Senior GK Sami Borchalli put his name in the record books on Sunday.

October 24, 2022

Borchalli Breaks Two Records On Gents' Senior Day

The Centenary men's soccer team had its Senior Day spoiled by the Trinity University Tigers on Sunday as the visitors recorded an 11-0 victory in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contest at a windy Mayo Field.

Trinity (Tex.)

8-4-2, 6-1 SCAC

Centenary (La.)

2-8-6, 1-5-1 SCAC

Final

Trinity (Tex.) (8-4-2, 6-1 SCAC)

Centenary (La.) (2-8-6, 1-5-1 SCAC)

Shreveport- The Centenary men's soccer team had its Senior Day spoiled by the Trinity University Tigers on Sunday as the visitors recorded an 11-0 victory in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contest at a windy Mayo Field.

The Gents fell to 2-8-6 overall and 1-5-1 in conference play while the Tigers upped their record to 8-4-2 and 6-1-0 in the SCAC. Trinity raced out to a 6-0 lead at the half and added five goals in the final 45 minutes to coast to the win.

Despite the loss, senior goalkeeper Sami Borchalli (Lafayette, La.) made history as he broke two individual program records, as he became the all-time career leader in saves (409) in the division III era (2011-present) in program history with a single-game record 17 saves. Borchalli, the D3-era leader in career shutouts with 14 and one of the program's most decorated and accomplished players, held the previous record of 16 saves, also against Trinity on Oct. 7, 2018.

Michael Sommerville's hat trick led the Tigers on Sunday and Braden Shuey added a pair of goals. Austin Wilman played all 90 minutes and recorded on save for the Tigers. Trinity finished with a decisive advantage (45-3) in shots and took 17 corner kicks to the Gents' one.

Five seniors – Borchalli, MF David Barbera (Gonzales, La.), MF Xavier Noyola-Ramirez (College Station, Texas), D Marco Basteris (Katy, Texas), and MF Jaron Petreas (Denton, Texas) were honored in a pregame ceremony.

The Gents, who finished 2-2-4 at home this season, will finish the regular season at St. Thomas on Saturday, Oct. 29 in Houston.

See the complete Gents' schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/msoc/2022-23/schedule

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