LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - The eighth-ranked Trinity University women opened the 2013 season with a pair of home victories over the weekend, defeating Luther (IA) College 7-1 on Friday, then winning a 3-1 decision in a playoff rematch with the University of Puget Sound on Sunday afternoon.
AROUND THE SCAC
The Austin College women's soccer
team fell 2-0 to visiting Fontbonne University on Sunday afternoon
in the team's season opener, surrendering two goals in the second
half in the loss. The 'Roos are now 0-1 on the year. Neither team
was able to get much going offensively early on, taking a scoreless
game into halftime. It was not until the 51st minute of action that
either team got on the board, when Fontbonne scored what would turn
out to be the game winner. The Griffins added another tally in the
71st minute to make it a 2-0 final. Fontbonne owned an 11-9
shot advantage, though the 'Roos owned a 3-2 advantage in shots on
goal in the game. Austin College will be looking to rebound on
Tuesday when they host LeTourneau at 5:00 p.m.
Centenary women's soccer team dropped a 2-1 decision to
East Texas Baptist to open the 2013 season at Mayo Field. Freshman
Erica Coker recorded 11 saves in her Centenary debut. The Frisco,
Texas, product warned off 11 of the 18 ETBU shots on the night
despite allowing two goals. The Blue and Gold placed 13 shots on
goal in the effort. Madison Alexander picked up the lone goal for
the Ladies scoring in the 20th minute. The Keller, Texas, sophomore
took two of the Maroon and White's four shots on the night with
both her attempts coming on goal. Amanda Atwell took the remaining
two shots for the Ladies with one on goal. Centenary returns to
action on Thursday, Sept. 5 as the Ladies travel to Louisiana
College. The match is slated for 5 p.m.
Dallas women's soccer team (0-2) kicked-off their 2013 season over the weekend in Virginia. On Saturday in the season-opener, the Lady Crusaders fell 2-1 to Washington and Lee University (W&L) in head coach Angelina Pane's debut. Senior defender Emily Rogers scored Dallas' first goal of the season, producing the 72nd-minute equalizer by way of junior forward Nicole Johnson. It was for not, however, as W&L broke the 1-1 tie in the 77th-minute when Katie Rossi netted the game-winner. Sunday brought a 4-2 loss versus Bridgewater College (B.C.) for the navy and white. Johnson scored for Dallas in the 16th-minute from Rebecca Brunter, and then assisted Michelle Carpenter in the 40th-minute to round out scoring for the Lady Crusaders. Dallas will play their home-opener on Saturday in a 2 p.m. showdown with Concordia University (1-0) at Crusader Field.
Schreiner opened their season 0-2 this past weekend. On Friday, Schreiner traveled to McMurry, where they fell, 4-0. They returned home on Sunday as they were defeated by Texas Wesleyan, 5-0. This week, the Mountaineers will travel to Our Lady of the Lake on Friday and then hit the road again to take on Howard Payne on Sunday.
Southwestern opened the season with two road games in Washington but ultimately left without a win to begin the year 0-2. Southwestern's offense was slow out of the gate and defense tested early as the Pirates fell 4-0 to Pacific Lutheran University to open the 2013 season. Southwestern trailed in the shot count and had few strong looks at goal. Game two saw a refreshed team take the field and Southwestern got stronger as the game went on against Whittier. Whittier took the lead in the 60th minute and SU had a few opportunities late to tie the game, but their attempts were just off the mark as the game wound down. Southwestern comes home this week to kick off a month long homestand, facing Howard Payne University on Friday at 5pm.
Texas Lutheran opened the
season with a pair of lossed to Mary Hardin-Baylor and Concordia
(TX). The Cru broke open a scoreless tie with two second-half goals
and spoiled Texas Lutheran's home and season-opener Friday at
Gustafson Field. On Monday, Texas Lutheran fell 2-0 to Concordia
Texas in its first road game of the year. The Texas Lutheran attack
was held in check most of the day, tallying four shots total with
all four of those shots coming on goal. The Bulldogs weren't able
to get a shot off in the first half. The Bulldogs return to action
on Friday as they travel to Longview to take on LeTourneau followed
by a Saturday afternoon tilt with UT-Tyler.
No. 8 Trinity opened the 2013 season with a pair
of home victories over the weekend, defeating Luther (IA) College
7-1 on Friday, then winning a 3-1 decision in a playoff rematch
with the University of Puget Sound on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers
had eight different players score the 10 goals to open the year,
with Emily Jorgens and Shelby Guenthardt netting
game-winners. Jorgens opened the year with her second career
hat trick, scoring three goals and two assists in the victory.
Trinity will travel to the West Coast for a pair of games against
California schools this weekend. The Tigers square off
against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. (PDT),
then play Chapman (@ Claremont) at 12:00 p.m. (PDT) on
Sunday. Trinity last faced Chapman at home in 2010 – a
5-0 win for the Tigers – but has not played against Claremont
since a 5-0 loss in 1991.
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