SCAC Championships

This weekend, Trinity's soccer teams will travel to Birmingham, AL to participate in the first SCAC Soccer Championship Tournament since 1992. The SCAC chose Birmingham, AL as the pre-determined site for both tournaments. Both the men's and women's teams enter the 2011 SCAC Championships as the #1 seed and will await the quarterfinal winners from Friday, November 4 in Saturday's Semifinal. Birmingham Southern College have provided a tournament website where information can be found with results, updates, stats and video. Click HERE to link directly there.

The ladies finished their second undefeated regular season in the past three seasons going 18-0. The regular season finale took place last Sunday in Irving, TX. Despite outshooting the University of Dallas 27-3, it took nearly the duration of regulation and the first overtime to find the back of the net. Team and conference goalscoring leader, first-year, Stephanie Segovia, netted her 22nd goal of the season as she broke free on the left side smacking a ball into the top of the far corner. The goal secured the immediate win as well as the top seed in this weekend's tournament.

A note to remember....

The NCAA championship committee will announce the 64-team field on Monday, November 7. Currently sitting atop the NCAA's West Region rankings, Trinity will be hoping to extend their 2011 win streak to 19...and then 20...which would secure the AQ from the SCAC. The girls are well aware of the importance of the UPCOMING match, and will not be looking beyond that. That matchup will be against the winner of #4 Rhodes and #5 Hendrix.

COME ON LADIES!!!

-LK

What's Next??

Up next for the Tigers is a match in Irving, TX against the University of Dallas. This will conclude the regular season, and will serve as the final preparation for the SCAC Championships in Birmingham, AL November 4-6. Trinity has secured the #1 seed in the tournament and will await the winner of Quarterfinal #1 featuring #4-v-#5 on November 4. The semifinal will be played on November 5 at 12 noon CST. The Final is slated for November 6 at 11 AM.

BRACKET

Rolling on...

Following a wonderful celebration of the Trinity Soccer Family on Saturday evening at the residence of Vice President Chuck White and wife, Judy, we had take the field on Sunday against a much improved Hendrix side that was riding a stretch of games without a loss. Hendrix arrived onto campus on Sunday holding on tightly to the #2 spot in the SCAC Conference table. With a win, we would secure a bye into the semi-final round of the upcoming SCAC Conference Tournament in Birmingham, AL.

Trinity -v- Hendrix; W 3-0

This fixture would coincide with Senior Day for five very special young women that have persisted and persevered into one of the most remarkable and influential class of players to come the program.





Nicole Blavet-Austin, TX; Business Administration and Classical Studies

Kristina Chen-Houston, TX; Psychology

Allyson Hunter-Southlake, TX; Biology

Abigail Loar-Littleton, CO; Anthropology

Kelly Watts-Lakewod, WA; International Business and Classical Studies

In their nearly four year career, they have played an integral role, both individually and collectively, in a 65-7-2 overall record. They have gone 47-2-1 in their last 50 matches, including 34 consecutive regular season wins. In conference play, they have produced a 32-3-0 record, which includes 27 consecutive SCAC wins, outscoring conference opponents 112-16. They have won two consecutive SCAC Championships, and have secured the 2011 SCAC Conference Regular Season Championship following the win at Austin College.

These incredible young women embody extraordinary values as citizens, students, and athletes. They have been catalysts in establishing a culture within the Trinity Soccer program that thrives on excellence in every facet of life. The legacy they have, and will leave behind serves as a model for those after them to follow and a standard for them to pursue.

RECORD UPDATE: Senior, Abby Loar, would score her 6th game winner in the match against Hendrix, and add an insurance goal to take over the position of Trinity All-Time Points Leader, and pull even in the All-Time Goals leader board. She has since added two more goals in the last two matches since then , as the Tigers secured victories against Huston-Tillotson (W 7-0) and Austin College (W 2-0).

FAMILY

Reflecting back in my life, I seem always to recall the most vivid memories from photos my Ma has either taken, kept, found, or some combination of two or three...

This past weekend, Trinity Soccer took some time out of a sometimes hectic schedule to be amongst family. We think of true family being based far deeper than blood and genes. We are a group defined by a great number of common threads within the social fabric that ultimately binds us. We share a commitment to a standard of excellence in who we are, what we give, sacrifices made, what we aim to become, and how we love, honor and respect each other. We are driven and motivated by...inspired by each other.

Rather than recapping this incredibly special event, I'll take a page from my mother (Ma) and show a few photos that'll hopefully better tell a story of what Trinity Soccer is truly about...












Here's a short video of the remarkable young women that we honored at the reception...



As it turns out, these photos tell only a fraction of the tale...

Many faces are not present in this tiny collection, but they are a big part of the story. Seeing 250 Trinity University Faculty, Staff, Student-Athletes, Moms, Dads, Grandparents, Nieces, Cousins, Alumni, Husbands, Wives, Supporters...FAMILY MEMBERS...all gathered in support of the 60-something current players on the men's and women's soccer rosters never ceases to amaze me.

I am so very grateful to God for the blessings in my life...for the opportunity to be a part of this incredible family.

-LK