2009 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Prospectus Austin College Birmingham-Southern Centre Colorado College DePauw Hendrix Millsaps Oglethorpe Rhodes Sewanee Southwestern Trinity Past SCAC Champions Year School Conf. Overall Coach 1991 Centre College 3-0-0 19-2-0 Brian Chafin 1992 Rhodes College 2-1-0 10-7-3 Andy Marcinko 1993 *Rhodes College 5-0-1 11-1-4 Andy Marcinko *Trinity University 5-0-1 11-4-2 Paul McGinlay 1994 Centre College 7-0-0 16-2-2 Brian Chafin 1995 Centre College 6-0-1 17-1-1 Brian Chafin 1996 Trinity University 7-0-0 18-2-0 Paul McGinlay 1997 Trinity University 6-0-1 18-2-1 Paul McGinlay 1998 Rhodes College 8-1-0 14-5-1 Andy Marcinko 1999 Trinity University 8-1-0 19-3-1 Paul McGinlay 2000 Trinity University 9-0-0 19-1-0 Paul McGinlay 2001 *DePauw University 8-1-0 14-4-0 Page Cotton *Sewanee University 8-1-0 15-3-0 Matt Kern 2002 Trinity University 8-0-1 20-1-2 Paul McGinlay 2003 #Trinity University 9-0-0 24-0-0 Paul McGinlay 2004 Trinity University 9-0-0 19-1-0 Paul McGinlay 2005 Trinity University 7-1-1 19-2-1 Paul McGinlay 2006 Trinity University 9-0-0 19-1-1 Paul McGinlay 2007 Trinity University 10-0-0 23-1-0 Paul McGinlay 2008 Trinity University 9-0-1 20-1-1 Paul McGinlay * Denotes Co-SCAC Champions; # Denotes National Champion All Time SCAC Single Season Record Holders Individual Records Team Records Goals Scored Goals Scored Will Lukow, Oglethorpe 27 (1992) Trinity – 103 (2002) Goals Scored Per Game Goals Scored Per Game Will Lukow, Oglethorpe 1.42 (1992) Trinity – 4.80 (2000) Assists Assists Noe Casanova, Trinity 19 (2008) Trinity – 84 (2002) Assists Per Game Assists Per Game Jeremy Baker, Hendrix 1.13 (1996) Trinity – 3.65 (2002) Points Team Defense Will Lukow, Oglethorpe 62 (1992) Trinity – 0.2893 goals allowed per game (2003) Points Per Game Defensive Shutouts Will Lukow, Oglethorpe 3.26 (1992) Trinity – 19 (2003) Saves Goal Differential Brian Duncan, Hendrix 183 (1996) Trinity – GF 101 / GA 7 / + 94 Differential (2003) Goals Against Average Winning Percentage Jared Newton, Trinity 0.3312 (1996) Trinity – 1.000 / 24-0-0 / (2003) SUWANEE, Ga. – There is a familiar feeling heading into the 2009 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference soccer season. Trinity University finished fifth in the nation a year ago and has now won seven straight SCAC titles. The Texas Tigers will certainly be the favorite headed into this season, however, San Antonio is not the only place where excitement abounds heading into the 2009 campaign. The SCAC looks to continue the success which has been building each season following the league’s expansion to 10 schools in 1998. Over the past ten seasons, the conference standings have shown at least four teams with ten or more wins at season’s end. But even that sustained top-to-bottom excellence has not resulted in a bevy of tournament bids for the membership. In fact, the league has produced only one representative to the NCAA tournament over the last eight years. But as familiar as things may seem, ten members of the All-SCAC first team graduated in 2008 – the largest number of seniors ever represented on the team since the SCAC reorganized in 1991. New faces coupled with key veterans should make the league as competitive as ever and generate another opportunity for the SCAC to shine in the national spotlight for yet another year. Paul McGinlay, the 2008 SCAC Coach-of-the-Year, begins his 19th season as the head coach of Trinity University. McGinlay is a 10-time SCAC Coach of the Year honoree and has led his team to an undefeated and untied conference mark seven times in his career. With his Tigers coming off yet another quarterfinal appearance in the national tournament, Trinity has advanced to the Elite Eight in four of the last six seasons. The Tigers carry a pre-season number five ranking and, as always, the expectations will be high in San Antonio in 2009. Trinity has its work cut out with the loss of four all-Americans due to graduation: Tyrone Petrakis, Michael Robertson, Noe Casanova (2008 SCAC Player-of-the-Year) and Patrick Floeck. Trinity was the only school in Division III to have four players receive all-American honors last season. Floeck graduates after leading the league in goals scored each of the last two years and finished his career as the fifth-most prolific scorer in SCAC history (53 goals). Even with the loss of four all-Americans, the Tigers return eight starters including Ben Grossman. Grossman, a first team All-SCAC performer last year, scored 13 goals (four game-winners) and dished out four