Irving, Texas– The Centenary lacrosse team returns to the field for the first time in nearly a month on Tuesday as the Gents will face the Kalamazoo College Hornets in a non-conference, neutral-site contest at the University of Dallas set for 1 p.m.
Live stats will be available for the game at the link below:
Live Stats: https://hornets.kzoo.edu/sports/mlax/2021-22/boxscores/20220322_sef1.xml
The Gents (0-5) and Hornets (2-4) will meet for the first time. Centenary has not played since a 13-2 loss at Hanover College on Feb. 26. Kalamazoo lost 17-9 at Aurora on Saturday. Tuesday's game will be just Centenary's second road/neutral contest of the season after playing its first four at home.
The Gents took a 2-0 lead three and a half minutes into the game, but Hanover responded with a pair of goals to end the first quarter and then scored four in the second period for a 6-2 lead at halftime. Centenary's defense held Hanover to just one goal in the third quarter but the Panthers then scored six in the final 15 minutes to cruise to the win.
Hanover finished with a 49-26 advantage in shots and had 57 ground balls to the Gents' 36. The Panthers won 16-18 of face-off opportunities while the Gents went 2-18. Hanover was 33-41 on clears and Centenary finished 34-42. Centenary freshman GK Alex Nicks-Davis (Nashville, Tenn.) played all 60 minutes and recorded 11 saves.
Centenary junior A John Mark Waniewski (Bossier City, La.) and sophomore midfielder Jordan Cook (Bryant, Ark.) scored the goals for the Gents and Cook assisted Waniewski's goal. Freshman MF Marc Mackey (Houston, Texas) led the Gents with six shots and freshman A Braxton Parchman (Shreveport, La.) and freshman A G'Colby Spivey (Dallas, Texas) each had four.
Waniewski, Cook, and each took three shots. Junior M/A Kyle Comi (Allen, Texas) led the team in ground balls with six and Mackey, junior D Ethan Little (Tyler, Texas), and sophomore D Matthew Lulich (New Orleans, La.) each had five. Nicks-Davis had four, Parchman had three and Cook and Spivey each had a pair. Mackey and Little each had two caused turnovers. Junior MF Blake Federico (Boerne, Texas) took three shots, had a caused turnover, and one ground ball.
Cook is the team leader in both goals (10) and points (13) and Cook, Parchman, and Spivey are all tied for the team lead in assists with three. Comi, Mackey, Parchman, Spivey, and Waniewski have each scored five goals and Federico and Mackey each have a pair of assists. Parchman and Spivey each have eight points, Mackey has seven, and Comi and Waniewski six.
Cook is currently 10th in the Heartland Collegiate Lacrosse Conference in goals per game (2.00), Lulich ranks fourth in caused turnovers (2.20) per game, and Nicks-Davis is eighth in saves % (.510) and has the third-most saves (78) in the HCLC.
Centenary remains on the road this weekend to face Anderson University on Friday at 6 p.m. in Anderson, Ind.
See the Gents' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/mlax/2021-22/schedule
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