Lacrosse Season Ends With Loss to Southwestern In SCAC Semifinals

Colorado Springs, Colo. – The No. 3 seed Centenary lacrosse team fell, 28-4, to the  No. 2 seed Southwestern Pirates in the semifinals of the 2021 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship on Friday night at Stewart Field.

The Gents finish their season with a 2-10 record while Southwestern improved to 7-4. Centenary, making its postseason debut, received a goal from freshman midfielder Jordan Cook (Bryant, Ark.) and three from sophomore A John Mark Waniewski (Bossier City, La.). Cook's goal was his team-high 15th as he put the finishing touches on a fantastic freshman campaign. Waniewski finished just behind Cook with 13 goals on the season, tied with teammate, sophomore A Mark Temple (Houston, Texas). 

Centenary finished its regular season with a flourish last Saturday as the Maroon and White scored a program record number of goals in an impressive 18-8 rout of the Dallas Crusaders on the road. Centenary completed a season sweep over Dallas after previously defeating the Crusaders at home, 7-4, on March 7.

Centenary goalkeeper Thomas Siskron (Shreveport) played all 60 minutes and collected 17 saves. Siskron finished the season with an impressive 193 saves and 314 for his career. 

The Gents swept the SCAC's weekly honors on earlier in the week as Cook was named the Offensive Player of the Week while Siskron was named the Defensive Player of the Week, as each earned the award for the for the first time in their careers. Siskron ranks second in the conference in saves per game and 10^th in save percentage during the regular season.

The official championship web site can be found here: https://scacsports.com/tournament/spring/mlax/21championships/index

A link to the Gents' complete schedule can be found here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/mlax/2020-21/schedule

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