Shreveport – The Centenary lacrosse team fell 22-7 to the Hendrix College Warriors on Tuesday night in a non-conference contest at Mayo Field.
The Gents (0-3) were playing their third home game in 11 days after opening the season on Feb. 5 versus Cornell, a 16-10 loss, and then dropped a 15-14 decision to Huntingdon on Sunday. The Warriors improved to 1-1 on the season with Tuesday's win.
Hendrix led 7-1 after the first quarter and 11-2 at halftime. The Warriors outscored the Gents 4-2 in a low-scoring third quarter and then finished with a 7-3 advantage in the fourth quarter for an 11-5 margin in the second half.
Centenary junior A John Mark Waniewski (Bossier City, La.) scored the Gents' first goal of the game at the 9:02 mark of the first quarter off an assist from freshman A G'Colby Spivey (Dallas, Texas). Freshman A Braxton Parchman (Shreveport, La.) scored the Gents' second goal with the assist credited to fellow freshman MF Marc Mackey (Houston, Texas).
Parchman and Mackey each have five goals this season and Parchman is the team leader in assists with five. Comi has scored four times and Waniewski twice.
The Gents started fast after halftime, scoring a pair of goals in the first five minutes as Spivey found the net for an unassisted goal, his fourth of the season, at the 13:16 mark and junior M/F Kyle Comi (Allen, Texas) followed three minutes later with an unassisted goal of his own. Sophomore midfielder Jordan Cook (Bryant, Ark.) scored all three Centenary goals in the fourth quarter, with all three unassisted. Cook now has five multi-goal performances in his young career and has a team-leading nine goals this season. Cook is also the team leader with 11 points as she has recorded a pair of assists.
Nick Quarles led the Warriors with seven goals, Spencer Dorfneilsen scored four, and Alec Davis and Brandon Barnes each scored three. Ethan Austin and Patrick Richard each scored a pair and Maximus LaMendola scored one. Dorfneilsen, Davis, and LaMendola each recorded two assists and six other Warriors tallied one each.
Freshman GK Jason Turner (Bossier City, La.) made his first collegiate start in goal and played the first 16:27 and allowed eight goals but also made eight saves. Fellow freshman GK Alex Nicks-Davis (Nashville, Tenn.) replaced Turner and logged 39:46 of playing time as he allowed 12 goals and recorded 13 saves. Centenary used a third goalie for the final 3:47 as freshman Dylan Miller (Shreveport, La.) allowed a pair of late goals.
The Warriors also played multiple GK's as Ian Domeika started and played the first three quarters and allowed four goals and made four saves. Tyson Montoyo replaced him and played the fourth quarter, making four saves and allowing all three of Cook's goals.
Centenary finished with 21 saves to the Warriors' eight, Hendrix recorded 42 ground balls in the game and Centenary had 28. The Warriors ended with a 59-27 edge in shots and each team was 9-11 on clears. Hendrix won 20 face offs while Centenary won 13. Sophomore D Matthew Lulich (New Orleans, La.) and junior D Ethan Little (Tyler, Texas) each had a team-high four ground balls and Comi, Mackey, sophomore LSM Ben Vazquez (San Antonio, Texas), junior D Chris Dant (Bossier City, La.), and freshman D Barrett Stewart (Boerne, Texas) each had three. Freshman D Kaleb Coates (Shreveport, La.) had two ground balls. Lulich had a team-high three caused turnovers and Spivey had two. Cook and Waniewski each took a team-high seven shots while Mackey took five and Comi four.
The Gents are back home this weekend to face the Southwestern University Pirates on Sunday afternoon in Heartland Collegiate Lacrosse Conference (HCLC) game set for 1 p.m. at Mayo Field.
See the Gents' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/mlax/2021-22/schedule
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