Gents Face Texas Lutheran on Road In Regular-Season Finale
The Centenary men's soccer team will play its final match of the regular season on Saturday as the Gents face the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contest set for 2:30 p.m. at Gustafson Field.
Seguin, Texas - The Centenary men's soccer team will play its final match of the regular season on Saturday as the Gents face the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contest set for 2:30 p.m. at Gustafson Field.
Live stats and live video are available for the match at the links below:
Stats: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/tlu/index.htm
Video: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/tlu/index.htm
The Gents (3-4-1, 3-3 SCAC) defeated Schreiner, 2-0, last Saturday at home on Senior Day. The Bulldogs defeated Colorado College, 3-2, at home last Sunday and are 4-3 (4-3 SCAC) this season.
Centenary, playing at home last Saturday 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 sixth in the conference standings while the Bulldogs are fifth, and both teams have clinched berths in next weekend's SCAC Championship, which Centenary will host April 23-25 at Mayo Field.
Gents' junior goalkeeper Sami Borchalli (Lafayette, La.) recorded his second shutout of the season in the win over Schreiner and seventh of his career as he played all 90 minutes on Saturday and recorded six saves. He was named the SCAC Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, earning the honor for the first time in his career. Borchalli ranks first in the league in shutouts, third in saves, and fourth in both goals against average and save percentage.
Centenary, which took 30 total shots in the match, kept Schreiner GK Cody Smith on alert all afternoon long as he made 10 saves and allowed both goals. The Gents' stingy defense limited the Mountaineers to just eight shots on the day. Schreiner also did not attempt a corner kick while the Gents took 12.
Following a scoreless first period, junior D Diego Hernandez (Carrollton, Texas) broke the ice with a goal, his first career score, just four minutes into the second half following a corner kick to give the Gents a 1-0 advantage with the assist credited to sophomore MF Jaron Petreas (Denton, Texas). Centenary's defense held the Mountaineers down for the next 25 minutes and then Petreas was fouled inside the box and was awarded a penalty kick. He proceeded to nail the opportunity for his team-best third goal of the season, giving the Gents a 2-0 lead in the 77th minute.
Petreas is tied for fifth in the SCAC in goals and tied for eighth in points and fellow sophomore MF Andres Bautista (Houston, Texas) is second in shots, tied for seventh in assists, tied for eighth in goals, and tied for 10th in points. Bautista has two goals, two assists, and six points this season.
A link to the Gents' complete schedule can be found here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/msoc/2020-21/schedule.
Live stats and live video are available for all home matches.
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