San Antonio - Trinity first-year defender Kellen Reid and senior goalkeeper Matt Cardone have been named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively.

Both players had major roles in Trinity's three SCAC home shutout victories last week. Trinity edged Texas Lutheran University 1-0 on September 29,  defeated Centenary College 5-0 last Friday, and then outfought No. 16 Colorado College 1-0 in Sunday's finale. Trinity (11-1-0, 7-0-0 SCAC) took over sole possession of first place in the conference.

Reid scored the only goal in the matchup with Colorado College, breaking a scoreless tie in the 57th minute. It marked Reid's first goal in his early collegiate career. He also became the ninth different Tiger player this season to produce a game-winning goal.

Cardone posted four saves in the win over Texas Lutheran, and tallied one against Centenary, in just under 75 minutes of net time. But Cardone had an exemplary six-save performance in the tight game with Colorado College, which tied his season-high mark. Cardone chalked up his third solo shutout of the campaign, as the Tiger team came up with its fourth consecutive clean-sheet game.

This season, Cardone has recorded 35 saves in 12 games, yielding only eight goals in more than 900 minutes of playing time. He holds a goals-against average of 0.79 per game this year.

The defending SCAC champion Tigers will get a rematch with Centenary and Colorado College on the road next weekend. Trinity takes on Centenary Friday at Shreveport, Louisiana; and Colorado College Sunday at Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Following two other road games, the Tigers return home Friday, October 24, to host Austin College in an SCAC contest.