The Gents lost a heartbreaker, 2-1, on Friday night at home to St. Thomas.

October 4, 2024

Gents Fall At Home To Celts On Late Goal

The Centenary men's soccer team was edged 2-1 by the University of St. Thomas Celts in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contest on Friday evening at Atkins Field.

St. Thomas (Tex.)

5-3-0, 1-1-0

Centenary (La.)

5-3-1, 1-1-0

Final

St. Thomas (Tex.) (5-3-0, 1-1-0)

Centenary (La.) (5-3-1, 1-1-0)

Shreveport - The Centenary men's soccer team was edged 2-1 by the University of St. Thomas Celts in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contest on Friday evening at Atkins Field.

The Gents (5-3-1, 1-1 SCAC) and Celts (5-3, 1-1 SCAC) were locked in a scoreless battle late in the second half until Daniel Castro scored an unassisted goal in the 81^st minute to give UST a 1-0 lead. Friday's loss is the first at home for Centenary this season as the Maroon and White are now 3-1-1 at Atkins Field.

Centenary responded quickly with a tying goal from sophomore F Carter Webb (Flower Mound, Texas) at the 83:35 mark with freshman F Nathan Uduojie (Houston, Texas) assisting. The goal was Webb's second of the season and third of his career while Uduojie's assist was his second.

The Celts, however, scored a goal in the final minute as Daniel Espinoza scored with Castro assisting as St. Thomas escaped with the win. The Gents are now 0-6-1 all-time against the Celts.

Despite the loss, the Gents are off to their best start to a season since beginning the 2019 campaign at 6-2. Centenary was picked to finish in a tie for ninth place in the conference this season in the preseason poll while the Celts, the defending SCAC Tournament champions, were picked to finish third and received three first-place votes.

Freshman GK Sebastian Lutin (Fort Worth, Texas) went the distance in the net for the Gents and recorded a season-high 10 saves. Lutin, named the SCAC Men's Soccer Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, entered the match leading the conference in saves and ranking in the top 10 in goals against average. Celts' GK Cristo Gayoso also played the whole match and made six saves in his 90 minutes of action.

The Celts finished with a 28-13 advantage in shots and took nine corner kicks to the Gents' two. The teams combined for 17 fouls -11 by Centenary and six by St. Thomas, and the Celts picked up the only yellow card in the match.

Centenary will have to regroup quickly after Friday's loss as the Gents will head west to face the Colorado College Tigers (7-1-2, 2-0 SCAC) in a SCAC match on Sunday in Colorado Springs, Colo. scheduled for Noon (1 PM Central).

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

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