(Story courtesy of Trinity University)

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The seventh-ranked Trinity Tigers men’s soccer team shut out the No. 21 Puget Sound Loggers 4-0 in the second round of the NCAA Division III Championship on Sunday night. Box Score | Regional Website | Interactive Bracket | Photo Gallery 

Trinity (20-2-1), in its 12th consecutive NCAA Tournament, advanced to a third-round matchup with Wartburg (Iowa), which received votes in the latest national poll. The third and fourth-round site, to be determined, is scheduled for Nov. 22-24. Puget Sound completed the season with a 15-6-0 record. The Tigers began the NCAAs with a 2-0 win over California Lutheran Saturday night.

The only first-half score of Sunday’s game came with 15 seconds left on the clock, as Zach Brock drove the ball into the net, on an assist from Jeff Hayes.

Hayes contributed a goal in the 63rd minute, with an assist from Yuri Ribeiro. Two minutes later, Simon Uribe and Ribeiro combined for another scoring play. Ribeiro repeated his two assists performance from Saturday’s victory over Cal Lutheran. He has amassed 18 assists this year, and is in second place in the Trinity record books for the most assists in a single season. Noe Casanova set the record in 2008, with 19 assists.

Callum Squires put the finishing touches in the game, with an acrobatic goal in the 78th minute of play. Murray Fraser and Todd Edwards were credited with the assists.

The Tigers, who beat the Loggers 1-0 on September 1 in a home game, outshot Puget Sound 24-8 (10-1 in shots on goal).

Trinity will co-host the NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Soccer Final Four, for the fifth straight year, with San Antonio Sports. The event is slated for December 6-7 at San Antonio’s Toyota Field.