IRVING, Texas -- Second-seeded Trinity University advanced to its 13th straight final with a 2-0 victory over host and third-seeded University of Dallas in Friday’s second semifinal at the SCAC Women's Soccer Tournament at Crusader field. Official Championships Website | Tournament Stats | Interview w/ Trinity Head Coach Dylan Harrison and Senior Cece Hendrick | Photos
HOW IT HAPPENED
- While it took nearly 80 minutes for Trinity to find the opening tally in a 1-0 regular season victory against Dallas back on October 17th in San Antonio, the Tigers struck early tonight when senior Cece Hendricks converted on her second penalty kick of the season at the 4:20 mark to grab a 1-0 lead. It was Hendricks’ second goal of the year, the first coming back on September 5th.
- Trinity doubled its lead when Kaity Ward struck for her 16th of the season in the 35th minute. Ward took a pass from Isabel Makulski around the top of the 18-yard box turned and fired a shot into the right-side upper 90 part of the goal. It was Ward’s sixth goal in the last three games.
- Dallas opened the second half taking two of the first three shots and attempted one of its two corners on the night in that period however, Trinity kept the Crusaders off the board to post its ninth shutout of the season.
- Trinity outshot Dallas, 16-9, but held just a slight advantage in shots on goal, 6-4.
- The Tigers also held a 5-2 advantage on corners and committed 11 fouls to the Crusaders’ seven.
TRINITY UNIVERSITY STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
- Kaity Ward (F): 1 goal, 4 shots, 2 shots on goal
- Cece Hendricks (MF): 1 goal, 2 shots, 1 shot on goal
- Isabel Makulski (D): 1 assist
- Camryn Beall (MF): 2 shots
- Lauren Bolish (GK): 90 minutes in goal, 0 goals allowed, 4 saves
UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
- Avery Seaman (F): 2 shots, 1 shot on goal
- Maddie Rodriguez (MF): 2 shots, 1 shot on goal
- Beckah Gonzalez (D): 1 shot, 1 shot on goal
- Kaitlyn Vess (GK) 90 minutes in goal, 2 goals allowed, 4 saves
NOTABLES
- Tonight’s semifinal marked the 10th-straight shutout in SCAC Tournament action for Trinity. The Tigers shutout streak is currently at 863:34 and dates back to the 2016 final.
- Ward’s goal was her fifth career SCAC Tournament tally and she has now scored in four-straight SCAC postseason fixtures, tying Kelsey Falcone’s record. The former Trinity Tiger first set record when she scored in four-straight contests during the 2013 and 2014 tournaments.
- This was the third-straight SCAC Tournament Trinity and Dallas have squared-off against one another and the fifth time overall. The Tigers improved to 5-0 all-time against the Crusaders, beating Dallas, 4-0 in the 2020-21 final, 2-0 in the 2019 semifinals, 7-0 in the 2013 semifinals and 1-0 in the 2012 final.
- This is the 11th-straight year Trinity has reached the tournament final after the event was reinstated prior to the 2011 season. Trinity had been to the last two finals prior to that - in 1991 and 1992 - before the postseason was discontinued.
- In the eight fixtures Dallas has been eliminated in the SCAC Tournament, the Crusaders have been held without a goal on each occasion. The Crusaders are 7-0 all-time in the SCAC Tournament when they have scored at least one goal.
- Dallas ends its season at 9-6-1.
UP NEXT
Trinity (13-2-1) advances to Sunday’s championship match against Southwestern at 1 p.m. CT. It will be the third time in the last four years the two teams have face one another with the tournament title on the line. Earlier in the year, Southwestern defeated Trinity, 2-1, to snap the Tigers run of 133-straight SCAC regular season victories. Sunday’s final is a matchup between the No. 1 (Trinity) and No. 2 (Southwestern) ranked teams in NCAA Region X.
