JOURNAL SPORTS

CLEBURNE, Texas – Centenary and Texas Lutheran will square off at noon today to decide the 2024 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament championship and a berth in the Division III NCAA Tournament.

The teams have split meetings over the weekend in the conference tournament. Centenary pushed Texas Lutheran to a decisive winner-take-all game after Sunday’s 10-8, extra-inning victory at La Moderna Field.

Centenary improved to 22-18 while Texas Lutheran slipped to 25-16. The Diamond Gents eliminated No. 1 seed Trinity 7-6 earlier in the day. 

The Gents opened the conference tournament Friday with a 6-4 victory over Southwestern, then dropped a 5-2 decision Saturday to Texas Lutheran. The elimination-round contest with Trinity began Saturday but was halted by rain and finished Sunday when Centenary scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth on a throwing error.

Monday’s game will be live streamed through the league’s partnership with Sportsgram and is available through the SCACSports.com website.