For 42 minutes on Friday afternoon, it appeared that the Colorado College men's soccer was going to pull off an upset of No. 2 Trinity University in a semifinal game of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship and play its way into the NCAA Tournament.

First-year forward Gabe Kellman gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead in the 21st minute, then a little more than 10 minutes later freshman midfielder Vincent Luglio doubled CC's lead with an unassisted goal. 

Luglio became the first Colorado College freshman to score 11 goals since Matt Fechter in 2009, while his 25 points are the most for a Tiger since Max Grossenbacher produced 27 as a senior in 2015.

However, just when a two-goal halftime lead seemed destined to happen, Trinity's Michael Meese struck for a pair of goals in less than a minute to level the score after 45 minutes, and Colorado College was unable to re-claim the momentum.

Meese gave TU its first lead 53rd minute, and after Joseph Kuri made the score 4-0, he added one more to cap his-four-goal performance.

Trinity finished the game with a 15-9 advantage in total shots and an 8-4 edge in corner kicks.

TU earned the SCAC's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament thanks to the University of St. Thomas's 1-0 victory over Southwestern University in the second semifinal. The Celts are ineligible to compete in the national tournament while they complete their transition to Division III.
   
   
Colorado College Standouts
Gabe Kellman and Alexander Ward led the Tigers with three shots.
Keleher Felton finished with one save.
 
Trinity University Standouts
Fraser Burns had a pair of assists.
Juan Carlos Vidales made a pair of saves.
 
Notes
Colorado College slipped to 11-5-1.
Trinity improved to 16-0-1.
 
Next for the Tigers
Colorado College must wait until Monday, Nov. 8, to learn if it will receive an at-large berth to the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship.