Box Score Birmingham, Alabama - The fifth-seeded Centre
Colonels upset the No. 1 Trinity Tigers 1-0 in overtime Saturday at
the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Soccer
Championship semifinals.
Centre's Ben Van Nevel scored with only 24 seconds remaining in the
first overtime period.
Defending SCAC champion Trinity, ranked fourth in the nation, had
its first loss of the season, and now stands at 14-1-2. Centre,
which will take on second-seeded Oglethorpe (a 2-0 winner over No.
6 Southwestern) for the SCAC Championship Sunday, improved to
13-5-1.
The Tigers will now await a probable at-large bid to the NCAA
Division III playoffs, which begin Nov. 10.
Trinity had shut out Centre 3-0 on Sept. 30 at Danville,
Ky.
Tiger goalkeeper Matt Cardone registered a team season-high six
saves in the game. Trinity led Centre 16-9 in total shots, but the
Colonels held a 7-5 edge in shots on the mark. The Tigers Roberto
Camargo led the team with three shots on goal.