By PATRICK MEEHAN, Centenary Assistant AD for Communications
(First in a weekly series)
Competition in the 2025-26 sports year for Centenary is done, but not soon forgotten. As we head into the summer, time to take stock of the good things that happened this spring for the Gents and Ladies.
LACROSSE: The Gents finished their season with a 10-4 record, their most successful one in program history.
Sophomore Gamble Harvill, a former Airline star, made history on Feb. 7 as he scored an NCAA single-game record 14 goals in Centenary’s 21-11 victory over the Hendrix College Warriors at home.
Harvill stands alone in NCAA history across all three divisions (DI, DII, and DIII) for goals in a single game, as the previous mark was 13 accomplished four other DIII players and one D2 player. No Division 1 player has ever scored more than 11 goals in a game, accomplished four times.
Sophomore Noah Walsh set a new program record for points in a game with 15 with his whopping eight goals and seven assists in Centenary’s 27-10 victory over LaGrange College on Jan. 31.
Walsh then notched a single-game record 11 assists against Hendrix, the sixth-most in a single game by a DIII player in NCAA history.
Freshman Gavin Ferrington, a former Parkway star, recorded a program-best 95 percent Faceoff Winning Percentage against Hendrix.
Four Gents were named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association 2026 Division III Men’s Lacrosse Team of the Week during the season, earning spots on the prestigious national team.
SOFTBALL: The Ladies played in their 10th-straight SCAC Tournament this season and their 14 conference wins are the most in a single season in the Division III era (2012-present).
Six Ladies were named All-SCAC with each earning honorable mention recognition: sophomore Kaitlynn Alello, senior Morgan Dawson, senior Abigail Hodgson, junior Noelle Sandmann, senior Catherine Stokes and senior Jaeden Thrasher.
BASEBALL: The Diamond Gents appeared in the SCAC Tournament for the 12th time in the Division III era this season. Ten Diamond Gents earned All-SCAC honors.
Centenary rebounded from an 0-3 start to conference play to go 16-11 the rest of the way including winning five of its final six conference series. Centenary stood at 4-8 in league play after losing a home series to LeTourneau March 13-14 and then took two of three at the University of Dallas, won two of three at home against Austin College, and then won consecutive series on the road at regular season champion Texas Lutheran and McMurry.
After losing a home series to the University of St. Thomas, the Diamond Gents finished strong by sweeping the University of the Ozarks last weekend at home to clinch a berth to the postseason tournament held in Cleburne, Texas.
Contact Patrick at pmeehan@centenary.edu