Marshall, Texas – The Centenary men's soccer team returns will play its third-straight match away from home on Thursday evening as the Gents will face the East Texas Baptist University Tigers in a non-conference contest set for 7 p.m. at Cornish Soccer Field.
Live stats and live video are available for the match at the links below:
Stats: https://goetbutigers.com/sidearmstats/msoc/summary
Video: https://goetbutigers.com/watch/live
The Gents (2-3-1) aim to snap a two-game losing streak after falling in both of their matches last weekend in the BSC Fall Classic hosted by Birmingham-Southern College, 4-0 to the host Panthers on Saturday and 2-0 on Sunday against Berry College. The Tigers (1-2-3) split a pair of road matches last weekend as they fell 5-0 at Southwestern on Friday and rebounded with a 2-0 win over Schreiner on Sunday.
Centenary and ETBU have met seven times previously and the Gents lead the all-time series 3-2-2. The Gents and Tigers finished in a scoreless tie last season at Mayo Field. The Tigers are 0-1-2 at home this season while the Gents are 0-3 on the road.
Gents' junior GK Casey Clemo (Forney, Texas) enters Thursday's action ranked third in the conference in saves (19) and fifth in GAA (goals against average) at 1.82. Clemo earned a shutout in the Gents' 2-0 win over Mississippi University for Women at home on Sept. 8. He has played all 90 minutes in four-straight matches and recorded 14 saves in the two matches over the weekend including a season-high nine against Birmingham-Southern.
Junior F Ron Masti (Houston, Texas) leads the Gents with a pair of goals this season and is also the team leader in points with four. Six Gents have each scored one goal and three of those players - senior MF Colton Howard (Keller, Texas), senior F Rene Escobar (Cypress, Texas), and senior F/MF Michael Smith (Baton Rouge, La.) have both a goal and an assist this season.
The Gents will return home on Saturday to face Howard Payne University in a non-conference contest set for 11 a.m.
See the complete Gents' schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/msoc/2023-24/schedule
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