San Antonio – The 17th-ranked Trinity Tigers women swept the top weekly soccer awards from the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
 
Junior forward Abby Loar was named SCAC Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week, and junior defender Allyson Thrall was selected as SCAC Defensive Co-Player of the Week.
 
The Tigers (6-1-0, 2-0-0 SCAC) began defense of their SCAC title with road victories last week over Hendrix (5-0) and Rhodes (2-1).
 
Loar, from Littleton, Colo. (Heritage), scored three goals and registered two assists in the two games. She accounted for both game-winning goals, and either scored or assisted on five of the seven Tigers scoring plays. For the season, Loar is tied for the team lead with three goals and three assists, for a total of nine points.

Thrall, from Scottsdale, Ariz. (Chaparral), led the taut Tiger defense which allowed just one goal and five shots over the weekend. Trinity yielded just one shot in the shutout victory over Hendrix. This season, Trinity has posted three shutouts and given up seven goals.
 
The Tigers travel to Georgetown, Texas, Saturday for a 2 p.m. SCAC game with Southwestern. Trinity will host Mary Hardin-Baylor at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4, in a non-conference game at the Trinity Soccer Field. The game was postponed from Sept. 7 because of wet field conditions.