Women's Soccer 10/30/2026 4:12:00 PM Flavia Ramirez

Trevecca Women's Soccer | No. 8 Trojans Face No. 1 Montevallo in GSC Quarterfinal

NASHVILLE - Trevecca Nazarene University women's soccer makes its Gulf South Conference Championship debut Sunday, Nov. 1, facing top-seeded Montevallo at 1 p.m. CT at Varsity Soccer Field in Montevallo, Ala.

The No. 8 seed Trojans enter 7-5-4 after Tuesday's 4-0 win over Valdosta State secured the program's first winning season since 2022. In Matheus Mello's second season, Trevecca added three wins, scored 12 more goals and doubled its assist total from 2025.

Trevecca finished GSC play 4-4-3 with 15 points in the program's third season in the league.

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SERIES HISTORY AND THE SEPTEMBER MEETING

Montevallo leads the series 4-0-2. Trevecca is 0-2-1 in each city.

DATE	SITE	TNU RESULT
Sept. 5, 2019	Montevallo, Ala.	T 0-0
Feb. 6, 2021	Nashville	L 0-3
Sept. 2, 2023	Nashville	L 1-4
Oct. 19, 2024	Montevallo, Ala.	L 0-3
Oct. 18, 2025	Nashville	T 1-1
Sept. 12, 2026	Montevallo, Ala.	L 0-5

The Falcons won the Sept. 12 GSC opener 5-0, outshooting Trevecca 22-2. Lainey Farabaugh scored twice; Ayla Ertekin added a goal and an assist. Karsyn Ross and Hannah Payne also scored. Penelope Charroin made six saves, and Elsa Bengtsson supplied TNU's only shot on goal.

MONTEVALLO ENTERS WITH SEVEN STRAIGHT WINS

The Falcons closed the regular season 14-2-1 after Wednesday's 1-0 win over then-No. 5 Columbus State, their first victory in that series. Ross scored in the eighth minute. Montevallo won the GSC regular-season title at 9-1-1 with 28 points and enters the tournament on a seven-match winning streak.

Montevallo ranks second in NCAA Division II in scoring at 3.29 goals per match and points per match at 9.41. Farabaugh leads the GSC with 13 goals and 34 points, the latter ranking ninth nationally. Ertekin adds 11 goals, six assists and five game-winners. Ross has six goals and a league-high nine assists. The Falcons have outscored opponents 56-17.

GROWTH IN MELLO'S SECOND SEASON

The Trojans improved from a tie for 10th in the 2025 GSC standings to the eight-team postseason field. Picked 10th again this preseason, Trevecca doubled its conference wins and increased its scoring across the same 16-match regular-season length.

CATEGORY	2025	2026
Overall record	4-7-5	7-5-4
GSC record	2-5-5	4-4-3
Goals	18	30
Assists	15	30
Shot accuracy	41.6%	55.7%
Road wins	1	4

Trevecca puts 55.7% of its shots on goal, first in the GSC and 13th in Division II. The Trojans also rank 26th nationally in assists per match (1.88), 32nd in total assists and 47th in points per match (5.63). Their four road wins came at Kentucky Wesleyan, UAH, Christian Brothers and Tusculum.

THE SEASON'S KEY RESULTS

Wins over Illinois Springfield, Kentucky Wesleyan and UAH preceded the Sept. 23 breakthrough against then-No. 9 Lee. Kate Purvis scored at 89:19 from Cristina Escudero's assist for a 1-0 victory, Trevecca's first win in a series dating to 2000. Charroin made eight saves. Wins at CBU, 3-0, and Tusculum, 3-1, completed a three-match winning streak. TNU appeared at No. 10 in the Sept. 29 United Soccer Coaches South Region poll.

Anna Farrell and Bengtsson each scored twice and added an assist in the last-second 5-4 loss to Delta State. The Trojans erased a 2-0 deficit at Union with Katie Fuller's first collegiate goal and a late own goal, matching their comeback draw against Lincoln Memorial in the opener. Bengtsson's goal at 81:11 against West Alabama secured the point that, combined with other league results, clinched Trevecca's first GSC berth.

The regular-season finale delivered Trevecca's first win over Valdosta State. Freshman Olivia Perroni scored her first two collegiate goals, with assists from Riley Kate Collins and Isabella Mawson, who made her Trevecca debut. Kate Nelson added her first goal of the season from Evvy Hainline before Bengtsson scored from Kylie Bradshaw. Mary Bauchou made two saves for her first solo shutout.

THE PLAYERS AND HONORS

Farrell and Bengtsson share the scoring lead with six goals and 16 points each. Farrell doubled her 2025 goals and points. Both players tie for seventh on the NCAA-era season points list, and they give Trevecca its first pair of 16-point scorers since Katelyn Keogh and Abbigail Legg in 2021.

Bradshaw's three goals are the first of her collegiate career, and two are game-winners. She shares the assists lead with Farrell and Bengtsson at four and has 10 points after entering the season with one career point. Kayelee Maners has a Trevecca season-best seven points. Anny Mitra's three assists all came in GSC play, including two against Delta State.

Fourteen Trojans have scored, including Anna Allen with her first two collegiate goals. Addison Brandon leads TNU freshmen with two assists.

Bengtsson earned Tennessee Sports Writers Association Player of the Week on Sept. 9 after two goals and two assists against Kentucky Wesleyan and Thomas More. Dani Witsman and Charroin earned GSC Defender of the Week and Goalkeeper of the Week, respectively, on Sept. 29 following the Lee and CBU shutouts. Charroin made 13 saves across those two wins.

Charroin has 56 saves and two solo shutouts; Bauchou has three wins, 25 saves and a 1.45 goals-against average. Their shared Illinois Springfield shutout brings the team total to four. Bengtsson, Emma Burnham and Olivia Ulfvin also earned spots on the preseason GSC Newcomers Watch List.

RECORDS AND THE NEXT MARKS

Trevecca's 30 assists are its most since 2015 and third-most in the NCAA era, behind 2015 (41) and 2012 (31). The next benchmarks below use NCAA-era comparisons; career totals cover Trevecca only. G denotes goals, A assists and PT points.

PLAYER / TEAM	CURRENT	NEXT MARK
Trevecca	30 season A	One to 31; ties 2012 for 2nd in the NCAA era.
Bengtsson / Farrell	16 season PT each	One to 17; matches Russom (2016).
Bengtsson / Farrell	6 season G each	Two to 8; last reached by Schlosser in 2018.
Anna Farrell	31 career PT	One goal reaches 33, matching Dyer.
Farrell / Maners	7 career A each	One to 8; matches Ogorodnik / Black.

THE GSC BRACKET

The top four seeds host Sunday's quarterfinals. Trevecca seeks its first GSC tournament win against a Montevallo team that finished two points ahead of second-seeded Lee.

ROAD	HOME
8 Trevecca	1 Montevallo
7 Spring Hill	2 Lee
6 UAH	3 Union
5 Valdosta State	4 Delta State

A win at Montevallo sends Trevecca to the 3 p.m. Central semifinal Friday, Nov. 6, against the Delta State-Valdosta State winner. The semifinals and the noon Nov. 8 final take place at the Loretta P. Spencer Sports Complex Championship Field in Huntsville, Ala. Lee-Spring Hill and Union-UAH feed the other semifinal.

FloCollege streams every GSC tournament match with a subscription. Quarterfinal tickets come through the host school; Montevallo's ticket page provides purchasing information.

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