San Antonio - Trinity Tigers senior midfielder Simon Uribe has been named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Co-Defensive Player of the Week.

Uribe played a major defensive role as the second-ranked Tigers shut out  Southwestern University 4-0 in a SCAC home game, and wrapped up the regular-season schedule with a 2-0 win over the University of California-Santa Cruz in front of the Trinity faithful.

The stingy Tiger defense allowed only seven shots on goal in the two matchups. Uribe contributed to the offensive cause by scoring the game-winning goal in the 20th minute against Southwestern.

Uribe has played and been a starter in 19 games this season. Trinity has now recorded four straight shutouts, and 12 overall.

Trinity (19-1-0, 14-0-0 SCAC), which has won 16 consecutive games, will defend its SCAC title this weekend at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas. The top-seeded Tigers received a bye into the semifinals of the SCAC Championship, and will meet the winner of No. 4 University of Dallas and fifth-seeded Texas Lutheran at 11:00 a.m. Saturday. The winner takes on the Colorado College/Southwestern-Schreiner University winner for the championship at 1:00 p.m. Sunday.