Montgomery, Ala. - The Centenary lacrosse team returns to action this weekend for a pair of non-conference road games, beginning with a matchup against the Huntingdon College Hawks on Friday at 7 p.m. at Charles Lee Field at Samford Stadium.
Live stats and live video are available for the contest at the links below:
Stats: https://www.huntingdonhawks.com/sports/mlax/2022-23/boxscores/20230224_t37r.xml
Video: https://boxcast.tv/view/mlax-v-centenary-nspnhswrhxvczugvhmxn
The Gents (0-2) fell in their home opener to Cornell College by a score of 12-8 back on Feb. 11 following a 22-3 loss at Hendrix in their season opener on Feb. 8. The Hawks are 1-1 this season and lost 21-8 at Birmingham-Southern on Feb. 14 in their most recent action.
The Gents and Hawks split the season series last year, with Huntingdon winning 15-14 in Shreveport and the Maroon and White returning the favor on the Hawks' home field with a 16-12 victory on April 13.
Centenary led 3-1 after the first quarter in its home opener against Cornell, but the Rams responded with a 4-1 edge in the second period to take a 5-4 halftime lead. The visitors then outscored the Gents 7-4 after the half to secure the win.
Centenary finished with a 34-32 edge in shots, Cornell had 43 ground balls to the Gents' 38, and of the 23 face offs, Cornell finished with a slight (12-11) advantage. The Rams turned the ball over 23 times and the Gents 19 while the visitors were whistled for 10 penalties and the Gents seven.
Senior John Mark Waniewski (Bossier City, La.) led the Gents with five goals as he finished just two goals shy of his single-game career high of seven and recorded his fifth multi-goal performance in the last two seasons. He found the net five times in the 11 shots he took. He was subsequently named the "Athlete of the Week" by The Heartland Collegiate Lacrosse Conference (HCLC) following that impressive effort against the Rams.
Sophomore A G'Colby Spivey (Dallas, Texas) added a pair of goals and senior A/MF Mark Temple (Houston, Texas) scored one. Freshman A Liam Johns (Shreveport, La.) tallied three assists, sophomore A Braxton Parchman (Shreveport, La.) had two, and freshman MF Dominic Ogier (St. Louis, Mo.) and Temple each had one. Spivey now has three goals on the season after scoring a pair in Gents' opener at Hendrix and Temple has two.
Sophomore GK Alex Nicks-Davis (Nashville, Tenn.) started and played the first half and then sophomore GK Jason Turner (Bossier City, La.) came in for the second half. Cornell GK Thomas Cook went the distance and made 17 saves. Nicks-Davis made eight saves with two ground balls in his 30 minutes and Turner collected five saves. Freshman MF Seven Davillier (Shreveport, La.) led the Gents in ground balls with six and junior M/A Kyle Comi (Allen, Texas) and junior D Matthew Lulich (New Orleans, La.) each had five ground balls.
Senior D Chris Dant (Bossier City, La.), freshman FO Chris Masterson (Zachary, La.), and junior LSM Jackson Ossman (Shreveport, La.) each had four GB's. and Ogier had three. Dant had a team-leading three caused turnovers.
The Gents have scored 11 goals and tallied seven assists in theirs first two games this season. Four players have scored at least one goal and four have tallied at least one assist. The Hawks have scored 33 goals and recorded 14 assists so far this season.
Centenary completes the weekend with a contest against the LaGrange College Panthers on Sunday, Feb. 26 at Noon in LaGrange, Ga.
See the complete Gents' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/mlax/2022-23/schedule
Admission is FREE to all Centenary home athletic contests. Live stats and live video stream are available for all Centenary home contests.
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