Pirate Men's Soccer News 2012

April 15, 2013
Men's Soccer Spring Play Date
GEORGETOWN, Texas - The Southwestern Men's Soccer team will face the semi-pro Austin Aztex at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 19th on the Maple Street fields for their only play date of the spring season. Several youth soccer organizations will be invited to catch the action as the Aztex promote their upcoming summer season.

January 22, 2013
SCAC Has 338 Student-Athletes Earn Academic Honor Roll Honors
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) announced its Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll today for the 2012 fall term and 338 student-athletes made the list. Since its inception in 1997, 20,600 male and female student-athletes have been recognized for their contributions in the classroom.

December 19, 2012
NSCAA Names Perkins to Scholar All-America Team
KANSAS CITY, Kansas - Senior Evan Perkins earned a Third Team Scholar All-America selection for his performance on the field and in the classroom.

December 12, 2012
Perkins Named to NSCAA Second Team All-West Region
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Southwestern senior forward Evan Perkins earned yet another award for his outstanding play his final season, this time earning his second consecutive spot on the NSCAA All-West Region team. Complete NSCAA Men's All-West Region Team

November 28, 2012
SCAC Announces 2012 Fall All-Sportsmanship Team
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) today announced its fifth annual fall All-Sportsmanship teams. A total of 30 players were selected to the 2012 squad in the sports of men’s & women’s cross country, football, men’s soccer, women’s soccer and volleyball.

November 14, 2012
Perkins Highlights Southwestern All-SCAC Awards
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - In exclusive voting by the league’s head men’s soccer coaches, Matt Fechter of Colorado College and Evan Perkins of Southwestern University were selected SCAC Offensive Co-Players-of-the-Year while Nick Lammers of Colorado College was voted SCAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year.

November 7, 2012
Five Pirates Earn SCAC All-Tournament Team Honors
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - After advancing to the SCAC Conference Tournament Finals the Southwestern men's soccer team placed five players on the All-Tournament Team.

November 6, 2012
Perkins Announced as Capital One Academic All-District First Team Selection
The 2012 Capital One Academic All-District ® Men's Soccer Teams, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, have been released to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.

November 4, 2012
Pirates Fall in Championship Match
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - After a scoreless first period, Trinity University finally found the net twice in the second half to earn a hard-fought 2-0 win over Southwestern University in the champinoship match of the 2012 SCAC Men's Soccer Tournament Sunday afternoon on the campus of Trinity.

November 1, 2012
Men’s Soccer Squares-Off with Centenary in Opening Round of Post Season
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Centenary will be the focus of the Southwestern men’s soccer team as they kick-off post season play at the SCAC Men’s Soccer Championship. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m. on Friday evening.

October 28, 2012
Men's Soccer Ends Regular Season with 2-0 Win
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - After a big tie on Wednesday night, the Southwestern men's soccer team closed out the regular season with a 2-0 win over UC Santa Cruz.

October 24, 2012
Pirates Close SCAC Action with Double Overtime Tie at #1 Trinity
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Southwestern men's soccer closed out the SCAC regular season with a 2-2 tie in double overtime against #1 Trinity, using a near record-setting performance from Daniel Poole in goal to get the job done.

October 21, 2012
Hard Fought Battle Falls Away From Pirates
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The scoreboard did not reflect the effort put forth by the Southwestern Men's Soccer team as they dropped a 4-0 match to Colorado College on Sunday afternoon.

October 19, 2012
Perkins Paces Pirates to Conference Win
IRVING, Texas - Evan Perkins scored two goals and assisted on the third to lead the Pirates to a 3-0 win over the University of Dallas Friday

October 16, 2012
Poole Selected as SCAC Defensive Player-of-the-Week
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Daniel Poole, a junior goal keeper fromShreveport, La., has been selected as the SCAC Men's Soccer DefensivePlayer-of-the-Week for matches played from Monday, October 8 through Sunday, October 14.

October 14, 2012
Men’s Soccer Completes Weekend Sweep on Senior Day
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Five seniors celebrated their final home game with a 2-0 win over Austin College on Sunday afternoon.

October 12, 2012
Pirates Crush Gents to Open Second Half of SCAC Season
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Southwestern’s unselfish play paid off in spades as the Pirates defeated Centenary College on Friday evening 6-0. Evan Perkins paced the scoring with a first half hat trick.

October 6, 2012
Pirates Battle #1 Tigers in Nighttime Showdown
GEORGETOWN, Texas - It was a brisk night on the pitch at Southwestern but that didn't stop the fans from coming out in droves for the dual between Southwestern and #1 Trinity. SU played well but was bested by the Tigers 2-0.

October 5, 2012
Perkins Selected as SCAC Character & Community Recipient
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Evan Perkins, a senior from Keller, Texas, has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending September 30, 2012. Recipient

October 4, 2012
Men's Soccer Supports 'The Locker'
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Saturday's men's soccer match between Trinity and Southwestern will be more than just a rivalry game, it will be an opportunity for fans to support The Locker.

