SUWANEE, Ga. - After starting the season 4-10, the Crusaders of Dallas have now won three straight games going 3-1 this past weekend to improve its record to 7-11 on the year as most teams are on Spring Break Tournament trips all across the country.

- AROUND THE SCAC -

Austin College dropped its two games last week, falling 9-1 and 12-8 at the University of Texas-Dallas last Tuesday. The Roos are now 2-8 overall this season with the two defeats. Suzanne Beltran had a big week at the plate, going 3-for-5 with four RBI, three runs scored and two homers to pace the Roos offensively. This week the Roos are in Florida, where they will play eight games as a part of the Rebel Games against teams from throughout the country.

Birmingham Southern went 2-2 this week on the road, dropping two close games to Covenant College on Saturday and defeating Maryville College twice on Sunday. The two losses were the Panthers’ first of the season. BSC is at home this Tuesday against Mississippi College and Friday against junior college Marion Military Institute.

Centre went 3-3 on the week. The Colonels earned their first win of the season with a 10-5 win over Defiance Friday, but dropped the second game of the doubleheader 5-3. Centre then hosted its annual March Mayhem Tournament and went 2-2 defeating Oberlin 5-2 and losing to Rose-Hulman 6-2 on Saturday and defeating Manchester 4-3 and losing to Allegheny 13-2 Sunday. The Colonels, now 3-8 overall, will next host Franklin Saturday in a doubleheader and then Hanover Sunday in another doubleheader.

Dallas (7-11) played four games on the week. On Monday afternoon, Dallas split with Sul Ross State University with a 6-4 loss in Game 1, followed by a 9-0 triumph in Game 2. The Lady Crusaders then trekked up to Sterling, Kan., for a doubleheader with Sterling College on Thursday afternoon. Dallas registered an 8-7 eight-inning Game 1 victory, before capping the trip with an 8-3 win. The squad has achieved their second three-game winning streak of the season.

Hendrix was not in action last week due to the Softball Showcase of Hope hosted by Rhodes being canceled. The Warriors will play at the University of the Ozarks in a double-header on Tuesday  then will travel to Fort Myers, Fla. for a 10-game trip beginning Sunday.

Millsaps played once this week and dropped a doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon to Division II Christian Brothers. Though the Majors combined for 15 hits in two games, they could not find a way to slow down the Lady Bucs offense as they came away with a 9-4 and 5-4 wins. With the losses, the Majors fall to 4-8 in the young campaign. Millsaps is set to travel to Shreveport, Louisiana for a doubleheader with Centenary College on Thursday before returning home to host a set of games.

The Memphis area was hit with a powerful storm causing the softball program to cancel this weekend's softball showcase. The storm, which began around the noon hour Thursday, didn't leave the area until the early morning hours of Friday. When all was said and done, the storms winds and rain wreaked havoc on the softball field, dumping better than two inches of water before dissipating. Rhodes Softball is off until Thursday (March 15) and Friday (March 16) when the Lynx travel to Atlanta to play a four game set with Piedmont and LaGrange.

Sewanee dropped a pair of contests against Saturday. The Tigers fell 15-5 in the first game and 15-6 in the nightcap. With the losses, the Tigers drop to 1-6 on the season. Kayla Sewell led the Tigers with four hits on the day.Sewell is now hitting .632 with 12 hits, eight runs, two doubles, four homeruns, and eight RBI. Sewanee will return to action in two weeks when they open SCAC play on Saturday, March 24 with a four-game series against Rhodes College in Memphis. Tenn.

Southwestern had a light week of action before ramping up for the Rebel Games in Florida this week. The Pirates faced Texas Lutheran in Seguin for a double-header on Tuesday. Game one was a defensive showcase with TLU scoring first in the second inning. Southwestern matched the one run effort in the fifth and then pushed two runs across in the seventh to seal a 3-1 win. The offenses took over in game two as the teams combined for 22 runs. The Bulldogs went up by seven 12-5 after six innings and SU pushed back with a seventh inning rally, but scored five to fall 12-10. The Pirates currently sit at 7-8 on the year. They head to Florida and play two games on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at the Rebel Games.

Trinity was off last week, but will begin a week of six games against five different teams on Tuesday afternoon against UT-Tyler. The Tigers host UT-Tyler on Tuesday afternoon, then will compete at the Tucson Invitational on March 16-17. Trinity will face Central (IA) College and Lakeland (WI) College on Friday, then will finish their part in the tournament against Augsburg (MI) College and Calvin (MI) College on Saturday. Wednesday’s doubleheader with Concordia (TX) was moved to March 28.

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