Trinity Wins

Trinity Soccer took on Southwestern University this past Friday night in its fifth conference fixture of the season. Southwestern entered the match at 1-3 in SCAC play and were in dire need of a result to keep hopes alive for making the upcoming SCAC Conference Championships in Birmingham, AL the first weekend of November.

The girls were well aware of the circumstances and realized the importance of dictating the flow of the match from the start. Senior, Abby Loar got the Tigers on the board in the 19th minute as she flew through a Tara Sparks cross at the back post. Youngster, Stephanie Segovia came on in the 26th minute and tallied the second goal of the game and the 17th of her first collegiate season off a feed from Samantha Atkins in just ten minutes. Kristina Chen would score the game's third goal (her third in two games) following a fantastic first touch that matched the combination from Segovia and classmate, Emily Jorgens. Trinity went into halftime up 3-0 and very much in control of the match, but a few things to tidy up.





The second half was just over six minutes old and Abby had banged in two more for an early hat-trick followed by a long rest. Senior, Kelly Watts continues to provide tremendous service and creativity as she assisted to make the game 4-0 and Atkins dished up her second assist for the fifth goal. A minute later, Atkins would hit the post...TWICE...within a minute, narrowly missing on increasing her scoring contribution to the game. Segovia would notch another goal as Chen would reciprocate from her earlier goal, creating a quality chance for her teammate. Segovia was not done, however, this time getting ahold of the ball in the final third and creating a chance for herself that she drove past the keeper for her second hat-trick in as many matches and her third on the year. Her goalscoring total reached 19 on the year. Katie Garrett, Devan Osegueda, and Lauren Goldberg all combined in goal for the shutout. Garrett registered one save on the lone shot in the first half by Southwestern. Lauren saw two balls come her way in the closing minutes, one going just over the bar and the other off frame as well.



Trinity heads into Friends & Family Weekend and will face Hendrix College on Sunday at noon. Hendrix come to Texas riding a four-game conference winning streak and are currently in second place in the SCAC standings along with Birmingham Southern. Birmingham Southern have a game-in-hand.