Trinity -v- BSC

The second half of the SCAC Weekend kicked off at noon on Sunday against a Birmingham Southern side that had experienced some mixed results up to that point. We knew we would be in for a competitive match and it would be very important to establish ourselves early.

Kelly was excited to display her sense of urgency as she was incredible from the start with pressuring backs and running at them. She took a throw-in on a quick turn at the edge of the final third in front of our bench, split two defenders and buried one to the far post. Everyone was in slow motion and she was in fast-forward! What a start!! Not long after, in the 17th minute, Jordan served in a corner where Abby would challenge in the air...the ball got up and then back down to Lindsay's feet at the near post where she'd quickly slip it through the traffic of players and into the net. The pressure would begin to subside as the half went on. We gave up a few counters in the last bit of the half and with two seconds remaining on the clock, they would find space to serve to the feet of their forward, evade a couple of tackles and tuck one inside the far post just before the half. So now a 2-0 game in fifteen minutes turns into a 2-1 game at halftime...to no surprise, we all were very disappointed and they all of a sudden felt like they were in the game.

We knew we had to tidy things up in midfield and make sure if we lost the ball that we organized quickly and stopped forward service. We needed better starting positions at the back, and up front we had to be dangerous.

Going into the second half, the theme of urgency came back to us and Abby would streak in from the weak side to finish off a double assist fro m Lindsey and Katy to give us some breathing room at 3-1. That proved to be all we would need and all we would get in so far as goals. We created some good chances but did not capitalize on them, but perhaps more importantly, we didn't surrender a single shot in the second half.

We were thrilled to conclude the weekend with another 6 points in conference. The coming week will bring a break from conference play. We will be welcoming all Alumni of the program for a single match Friday evening against Chapman (CA) for a very important regional match. The weekend will be a celebration of the past and present with a special recognition of the 2000 team that made the first ever Final 4 for Trinity Soccer. Welcome Back Trinity Soccer Alumni!!

-LK