SCAC Baseball Recap - Week Nine

SCAC Baseball Recap - Week Nine
Posted: Apr 03, 2017

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

Centenary College (24-5, 10-2 SCAC) and Texas Lutheran University (19-10, 10-2 SCAC) are now tied atop the league standings after last week's action.

The Bulldogs swept through their series with Schreiner University, while Trinity University took 2-of-3 from the Gents.

Southwestern moved to 16-13 for the season and 5-4 in SCAC play after sweeping Austin College. The Pirates are currently third in the league standings.

The University of Dallas went 2-1 in non-conference action over the weekend.

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

This Week's Leaders:

*Batting Average (.667): Ethan Hallmark, Southwestern (10-15)
Hits (10): Ethan Hallmark, Southwestern
Runs Scored (8): Ethan Hallmark, Southwestern; Colby Schmidt, Southwestern
Doubles (3): Tyler Cauley, Texas Lutheran; Byron Dowdell, Southwestern
Triples (2): Tyler Cauley, Texas Lutheran; Ben Little, Southwestern
Home Runs (3): Ethan Hallmark, Southwestern; Cole Kelly, Southwestern 
Runs Batted In (9): Ethan Hallmark, Southwestern
Steals (2): Oscar Gonzalez, Austin College; Ethan Hallmark, Southwestern; Riley Schaefer, Texas Lutheran

Innings Pitched (9.0): Dylan Drgac, Texas Lutheran; Nathan Malinovsky, Texas Lutheran
Strikeouts (13): Chris Tate, Trinity
+Earned Run Average (0.00): Chris Tate, Trinity (6.1 IP); Cole Lavergne, Centenary (5.0 IP); Dylan McGee, Trinity (5.0 IP); Troy Nelson, Trinity (4.1 IP); Kolby Kitchens, Schreiner (3.1 IP); Derek Gonzales, Schreiner (3.0 IP); Cole Morden, Dallas (3.0 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
Tue. 28 Mary Hardin-Baylor 8 Southwestern (Tex.) 11 Final
  Trinity (Tex.) 3 Texas Lutheran 2 Final
Wed. 29 Dallas Christian 12 Dallas 13 Final
Fri. 31 Texas Lutheran * 9 Schreiner 1 Final
  Austin College * 2 Southwestern (Tex.) 16 Final - 7 innings
  Austin College * 6 Southwestern (Tex.) 11 Final
  Centenary (La.) * 0 Trinity (Tex.) 2 Final
 
April
Sat. 1 Austin College * 5 Southwestern (Tex.) 12 Final
  Texas Lutheran * 9 Schreiner 8 Final
  Centenary (La.) * 7 Trinity (Tex.) 5 Final
  Dallas 6 LeTourneau 2 Final - 7 innings
  Texas Lutheran * 3 Schreiner 2 Final
  Dallas 7 LeTourneau 8 Final
  Centenary (La.) * 5 Trinity (Tex.) 15 Final - 7 innings
Sun. 2 Dallas   LeTourneau   Cancelled
* Conference