Centenary Men's Lacrosse Program Joins HCLC
The Heartland Collegiate Lacrosse Conference (HCLC) announced Thursday that four colleges have accepted a membership invitation to immediately join the men's league. Centenary College of Louisiana, Colorado College, the University of Dallas, and Southwestern (Texas) University become the HCLC’s new members.
(Portions of this story courtesy of the Heartland Collegiate Lacrosse Conference as well as the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC))
CARMEL, Ind. -- The Heartland Collegiate Lacrosse Conference (HCLC) announced Thursday that four colleges have accepted a membership invitation to immediately join the men's league.
Centenary College of Louisiana, Colorado College, the University of Dallas, and Southwestern (Texas) University become the HCLC's new members. The four schools had previously held membership within the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) but will compete within the framework of the HCLC beginning this spring.
"I am extremely grateful to Commissioner Jay Jones and the HCLC leadership for working together to come up with a membership solution that will benefit both groups of schools," said SCAC Commissioner Dwayne Hanberry. "There are still some details to work out but providing our four men's programs access to an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship is something we've been working toward for quite some time."
The new members will join the current HCLC men's members of Anderson University, Earlham College, Hanover College and Mount St. Joseph University which will make up the 'North Division'. The four new members will comprise the 'South Division'. The top-two teams from each division following the regular season will meet at a neutral location for the HCLC Championship. The winner of the HCLC Championship will earn the automatic qualification to the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament as the HCLC representative.
The Gents' 2021 season was highlighted by a sweep of Dallas in a pair of games, the first a 7-4 victory at home on March 7 on Senior Day. That win was the first for Centenary since reestablishing as a varsity program. Senior goalkeeper Thomas Siskron finished the season with an impressive 193 saves and 314 for his career. Centenary had three players earn SCAC Player of the Week honors during the season, Jordan Cook on the offensive side and Siskron and Ethan Little on the defensive side. Centenary placed five players on the All-SCAC squad, highlighted by Cook being named Co-Newcomer of the Year and Second-Team All-SCAC. Kyle Comi joined Cook on the second team along with Siskron, Matthew Lulich, and Mark Temple.
The Gents finished their regular season with a flourish on April 24 as the Maroon and White scored a program record number of goals in an impressive 18-8 rout of Dallas on the road. Centenary also made its postseason debut as a program on April 30 as the Gents faced Southwestern in the semifinals of the 2021 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship in Colorado Springs, Colo.
For more information on all things HCLC, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the HCLC's home on the internet at www.heartlandconf.org. Be sure to stay up to date on all of your Heartland Collegiate Lacrosse Conference news by following @HCACDIII on Twitter and by liking the "HCAC DIII" Facebook page.
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