PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill. --- The TIU women's soccer team visited the 20th-ranked Troll of Trinity Christian College on Wednesday afternoon in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) play at Shaaf Field. Coming off a 3-0 shutout of Saint Xavier over the weekend, TIU looked to string together consecutive wins for the first time this season against their conference rival.

Trinity Christian got out to a fast start as Demi Scibetta snuck her first shot behind Trojan goalkeeper Sarah Davis to put the Trolls up 1-0 just 34 seconds into the match. Just three minutes later, Brianna Uhl would find the back of the net to extend the Trolls lead to two. Katie Drenth would tack on her name in the books after heading one more in the 13th minute. Brianna Uhl would find another in the 30th minute, this would be Selah Hopkins's third assist in the half. The Trojans would be held without a first half shot as they entered halftime trailing 4-0.

Despite rain in the second half adding challenges for the speed of play, the Trojans would crack the scoreboard as Payton Siragusa would put a shot away to give TIU their first goal in the 53rd minute. However, TIU would not be able to get back into the match as Caitlin Bergsma would put TCC's fifth and final goal in the nets in the 69th minute, moving the Trolls to 6-0 in conference play, handing the Trojans the 5-1 loss. 

ADDITIONAL GAME NOTES

• TIU falls to 7-11-4 all-time against the Trolls with today's loss. The Trojans had won last year's regular season match in Deerfield before falling to TCC in the CCAC Tournament quarterfinals.

• Trinity Christian is the only team the Trojans have faced this season thus far that is ranked in the NAIA top 25 poll.

• TCC outshot TIU 22-2 in the match, including 11-1 on goal.

• Payton Siragusa's goal in the 69th minute was the first of her collegiate career. Her score was TIU's only shot taken on goal in the match.

• Sarah Davis' six saves are the second most recorded in a game this season. Davis notched seven saves in last Saturday's shutout win over Saint Xavier.

UP NEXT

The Trojans (2-4-0) will return to action on Saturday, March 20 as they host  the Indiana University-Northwest Redhawks in conference play on senior day.. Kick off is scheduled for 1:00pm CT at the Waukegan Sports Park in Waukegan, and can be watched online LIVE on the Trojan Sports Network.

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Trinity International University is a comprehensive, national university affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church of America and located in Bannockburn, Illinois, 25 miles north of Chicago. TIU educates men and women to engage in God's redemptive work in the world by cultivating academic excellence, Christian faithfulness and lifelong learning.