Gents Finish In Tie With Howard Payne In Home Opener

Shreveport – The Centenary men's soccer team earned a 1-1 tie against the Howard Payne University Yellow Jackets on Friday evening in a non-conference contest and the Gents' home opener at Atkins Field.

The Gents (1-1-1) and Yellow Jackets (0-1-2) each scored their goals in the first half and a scoreless second half followed. Centenary now leads the all-time series 3-0-1.

Howard Payne struck first as Ian Bryant scored with the assist going to Taylor Hefner in the 11^th minute. Senior MF Hunter Booth (Harrodsburg, Ky.) tied the score in the 39^th minute, notching his second goal of the season.

Booth, following a corner kick, headed the ball into the next for the tying score after a pass from junior F Eoin Hamill (Belfast, Ireland) who was credited with the assist.

Freshman GK Sebastian Lutin (Fort Worth, Texas) started for the third match in a row for the Gents and played all 90 minutes, making three saves. Juan Ugalde also went the distance for the Yellow Jackets and recorded eight saves.

The aggressive Gents finished with a decisive advantage (27-7) in shots and took eight corner kicks while the Yellow Jackets did not attempt one. Howard Payne was whistled for 12 fouls and Centenary nine. The Yellow Jackets were issued three yellow cards while the Gents picked up one.

Centenary remains at home and will play a pair of matches next weekend as the Maroon and White will square off with MUW (Mississippi University for Women) on Friday, Sept. 13 and Ouachita Baptist University, a division II program, comes to town on Sunday, Sept. 15.

See the complete Gents' schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/msoc/2024-25/schedule  

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