LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Trintiy University picked up their first SCAC win after knocking off Southwestern at home on Saturday afternoon. They will take on a 1-1 Austin College team in Sherman in the final SCAC contest of the year. Texas Lutheran, meanwhile, suffered their first setback of the season thanks to a former conference foe.
AROUND THE SCAC
Austin College was idle
this past weekend. The ‘Roos will return home next weekend as
they welcome in the Trinity Tigers for their final SCAC game of the
year. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.
Southwestern grabbed an early lead before the
Trinity Tigers pulled ahead for a 58-20 victory Saturday afternoon
in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference football action.
Southwestern (0-9, 0-3) was trying to erase a bad memory after
being shutout by Trinity (5-4, 1-1) in the first meeting between
the two teams. The Pirates were able to capitalize on Tiger
turnovers to take a 13-6 lead; however turnovers of their own
spelled doom for Southwestern in the second half. Brian Hicks threw
for two touchdowns and 224 yards as Matt Gillen caught one of
Hicks’ touchdown passes and finished with 129 yards. Colten
Shea scored his seventh touchdown of the season while Tyler
Petrillo made the move to running back and led the ground attack
with 48 yards on 12 carries. Petrillo also scored his first
collegiate touchdown in the first half, a score that gave the
Pirates a brief lead.
Texas Lutheran suffered their first loss of the
season in a 73-44 loss at Hardin-Simmons. ... HSU (4-5) kept TLU
(7-1) winless all-time at Shelton Stadium and moved the
Cowboys’ lead in the all-time series to 15-1. TLU had won
eight games in a row overall after last season’s
double-overtime loss to HSU in Seguin. ... This loss severely hurts
TLU’s chances for an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III
playoffs. The Bulldogs were ranked third in the NCAA’s first
release of the Division III South Region rankings. ... Against the
Cowboys on Saturday, the Bulldogs allowed 584 yards of total
offense (297 on the ground), turned the ball over three times and
surrendered two safeties on a pair of bad punt snaps. ... The
Bulldogs conclude the 2013 regular season with a 1 p.m. home game
Saturday against Howard Payne. The Bulldogs will honor their
seniors during a pre-game ceremony on the field. ... TLU will have
live video and live stats on tlubulldogs.com for next week’s
game at Matador Stadium. Seguin radio station KWED 1580 AM will
have the radio call and an audio-only webcast on seguintoday.com.
... Next Saturday’s game in Matador Stadium will be the
Bulldogs’ final game at the Seguin ISD facility. TLU will
open its new on-campus football and track and field stadium for the
2014 season.
Trinity closed its home schedule with a 58-20 win
over Southwestern University on Saturday afternoon, finishing with
a flurry by outscoring the visitors 24-0 in the fourth quarter.
The Tigers also recorded a shutout win over Southwestern
earlier this season, winning 30-0 in Georgetown, Texas.The 58
points scored by the Tigers were the most since a 56-point game
against Howard Payne last season, and were tied for the 15th-most
points ever scored by a Trinity team. The Tigers finish the regular
season schedule with a road game at Austin College on Saturday,
which will also be the final SCAC game of the year for both teams.
The teams played a non-conference game in San Antonio earlier this
year, and Trinity took a 26-3 victory.
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