San Antonio - The third-ranked Trinity Tigers women's soccer team opens play at the NCAA Division III Sectional at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday afternoon.The third-ranked Trinity Tigers women's soccer team opens play at the NCAA Division III Sectional at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday afternoon.

Trinity (22-0-1) takes on No. 9 Thomas More University (22-1-0) in the third round at Carnegie Mellon University at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The winner advances to the quarterfinals at

1 p.m. Sunday against the winner of No. 6 Carnegie Mellon (16-2-0) and  20th-ranked Johns Hopkins University (18-3-1).

At stake is a berth in the NCAA semifinals, to be held December 5 at Kansas City, Missouri. The championship game is slated for December 6.

The Tigers, led by 11th-year Head Coach Lance Key, advanced to the 2013 NCAA Championship game, with San Antonio's Toyota Field serving as the host venue.  Coach Key has guided Trinity to 10 NCAA Playoff appearances.

Trinity reached this year's round of 16 with two victories on the Tigers' field.  First up was a 3-0 shutout over the University of Texas-Tyler, which received votes in the national poll. The Tigers then defeated the University of Redlands 2-1 in the second round.