San Antonio - Trinity's fourth-ranked men's soccer team earned a 7-0 shutout victory to open up a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference weekend at home against Schreiner University on Friday evening.

The Tigers improve to 8-1-0 overall and 4-0-0 in conference play this season, and are tied atop the SCAC standings with Colorado College.

Trinity jumped out to a quick lead, as Johnny Lawson converted a penalty kick in the third minute for the eventual game-winner.  Brent Mandelkorn added two more goals in the first half, scoring in the 11th and 16th minutes of play.  Lawson also picked up an assist on the first of those two goals, then also picked up another helper in the second half.

Callum Squires knocked in a goal just seconds after entering the game, as Victor Araujo picked up an assist that made it 4-0 in favor of the Tigers by halftime.

In the second half, Araujo scored a pair of goals in less than four minutes of game time to push the lead to 6-0, and Nate Dauphin capped the scoring with a long-range shot in the final minute.  Jorge Villamarin assisted on Dauphin's final score.

Matt Cardone, Chad Margotta, and Todd Whittaker combined for the shutout in goal for Trinity.  Cardone was in net for the first half, and the Tigers didn't allow a single shot in the period.  Overall, Trinity out-shot Schreiner 32-1.  Margotta and Whittaker split the goalkeeper duties in the second half.

Trinity resumes its weekend of play with a game against Texas Lutheran University on Sunday at 12:00 p.m.