Box Score San Antonio – The seventh-ranked Trinity
Tigers men's soccer team will compete Saturday and Sunday at
the NCAA Division III Soccer Championship Sectional in Dubuque,
Iowa.
Trinity (20-2-1) meets Wartburg (Iowa) (17-4-2), which
received votes in the national poll, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Loras
College. The opener of the Sectional will pit host Loras (17-1-3),
ranked sixth, with Westminster (Mo.) (13-8-1) at 5 p.m. The winners
advance to Sunday's quarterfinals, scheduled to begin at 5
p.m.
The NCAA Final Four is slated for Dec. 6-7 at San
Antonio's Toyota Field. Trinity will co-host the men's
and women's event, for the fifth straight year, with San
Antonio Sports.
Trinity hosted the NCAA first and second rounds last weekend,
and had shutout victories in both instances. The Tigers defeated
Cal Lutheran 2-0 in the opening round, and took out No. 21 Puget
Sound 4-0 in the second.
Tiger Head Coach
Paul McGinlay has led the team to its
12
th straight NCAA postseason event, and the
17
th of the past 18 years. Trinity won the coveted NCAA
Championship in 2003. In addition, the Tigers have been national
runners-up, made three Final Four appearances, and have
advanced to the quarterfinals on seven occasions.
An automatic bid to this year's NCAA tournament was
secured as the Tigers won their 16th Southern Collegiate
Athletic Conference Championship.
Last season, Trinity advanced to the NCAA third round.
