By PATRICK MEEHAN, Centenary Assistant AD for Communications
Centenary’s baseball team is home this weekend hoping to jump up in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference standings by winning a series with the Austin College Kangaroos.
The Diamond Gents (11-14 overall, 6-9 SCAC) are halfway through their conference schedule and are aiming to work their way up the standings and get into position to earn a SCAC Tournament berth.
Centenary is tied for eighth place with the University of Dallas. The Diamond Gents won two of three games against the Crusaders over the weekend in Irving, Texas.
The Diamond Gents are home this weekend against Austin College (9-12, 9-9 SCAC) in a 6 o’clock single game tonight and a 1 p.m. doubleheader Saturday at Shehee Stadium.
SOFTBALL: The Ladies (12-11, 10-5 SCAC) completed a three-game series sweep over the University of Dallas in SCAC play with a 6-1 win in the series finale last Saturday at the Centenary Softball Complex.
Centenary swept the Crusaders in a doubleheader on Friday, winning 8-0 in five innings and 4-1 in the nightcap. The Ladies have won a season-best six games in a row and are now 10-2 at home. The current winning streak is Centenary’s longest since winning eight in a row last season.
The Ladies are on the road this weekend at Austin College in Sherman, Texas and then return home April 2-3 to face Texas Lutheran. Centenary, which has completed half of its league schedule, is in fourth place in the conference standings.
LACROSSE: The Gents (10-2) are enjoying their most successful season in program history and have garnered national attention for their high-powered offense, a multitude of individual accomplishments, and several broken records.
The Gents have now scored a whopping 236 goals this season, tallied 142 assists, and 378 points. Centenary has led the country in nearly all offensive categories this season and entered play last weekend first in goals scored, assists, points, and face-off winning percentage and were top 12 in in clearing percentage and ground balls. Centenary has scored at least 13 goals in 10 of 12 games and 20 or more seven times.
Centenary is off for two weeks before returning to the field for its home finale on April 11 against Rhodes College. The Gents will then finish their regular season at Colorado College on April 25.
Contact Patrick at pmeehan@centenary.edu