0-1 on the season before kicking off conference play this Friday at DePauw.

Rhodes battled to two draws this past weekend. On Friday night, Rhodes faced cross-town Division II rival, Christian Brothers University. In a game that was back and forth, Rhodes College went on the board first, as sophomore, Petar Radujkovich, put away a penalty kick in the 31st minute.  Despite tremendous defense by Rhodes, anchored by senior captain, Austin Pyhrr, CBU would equalize in the 74th minute with a penalty kick of their own.  Each team would have shots cleared off the line in the final 2 minutes of regulation, only to have the game go into overtime. Senior goalie, Justin Stradley, came up with several key saves during the match, confirming the 1-1 draw. The Lynx would quickly turn around to play NAIA foe, Williams Baptist College, the very next day.  Williams Baptist would jump to an early 2-0 lead, scoring in the 4th and 25th minute.  Rhodes would turn things around in the 2nd half.  Sophomore midfielder, Petar Radujkovich, would net his 2nd penalty kick in as many contests, and sophomore defender, Will Cooner would find the equalizer in the 67th minute with an assist from junior, Christian Kurth.  Rhodes would have several opportunities to get the go-ahead goal, however couldn’t find the back of the net.  Rhodes moves to 3-1-3 after the weekend.

Sewanee held Roanoke College scoreless for 84 minutes on Sunday, but two late goals by the Maroons were enough to earn Roanoke a 2-0 victory over the Tigers. Sewanee dropped to 2-4 on the season. The Tigers were able to hang with the Maroons through the entire first half as they battled to a scoreless tie for nearly the entire contest. Despite being outshot 16-6, Sewanee's defense was able to keep Roanoke at bay until the 85th minute of play. Roanoke's Drew Claytor finally broke the silence with a goal off a free kick that proved to be the game-winner. AJ Tierce added a Maroon insurance goal with less than one minute remaining when he slipped a shot just under the reach of Sewanee keeper Derek Williams. Sewanee managed only two shots on goal on the day and were led by Garrett Schlosser and Thomas Moore, who tallied two shots apiece. Williams finished the day with five saves for the Tigers. Sewanee will return to action on Friday when they travel to Centre College and open up SCAC play.

Southwestern was off this week after opening with a flurry of games. They return to action this weekend as they start SCAC Conference action at Rhodes on Friday and Hendrix on Sunday.

No. 14 Trinity team played just once this past week, but made the most of it in an 8-2 win over Texas Lutheran University on Thursday night. The eight goals were the most scored by the Tigers at home since a 9-1 win in 2005.Trinity scored four times in each half, and junior All-American Zach Garcia scored three goals to lead the Tigers to victory.  It marked Trinity’s first hat trick in nearly two years. Trinity will open up SCAC play this weekend at Hendrix and Rhodes, before returning home for a six-game home stand.  Last season, the Tigers beat Rhodes 2-1 in San Antonio, then finished off the regular season with a 2-0 win over Hendrix.  In 2008, Trinity won 5-1 at Rhodes and 4-0 at Hendrix.  The last time either team defeated the Tigers was 2001, when Rhodes won a 2-1 decision at Trinity.

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