Georgetown, Texas - The Centenary men's soccer team suffered a tough loss to Southwestern on Sunday afternoon as the Pirates scored a pair of goals in the final 10 minutes of the match to record a 2-0 victory over the Gents at Varsity Field.
The Gents (3-4-1) and Pirates (5-1-2) battled to a scoreless tie for over 80 minutes until Skyler Frey found the net at the 83:21 mark of the match for a 1-0 lead after scoring off a deflected ball. Frey scored again just over two minutes later for a 2-0 lead and the final margin.
Southwestern finished with a 19-6 edge in shots and a decisive advantage in corner kicks, taking 12 to the Gents' one. The teams combined for 25 fouls and the Pirates were tagged with three yellow cards with just one issued to the Gents.
Senior GK Sami Borchalli (Lafayette, La.) played all 90 minutes and had an impressive match as he made seven saves. Southwestern GK picked up the shutout win and made one save. The seven saves are a season high for Borchalli, one more than the six he recorded on Sept. 10 versus Ozarks at home. Centenary fell 4-1 at Texas Lutheran on Friday but despite the two road losses this weekend, the Gents are still an impressive 14-7-3 in their last 24 matches.
Centenary remains away from home to open conference play next weekend as the Gents face Trinity in San Antonio on Friday, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. followed by an Oct. 3 match at Schreiner in Kerrville, Texas at 3 p.m. Centenary's next home match will be Friday, Oct. 8 versus St. Thomas at 7:30 p.m.
See the complete Gents' schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/msoc/2021-22/schedule
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