Gents Finish Regular Season On Road This Weekend

Kerrville, Texas - The Centenary men's soccer team is set to square off with the Schreiner University Mountaineers on Friday in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contest set for 1 p.m. at Mountaineer Soccer Field.

Live stats and live video are available for the match at the links below:

STATS: https://schreinermountaineers.com/Sports/msoc/2024-25/boxscores/20241101_28z7.xml

VIDEO: Schreiner - Schedule

The Gents (7-8-1, 3-6-0 SCAC) are coming off of a tough 1-0 loss to the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs in league play last Sunday as the Gents celebrated their 2024 senior class at Atkins Field. Schreiner (3-11-1, 2-6-1 SCAC) is 2-3-1 at home this season. The Mountaineers were blanked in a pair of road matches last weekend, 5-0 at Colorado College and 2-0 at the University of St. Thomas. The Gents are 2-3 on the road this season. Schreiner leads the all-time series 11-5-2 and Centenary seeks its first win in the series since a 1-0 victory on April 10, 2021 at home.

Centenary, which also lost a hard-fought 1-0 match to Southwestern University on Friday, battled the Bulldogs step for step in a scoreless contest until TLU scored in the 69^th minute. In last Friday's loss against the Pirates, the teams battled to a scoreless draw at halftime and for the first 15+ minutes of the second half until Southwestern scored in the 64^th minute.

The Gents are one of the conference's top overall offensive clubs as they rank in fifth in the league in four team categories – assists, goals, points, and shots and have outscored their opponents 31-20. Centenary has tallied 28 assists and 13 players have recorded at least one assist this season while 12 have scored at least one goal.

Gents' Season Statistical Leaders:

Assists: Freshman MF Emiliano Mondragon (Dallas, Texas) – 6

Goals: Freshman F Nathan Uduojie (Houston, Texas) – 6

Points: Uduojie – 16

Saves: Freshman GK Sebastian Lutin (Fort Worth, Texas) – 90

Mondragon is tied for fourth in the conference in assists and has also scored three goals (tied for third on team) for a total of 12 points (second on team). Uduojie is tied for seventh in the league in goals and tied for eighth in points. He also has tallied four assists (tied for second on team) and has a pair of game-winning goals.

Lutin is the conference leader in saves and ranks eighth in goals against average (GAA) at 1.33. The rookie has made 15 starts, owns one shutout, and made a season-high 16 saves at Colorado College on Oct. 6, finishing one save shy of the division III era (2011-present) single-match record of 17 and his 16 saves are the most in a match by a SCAC player all season.

Lutin, named the SCAC Men's Soccer Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 1, is tied for 23^rd in the country in saves, is tied for 30^th in saves per game at 6.00, and is tied for 44th in save percentage at .818.

A Glance at Schreiner:

The head coach of the Mountaineers is Darren Bauer.

The Mountaineers have scored 17 goals and tallied 11 assists this season.

Sophomore GK Marcos Ramos ranks fifth in the league in saves with 48.

The duo of Zaaron Gonzalez and Owen Harris have combined for 10 goals (five each), four assists and 24 points.

The Gents finish their regular season at Trinity University on Sunday in San Antonio in a match set for Noon.

The Gents are in a tie for eighth place in the conference standings with the University of the Ozarks. Schreiner is 10^th and Trinity is tied for first with Colorado College.

The 2024 SCAC Men's Soccer Tournament will be return to SaberCats Stadium in Houston, Texas - marking the second consecutive year the venue will serve as host of the league's postseason championship event. Semifinal matches are scheduled for Friday, Nov. 8 will the championship match contested on Sunday, Nov. 10. The top four teams in the SCAC standings at the conclusion of the regular season will make the tournament.

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

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