LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Centenary College tallied a perfect 3-0 week, highlighted by two wins over No. 2/3 Trinity University. Earlier in the season, the Gents took two of three from Trinity and won the regular season series with a 4-1 record against the Tigers.
AROUND THE SCAC
Austin College went 2-1 last week, splitting a
doubleheader with Howard Payne before picking up a win over
Southwestern over the weekend. The ‘Roos fell 4-2 to HPU in
their first game before earning a 16-15 win in game two with Austin
Vaughan going 2-for-3 with four runs scored, a home run, and two
RBI and Josh Coughennower going 4-for-4 with two runs, a double, a
stolen base, and three RBI. The ‘Roos then topped
Southwestern 3-2 on Friday behind a strong pitching performance
from Todd Takabuki, who went 7.0 innings and allowed just one run
on three hits with two strikeouts. Colt Herron earned saves in both
of the victories.
Centenary scored a perfect 3-0 week on the season. The
Gents posted a midweek decision over LeTourneau at Shehee Stadium
and followed it with a pair of victories over nationally-ranked
Trinity. The wins at TU marked the third straight over the
conference’s favorite. Craig Littleman paced the Maroon and
White at the dish with a .400 batting average while Jemari James
led the team with five hits and five RBI. On the mound, Layton
Tromba and Holden Novak provided solid starts holding the
opposition to just two, combined earned runs through 16 innings.
Tromba logged his sixth, complete game effort of the season with a
3-1 victory at Trinity. Novak tossed seven innings against LETU in
his third win of the season.
Dallas (14-17, 8-6 SCAC) went 1-2 on the week. The
Crusaders fell 5-0 at the University of Texas-Tyler on Tuesday.
Head coach Fraser Holmes' squad proceeded to split (W, 2-1; L, 6-5)
with Dallas Christian College at neutral site Gabe Nesbitt Field on
Thursday evening in McKinney, Texas. Junior right-hander Andrew
Bossert (5-2) was the winning pitcher of record in game one. Dallas
will travel to Georgetown, Texas, this week to battle Southwestern
University -- (Saturday, 2 PM 1x7; Sunday, 1 p.m. 1x9).
Southwestern went 0-1 this week dropping a game to SCAC
foe Austin College, 3-2, on March 29. Centerfielder Cruz Luna was
2-4 with one RBI and two doubles. Cody Lovas took the loss in
relief. The Pirates are now 2-27 and 0-15 in SCAC play.
Southwestern returns to action on April 1 when they host Mary
Hardin-Baylor at 7 p.m. before continuing SCAC play with single
games against Dallas on April 6-7.
No. 3 Trinity was just 1-2 over the past week, defeating
Concordia (Texas) 8-2, but losing 3-1 and 14-12 (11 innings) in a
two-game SCAC series to Centenary. Trinity is now 24-7 overall and
9-5 in conference play, which is currently second in the standings.
In the series finale with the Gents, the Tigers rallied with seven
runs in the bottom of the ninth, but left the bases loaded to force
extra innings. Centenary went on to win it in the 11th to finish
with four wins in five games against Trinity this season. Christian
Muscarello tied a school record with six hits in the extra-inning
game against Centenary, becoming the fourth Tiger player to do so.
With that, he is also now in the top 15 in school history with 172
career hits with Trinity. Trinity will finish off a nine-game home
stand on Tuesday afternoon against Hardin-Simmons University. The
Tigers resume SCAC play on Saturday and Sunday, facing Austin
College in a two-game series in Sherman, Texas.
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