assists for 30 points. For the third straight year Southwestern University finished second in the SCAC and came up just short of a bid to the NCAA tournament. Don Gregory, now in his 12th season in Georgetown, has a career record of 114-82-16 (57-36-8 in league play). The Pirates welcome back six starters, including captains Davy Lozano (2008 First Team All-SCAC), Nathan Shaw-Meadow and Josh Spencer (2008 Second Team All-SCAC). With a blend of new talent mixed with the experienced returnees, Southwestern is poised for another successful season with the ultimate goal of earning the program’s first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. Centre College is coming off a year that saw the Colonels earn the program’s most wins since 2000 and the most wins in a single season for head coach Jeb Burch since taking the reins in 2002. Danville, Kentucky. Centre looks to run its consecutive winning season streak to 21 in 2009, but will have to work hard after the loss of five seniors from last year’s 15-5-0 squad. This year’s version of the Colonels will be a veteran group with nine seniors returning for their final season of collegiate athletics. Three all-conference performers return - including Aaron Arndt, Chris Allen and Richard Hinton. Arndt will anchor the backfield from his goalkeeper position after posting a .783 save percentage (fourth in the SCAC) and six shutouts (second in the SCAC). Allen, who was named third team All-SCAC, added a goal and two assists from his midfield position. Hinton scored six goals, and tallied six assists (sixth in the SCAC) for a total of 18 points (ninth in the SCAC) from his forward position. With returning experience and 11 talented newcomers, the Colonels are primed to make a run at the school’s first NCAA tournament berth since 1999. Horst Richardson returns for his 44th season and third in the SCAC as the head coach of Colorado College. Richardson is just four wins shy of the 500th for his storied career. The Tigers are determined to make an appearance in the NCAA tournament but know they must improve in the month of November where Colorado College is just 8-7-1 over the past seven seasons. Fortunately, the Tigers appear to have all the tools necessary to maintain a consistent effort throughout the year. Colorado has seven seniors to provide leadership, eight of its top 11 point producers from a year ago and a goaltender who ranked among the Division III leaders in both goals-against average and saves percentage. Expectations are high at the base of Pikes Peak and the Tigers have their eyes set on a berth in the 2009 NCAA tournament. Things could not have been any tighter last year for first-year head coach Brad Hauter of DePauw University. The Indiana Tigers tied six games and competed in nine others that were decided by one goal. DePauw returns a slew of experience, including 15 letterwinners and eight starters. Included among those eight starters is the entire defensive backline that ranked 21st nationally in goals against average. To complement a veteran backline, the Tigers also return the 2008 SCAC Defensive Player of the Year in Ted Jacobi. The senior goalkeeper was in goal for all but 45 minutes in 2008 and posted a 0.63 goals against average (second in the SCAC), which ranked 24th in the nation. His .878 saves percentage (second in the SCAC) was seventh in Division III and he recorded a league-best nine shutouts. If DePauw can find a way to shore up its offensive output; Coach Hauter’s Tigers will be fighting to find a spot back in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2000. There is a strong sense of excitement in Jackson, Mississippi this season as Millsaps College returns eight starters from a team that won more games in conference play than any other Majors’ team since 1996. Coach Lee Johnson enters his seventh year at the helm and invites thirteen newcomers to the program. Offensively, the Majors set school records for goals scored (51), assists (34) and total points (136) in 2008. Coach Johnson will have to find an answer early on for replacing second team All-SCAC and third team All- South Central Region forward Anthony Amaya, who provided much of that offensive firepower a year ago. With the pieces assembled, Millsaps has reason to believe that this is the year the program can snap its 12- year losing streak, which dates to 1996. The winningest coach in school history, Andy Marcinko returns for his 19th season at Rhodes College. The Lynx will return nineteen players (seven starters) and welcome fourteen new faces to Memphis this year.