LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – Highlighted by tournament MVPs Andres Bautista and Sami Borchalli of Centenary College, the conference office today announced the 2020-21 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Men’s Soccer All-Tournament team. Official Championship Website
In last month’s finale, Centenary College won its first-ever SCAC Men’s Soccer Championship playing on its home field, defeating University of St. Thomas on penalty kicks, 5-3, after the two battled to a scoreless draw through two overtime periods.
In penalty kicks, the Gents converted on all five of their attempts as Jaron Petreas smashed home the victory-sealing PK sending the home fans into hysteria as Centenary claimed stake to its first-ever SCAC Men’s Soccer title. The last men’s soccer title for Centenary came in 1990 as members of the NCAA Division I Trans America Athletic Conference (now the ASUN Conference).
Bautista, who converted on his penalty kick and scored the opening goal of the tournament for Centenary in the quarterfinal round, was named the Offensive Tournament MVP.
Borchalli was named Defensive Tournament MVP. Borchalli finished the tournament with 17 saves, allowing just one goal and posted two clean sheets in 310:00 minutes of action.
Centenary and St. Thomas had four players each earn all-Tournament recognition, followed by Colorado College, Texas Lutheran and Trinity each with one honoree.
2020-21 Men’s Soccer All-Tournament Team
Andres Bautista, Forward, So., Centenary College
Luis Green, Forward, Jr., Texas Lutheran University
Jair Perez, Forward, Fy., University of St. Thomas
Dany Ramirez, Midfielder, Fy., University of St. Thomas
Jack Downes, Midfielder, So., Trinity University
Jaron Petreas, Midfielder, So., Centenary College
Tom Hultsch, Defender, Sr., University of St. Thomas
Luis Bencomo, Defender, Sr., University of St. Thomas
Shim Eliya, Defender, Sr., Centenary Colleg
Garrison Van Houten, Defender, Sr., Southwestern University
Alexander Ward, Defender, Fy., Colorado College
Sami Borchalli, Goalkeeper, Jr., Centenary College