October 2, 2012
Total Team Effort Leads to Pirate Win
GEORGETOWN, Texas - It took a complete team effort for the Pirates to win on Tuesday night and that is just what they gave as SU defeated Concordia 2-1.

September 30, 2012
Strong Half Launches Pirates to Victory
SHREVEPORT, La. - Two goals, bookending the first half, were enough to give Southwestern a 2-1 win over Centenary College to improve to 7-5 on the season and 2-2 in the SCAC.

September 28, 2012
Second Half Trips Up Pirates
SHERMAN, Texas – Austin College scored three goals in the second half to hand Southwestern a 3-0 loss in SCAC conference action on Friday night.

September 23, 2012
Pirates Snag First Conference and Home Win
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Two second half goals handed the Pirates their first SCAC conference and home win of the season as SU defeated the University of Dallas 2-1 on Sunday afternoon while controlling the entire match.

September 22, 2012
Pirates Drop Game To Colorado College
Georgetown, Texas - The Southwestern University Men’s Soccer team dropped a game on Friday September 21, 2013 to conference foe Colorado College 4-0. The Tigers came out strong with a three goal first period with scoring Sean Parham, Matt Fetcher, and Andrew Salazar.

September 18, 2012
Pirates Enter Regional Rankings After Weekend Wins
KANSAS CITY, Kansas - The National Soccer Coaches Association of America released their most recent regional rankings on Tuesday and Southwestern University entered the poll at #7 after defeating Redlands and Whittier over the weekend.

September 16, 2012
Men’s Soccer Completes Sweep of California
REDLANDS, Calif. - With a 2-1 win over Redlands College on Sunday afternoon the Pirate Men’s soccer team made it a clean sweep in California this weekend. The win improves SU to 5-3 on the year.

September 14, 2012
Offense Explodes at Whittier
WHITTIER, Calif. - Southwestern took the lead early and never looked back as the offense added more goals to pad the lead while the defense recorded their second shutout of the season as they defeated Whittier 5-0 on Friday night.

September 12, 2012
Lowry/Gelotti to Be Inducted into Southwestern Athletics Hall of Fame
GEORGETOWN, Texas. - On October 6th Southwestern University Athletics Department will induct its 33rd and 34th members of the Hall of Fame, Dr. Carla Lowry and Matt Gelotti.

September 11, 2012
Men’s Soccer Held Scoreless at Home
GEORGETOWN, Texas. - In a hard fought game with a nearly equal shot count the Pirates fell 2-0 to the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor on Tuesday night.

September 9, 2012
Video Interview: Evan Perkins - Men's Soccer
Video Interview with Men's Soccer SCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Week

September 8, 2012
Staten Paces Pirates to Overtime Win
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Ryan Staten had a hand in all three Pirate goals including the game winner, unassisted, in overtime to send Southwestern to a 3-2 win over UT Dallas on Saturday night. The win improves SU to 3-2 on the season.

September 7, 2012
Resnik and Eamma Team-Up to Launch Pirates to Victory
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. - Steven Resnik, assisted by Timothy Eamma, posted two first half goals to give Southwestern men’s soccer at 2-0 victory over Hardin-Simmons University Friday evening. The win improves SU to 2-2 on the year.

September 5, 2012
Perkins Earns SCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Week Honors
SUWANEE, Ga. - Senior Evan Perkins, a senior forward fromKeller, Texas, has been selected as the SCAC Men's Soccer Offensive Player-ofthe-Week for matches played from Monday, August 27 through Sunday,September 2.

September 3, 2012
Pirates Fall in Home Battle with Patriots
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Southwestern fell 2-1 to the University of Texas Tyler in a hard-fought game on a sultry afternoon at home despite largely controlling the second half. They fall to 1-1-1 on the year with the loss while UT Tyler improves to 1-1.

September 1, 2012
Back-and-Forth Battle Ends in a Tie in Home Opener
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Southwestern always had the equalizer just in time to keep from falling to Willamette on Friday night but couldn’t score the go-ahead as they posted a 1-1 tie in their home opener.

August 31, 2012
Perkins’ Record-Setting Four Goals Catapult Pirates to Season Opening Victory
SEGUIN, Texas - Senior Evan Perkins started his senior campaign with a record-setting four goal performance on Friday night, leading the Pirates to a 7-1 victory over Texas Lutheran University.

August 29, 2012
2012 Southwestern Men's Soccer Media Guide
View the SU Men's Soccer 2012 Media Guide!

August 28, 2012
Men’s Soccer Eager to Stake Claim on National Landscape
GEORGETOWN, Texas - With a renewed focus the Southwestern men’s soccer team is set to open the 2012 season and take the national rankings by storm with a deep, relentless team.

August 27, 2012
Munt Announces Four Hires for Pirates
GEORGETOWN, Texas - Four new faces have sprung up in the athletic department on Southwestern University’s campus as the 2012-13 school year opens. Nekisha Quinney (pictured, left) comes on board as the facilities and events coordinator, Kris Ingram (pictured, middle-left) as the assistant baseball coach, Cari Zubke (pictured, middle-right) as a new assistant athletic trainer and Frank Doran (pictured-right) as an assistant coach for men’s soccer overseeing the junior varsity team.