By PATRICK MEEHAN, Centenary Sports Information Director
The Centenary football team enjoyed the ride home from Batesville, Ark., last Saturday night feeling great about an overtime win over Lyon College and happy to be home for two of their last three regular-season games, beginning this weekend.
The Gents, 1-4 overall and 1-1 in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play, are home this Saturday at 5 to face McMurry in another conference contest. They will also play at Atkins Field on Nov. 8 against Austin College.
After the 23-20 OT win at Lyon, senior running back Obadiah Butler was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week on Tuesday.
He had a monster performance against Lyon as he rushed 17 times totaling 234 yards and two touchdowns.
Butler, who also caught three passes for 18 yards, had touchdown runs of 70 and 80 yards and averaged 13.8 yards per carry. The senior holds a commanding lead in rushing yards in conference play averaging nearly 200 per game and 12.3 yards per carry.
Captain Shreve product Rhema Getter was named the SCAC Defensive Player of the Week after he had a team-leading and game-high 14 solo stops and 18 total tackles last Saturday. The senior also posted three tackles for loss, one sack, and a QB hurry in the league’s first overtime game since 2009. Getter’s 18 tackles are the most this season by a SCAC player.
VOLLEYBALL: The Ladies were swept by the Southern Arkansas Muleriders in a non-conference match on Tuesday evening inside the Gold Dome.
Centenary (2-16) lost for the ninth time in a row and is now 2-3 at home this season while the Muleriders, a Division II opponent, improved to 9-14 overall.
The Ladies return to conference play this weekend in a league crossover hosted by LeTourneau. Centenary will play three matches, facing Colorado College and St. Thomas on Saturday and McMurry on Sunday.
SOCCER: The Ladies and Gents will face Texas Lutheran in a conference doubleheader on Friday evening in Seguin, Texas with the women’s match set for 5 o’clock and the men to follow at 7:30.
The Ladies were blanked 2-0 by Hendrix College on Sunday at home to fall to 1-11-3 overall and 0-5-2 in league play. The Gents had their season-best winning streak snapped at four as they fell 3-0 to Hendrix.
The Gents (7-6-2, 5-3-0 SCAC) suffered their first loss since falling 3-1 to Colorado College at home on Oct. 3.
The Ladies and Gents will host Concordia in their final home contests of the season on Sunday (noon for the women, and 2 o’clock) at Atkins Field.
GOLF: The Ladies finished seventh in the Abilene Intercollegiate hosted by Hardin-Simmons on Tuesday at Live Oak Golf Club in Abilene, Texas.
Sophomore Amber Shaw and sophomore Haylee Crowder, a former Haughton High School star, tied for 28th place at 30-over par 172 to lead the way for the Ladies. Shaw shot rounds of 93-79 and Crowder went 87-85.
The Ladies completed their fall season. Their spring schedule will be announced soon.
SWIMMING: Centenary’s teams opened their seasons this past weekend with a pair of conference dual meets against McMurry in Abilene, Texas.
The Ladies defeated the War Hawks on Friday (95-51) and Saturday (107-63) while the Gents were defeated Friday (111-70) and Saturday (131-72).
Centenary will hold its annual Alumni/Intrasquad meet on Saturday at 1.
Contact Patrick at pmeehan@centenary.edu