SCAC Baseball Recap - Week Seven

SCAC Baseball Recap - Week Seven
Posted: Mar 20, 2017

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - All seven of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference baseball teams competed last week as conference play continued.

Southwestern University went 5-0 for the week, including a win over No. 5 University of Texas - Tyler. The Pirates also picked up a series sweep against Blackburn, outscoring the Beavers 49-2. In the first game of the series against Blackburn, Southwestern's Jeremy Rice pitched a 9.0 inning no-hitter, recording seven strikeouts and no walks.

Texas Lutheran University put together a 4-0 record last week, also earning a win over Blackburn before sweeping the conference series against Trinity University.

Centenary College went 3-0 in a series against Schreiner University, including a pair of run-ruled games. Austin College also won a conference series, going 2-1 against the University of Dallas.

For links to box scores and recaps from all of last week's season-opening action, click below: 

This Week's Leaders:

*Batting Average (.700): Michael Schimpf, Centenary (7-10)
Hits (12): Ben Little, Southwestern
Runs Scored (7): Daniel Montgomery, Southwestern
Doubles (4): Ben Little, Southwestern; Thomas Varner, Texas Lutheran
Triples (2): Cody Crowder, Centenary
Home Runs (2): Jake Martin, Trinity
Runs Batted In (9): Ethan Hallmark, Southwestern
Steals (4): Jordan Stickler Dallas

Innings Pitched (9.0): Jeremy Rice, Southwestern
Strikeouts (9): Jacob Kendra, Southwestern; Dylan Drgac, Texas Lutheran
+Earned Run Average (0.00): Jeremy Rice, Southwestern (9.0 IP); Dylan Drgac, Texas Lutheran (7.2 IP); Jackie Allen, Centenary (7.0 IP); Cade Killingsworth, Texas Lutheran (6.0 IP); Brett Taff, Austin College (5.2 IP); Tanner Logsdon, Austin College (5.0 IP)

*minimum of 2.5 plate appearances per game
+minimum of 1.0 innings pitched per team game

This Week's Results:

Date Away Home Status Links
March
Mon. 13 Trinity (Tex.) * 8 Southwestern (Tex.) 9 Final - 11 innings
  Schreiner 8 Redlands 23 Final
Tue. 14 Southwestern (Tex.) 5 Texas-Tyler 1 Final
Wed. 15 Millikin 3 Dallas 1 Final - 7 innings
  Hendrix 4 Austin College 9 Final
  Millikin 13 Dallas 0 Final
  Blackburn 1 Texas Lutheran 14 Final
Fri. 17 Blackburn 0 Southwestern (Tex.) 21 Final
  Schreiner * 6 Centenary (La.) 10 Final
  Trinity (Tex.) * 2 Texas Lutheran 10 Final
Sat. 18 Blackburn 1 Southwestern (Tex.) 11 Final - 7 innings
  Schreiner * 4 Centenary (La.) 14 Final - 8 innings
  Dallas * 5 Austin College 6 Final
  Trinity (Tex.) * 7 Texas Lutheran 8 Final - 10 innings
  Trinity (Tex.) * 1 Texas Lutheran 5 Final
  Blackburn 1 Southwestern (Tex.) 17 Final - 7 innings
  Schreiner * 0 Centenary (La.) 10 Final - 7 innings
  Dallas * 6 Austin College 10 Final
Sun. 19 Dallas * 14 Austin College 3 Final - 7 innings
* Conference