Men's Soccer

November 10, 2007

Trinity Downs Principia to Shoot Past Round Two

San Antonio - Trinity's men's soccer team defeated Principia (IL) College by a final of 4-0 in the second round of the NCAA playoffs on Saturday night.

Trinity (20-0) has now reached 20 wins for just the third time in school history.  The Tigers were 20-1-2 in the 2002 season, as well as 24-0-0 when they won the NCAA Division III National Championship in 2003.

In tonight's game, Trinity jumped out to an early lead on a goal by German Gomez in the fifth minute.  Gomez scored on a header from a pass off the foot of Robert C'deBaca. 

The game remained tied through halftime, but the Tigers scored just 19 seconds into the second period on another header - this time from Patrick Floeck.  Floeck knocked in his 18th goal of the year on an assist from Gomez and Noe Casanova.  It was the 10th assist of the season for Casanova, tying C'deBaca for second on the team.

Kyle Altman made it 3-0 just over two minutes later, assisted by Michael Robertson, and C'deBaca finished off the scoring with a nice unassisted goal from about 35 yards out.  That goal gave Trinity full command of the game with over 40 minutes still to be played.

The Tiger defense didn't allow a shot until late in the game, and out-shot the Panthers 23-4 overall. 

Trinity will advance to the NCAA Sectionals at a site to be determined next weekend, facing off against an opponent to be determined.

Noe Casanova scored his 10th assist of the season just 19 seconds into the second period of the game

Captain Kyle Altman celebrates his goal in the 48th minute of play that made it 3-0 in favor of the Tigers