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Quick Notes 
 • Trinity International's 2015 postseason run continues, when they host the CCAC Tournament Semifinal match against the 8th-seeded Judson Eagles. TIU earned the No. 4 seed after posted an 8-2-2 record in conference play.
 • Tuesday's match will be streamed live online, at TIUTrojans.com.
 • The Trojans are unbeaten in their last eight matches, their longest such streak this season. TIU has won their last five contests, outscoring their opponents by a combined 22-4.
 • The Trinity offense ranks 4th in the CCAC with 2.61 goals scored per game, while Judson has averaged 1.17 goals each game, 10th-most in the conference.
 • Defensively, the Trojans hold a 0.95 goals against average to rank 4th in the CCAC. Judson sits 8th, with a 1.66 goals against average.
 • Trinity is coming off three straight seasons with 13 or more wins, and two consecutive appearances in the NAIA Women's Soccer Championship. They last won the CCAC Tournament in 2013, when they started the postseason as the No. 5 seed. Tuesday marks their third straight semifinal appearance, and their sixth in the last eight years.

Last Time Out    
 • The Trojans knocked out the 5th-seeded St. Francis Saints with a 4-3 win in the CCAC Quarterfinals, Friday afternoon at Schartner Field.
 • Senior forward Samantha Yasatan recorded her fourth career hat trick, scoring in the 18th, 25th, and 90th minutes, the last of which ultimately being the game-winning goal over the Saints.
 • The win marks the second straight season TIU has knocked St. Francis out of the CCAC Tourney.

In the Polls    
 • The Trojans are currently unranked, but Trinity earned its highest ranking in eight years, coming in at No. 17 in the NAIA Women's Soccer Preseason Coaches Top 25 Poll last month.
 • Trinity improved six spots from their No. 23 ranking in the final 2014 poll, and have earned the program's highest ranking since the 2007 preseason poll, when the Trojans were selected No. 14. That season, TIU finished with an 11-8-2 overall record, reaching the NCCAA North Central Regional Final.
 • TIU's appearance in the preseason poll also marks the fourth straight season that the Trojans have been nationally ranked at some point during the year.
 • TIU has been ranked in the Preseason Poll eight times in program history, since the poll began in 1999. (2000-2002, 2007, 2012-15)
 • Currently, the Trojans are ranked 8th in the NCCAA National Rankings, after not earning a vote in last week's poll.

Last Meeting with Judson
 • A first-half penalty gave Trinity International an early lead, but two unanswered goals, including one in the closing minutes, pushed the visiting Judson Eagles in front 2-1 on October 7.
 • The Trojans out-shot the Eagles by a 16-6 margin in the match, including a 11-2 margin in the first half alone. Kelsey Gill gave her team the 1-0 advantage in the 7th minute, after the Judson defense was whistled for a foul inside the box. Despite taking just two shots before the halftime break, Judson found the equalizer in the 39th minute, when JU's Hannah Condit fired a shot past the keeper for the goal.
 • Trinity again had the majority of chances in the second half, with five shots and a pair of opportunities off of corner kicks. In the 82nd minute however, Judson's Margaret Rivera attempted to time Condit's pass up the middle, getting an open shot to put away the game-winner.

Scouting the Opponents
Judson
 • The Eagles upset the CCAC regular season champions St. Ambrose in the conference quarterfinal, drawing with the Bees 0-0 before advancing in a shootout, 6-5.
 • Judson's offensive attack generates 13.06 shots per match, the 10th-highest average in the CCAC.
 • Margaret Rivera leads the Eagles with six goals on the year, while Hannah Condit has pitched in with five goals of her own.
 • Goalkeeper Eloisa Borreguero ranks 3rd in the CCAC, with a .825 save percentage, and has a goals-against average of 1.53, good for 7th in the league.
 • Trinity holds an 8-4-2 mark against Judson dating back to 2007, with the Eagles snapping Trinity's three-match unbeaten streak with the win over TIU earlier this year.

Champions of Character
 • Last season, Trinity International earned the Karl Boeck Conference Champions of Character Award for the fourth consecutive year. The Trojans have gone six straight seasons without a single red card; in 2014, TIU was charged with two yellow cards over 20 matches, for the lowest per-match average in the CCAC.
 • This season, the Trojans have still not earned a single red card, and have just one yellow over 17 matches.

Player of the Week
 • Four times this year, Trojans have been selected as CCAC Offensive or Defensive Players of the Week.
 • On Tuesday, TIU earned their first sweep of the weekly conference award, as Samantha Yasatan and McKenzie Chappell were both selected.
 • Sophmore defender Michelle Ortiz has twice been named CCAC Defensive Player of the Week this year (Sept. 29; Oct. 27).
 • Yasatan now has won the CCAC Offensive Player of the Week honor six times during her career, but Tuesday marked the first time in 2015 that she earned the award.
 • Chappell was also named the NCCAA National Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday, the first national honor for Trinity this season.

CoSIDA Honoree
 • Midfielder Gina Collesano became the second women's soccer player from Trinity to earn a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team last week.
 • A senior studying Biology/Pre-Med at TIU, Collesano was one of just three players from the CCAC to be selected.
 • Collesano is also a two-time CCAC All-Academic Team member, and last year was named an NAIA and NCCAA Scholar-Athlete.

Player Notes
 • After recording only three goals in the season's first ten matches, Samantha Yasatan has returned to form, scoring eight times in the last five matches. The senior has 12 goals this season, good for 6th on the CCAC leaderboard.
 • Senior Morgan Elzinga is the team leader in shots and points at this point in the season. Elzinga is tied for 7th in the CCAC with 11 goals on the year.
 • Elzinga also ranks 7th in the league with 27 total points, and 1.50 points per game.
 • Freshman Jillian Kolster leads the Trojans with seven assists, and is tied for 3rd among conference leaders.
 • Freshman McKenzie Chappell has started the last 16 of 18 matches for the Trojans in goal, and has a 0.99 goals against average, with 16 goals allowed. Chappell ranks 4th in the CCAC, and 50th nationally in the NAIA in goals against average, and is 8th in the league with a .746 save percentage.

Up Next
 • With a victory over the Eagles, Trinity International will wait the results of the semifinal match between Olivet Nazarene and Robert Morris. The CCAC Tournament final is set for Friday, November 13, and depending on the results of the ONU-RMU match, will be played either in Arlington Heights, Ill or Bourbonnais, Ill.