Lawrenceville, Ga. - Centenary junior goalkeeper Sami Borchalli was named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, it was announced by the league office.
Borchalli (Lafayette, La.) recorded his second shutout of the season and seventh of his career as he played all 90 minutes on Saturday in the Gents' 2-0 victory at home over Schreiner and recorded six saves. He has earned the weekly honor for the first time in his career.
The leader of the Gents' stingy defense has 32 saves this season and a stellar 247 in his career and was named Honorable Mention All-SCAC last season. He has played in 38 games in his career with 36 starts. He is the third Gent to be named a SCAC Player of the Week this season after a pair of his teammates, sophomore MF Jaron Petreas (Denton, Texas), and sophomore midfielder Andres Bautista (Houston, Texas) each earned the honor on the offensive side of the ball last month.
The Gents (3-4-1, 3-3 SCAC) snapped a three-game losing streak and clinched a berth in the 2021 SCAC Men's Soccer Championship, which will be held in Shreveport April 23-25, heading into their final regular-season match at Texas Lutheran on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Seguin, Texas.
Centenary, playing at home for the first time in nearly a month after three-straight road matches in conference play, improved to 3-1-1 at Mayo Field this season and is now an impressive 10-4-1 in its last 15 home matches. The Gents posted their second shutout of the season, both coming at home, after previously blanking Dallas 1-0 on March 7. The Maroon and White have now recorded seven shutouts at home over the last two seasons.
The Gents will enter the final regular-season weekend tied for fifth in the conference standings with Texas Lutheran, appropriately their opponent next Saturday. The Bulldogs are 3-3 (3-3 SCAC) and will face Colorado College at home on Sunday.
A link to the Gents' complete schedule can be found here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/msoc/2020-21/schedule.
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