Irving, Texas - The Centenary men's soccer team put a resounding exclamation mark on its 2021 season on Sunday as the Gents dominated the Dallas Crusaders 6-1 in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contest in their regular-season finale at the UD Soccer Facility.
The Gents, who edged the Austin College 'Roos 2-1 on Friday night, finish the season on a three-game winning streak after an identical 2-1 win at ETBU on Oct. 25. Centenary finishes the season at 6-11-1 and 2-6 in SCAC play. Dallas finishes its season at 5-10 and 2-6 in the SCAC with Sunday's loss.
Centenary scored a season-high six goals and scored its most goals in a match since scoring four at home on March 13 of last season in a 4-2 win over Austin College. The last time the Gents scored at least six goals in a game was on Oct. 21, 2019 in a 6-3 home win over Louisiana College and the Gents finish the season by outscoring the opposition, 10-3. The Maroon and White allowed one goal or less in a match 11 times this season.
The Gents took a 2-0 halftime lead and scored four more goals in the second half to cruise to the season-ending victory. Sophomore MF Matthew Hern (Southlake, Texas) opened the scoring with a goal, his first of the season and second of his young career, in the 29th minute with freshman F Dylan Allred (Lafayette, La.) recording the assist. Three minutes later, sophomore MF Leo Wallaert (Lille, France) scored for a 2-0 lead as he notched his second goal of the season.
Allred found the net himself in the 55th minute as he scored his first-career goal with the assist going to senior MF Cole Schultz (Denham Springs, La.). Chase Reynolds got the Crusaders on the board with a goal in the 63rd minute but the Gents closed the match with a trio of goals in the final 15 minutes of the match as senior D Diego Hernandez (Carrollton, Texas), freshman F Ron Masti (Houston, Texas), and freshman Odin Munguia scored.
Junior MF Jaden Harmon (Houston, Texas) assisted on Hernandez' goal, junior F Tom Becuwe (Hazebrock, France) assisted fellow France native Wallaert on his goal, senior D Cole Mrozek (Flower Mound, Texas) assisted Masti's goal, and Munguia's first-career goal was unassisted. The five assists are a new single-game program record in the current division III era (2011-present).
Senior GK Sami Borchalli (Lafayette, La.) played all 90 minutes and recorded the victory as he made five saves and allowed just the one goal. Dallas GK Goncalo Pernas took the loss as he allowed all six goals and made nine saves in 90 minutes and received a red card and ejection at the end of the match.
Centenary's aggressive offense took 26 total shots in the match and held a decisive 14-5 advantage in the first half. Dallas finished with 17 shots in the match. Harmon led the way with four shots and six Gents took at least two. Hernandez finished the season as the Gents' team leader in goals (3) and points (6) and Schultz led in assists with four. Borchalli made 61 saves in 13 games with a pair of shutouts.
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