Shreveport - The Centenary softball team clinched a series win over the Schreiner University Mountaineers on Saturday in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play with a 2-0 victory on Senior Day at the Centenary Softball Complex.
The Ladies improved to 12-16 overall and 6-12 in conference play while the Mountaineers fell to 13-24 and 10-8. The teams split a doubleheader on Friday, with Schreiner winning game one 3-2 and Centenary winning game two, 2-1. Centenary finishes the season with an 8-5 home record, winning seven of its final eight home games.
Senior P Ashley Hunter (Benton, La.) started in the circle and pitched well, going four scoreless innings and allowing just a single hit with one strikeout. Freshman P Anna Scarbrock (Alexandria, La.) relieved Hunter and picked up the win to improve to 5-9 as she pitches the final three innings and allowed three hits and struck out one. Hunter faced 13 batters and threw 46 pitches, 31 for strikes, while Scarbrock faced 11 batters and threw 40 pitches (28 strikes).
Marley Hilton (1-1) started for the Mountaineers and went the distance, allowing two unearned runs and three hits in her six innings of work with no walks and two K's. She faced 21 batters and threw 65 pitches, 43 for strikes. Schreiner finished the game with four hits and an error while Centenary had three hits and an error. The Mountaineers left three on base and struck out twice while the Ladies also struck out twice but left just one on. Neither pitching staff issued a walk.
The game was scoreless headed to the bottom of the fifth and then the Ladies' offense got going. Senior 2B Jaymee Wilkinson (Brazoria, Texas) reached on an error by Schreiner SS Marley Carrizales to start the inning and advanced to second on a passed ball. Junior CF Mallory Stout (Trinity, Texas) then ripped an RBI triple to left-center to score Wilkinson for a 1-0 lead as she slid in just ahead of the tag by Schreiner 3B Marisa Hernandez to ignite joy in the Centenary dugout just a few feet away from her.
Sophomore RF Isabelle Dominguez (Newark, Calif.) grounded out for the first out by then freshman DP Alyssa Akers (Maurice, La.) delivered a sacrifice fly to score Stout for a 2-0 lead. The Mountaineers had runners at the corners with two outs in the sixth but Scarbrock got 1B Kennedy Moody to ground the ball to her and she tossed to Dominguez for the third out to keep Schreiner off the board.
Haley Pair pinch-hit for Elicia Gonzales with one out in the seventh and singled but was thrown out by junior LF Kaylea Patridge (Las Vegas, Nev.) as she threw a bullet to Wilkinson who applied the tag for the second out. Pinch hitter Taci Tatum then grounded back to Scarbrock who threw to Dominguez for the final out of the game.
The Ladies recorded their second shutout of the season after doing so on March 19 at home in game one of a doubleheader over the Mississippi University for Women Owls, winning 3-0. Centenary will face LeTourneau University on Wednesday in Longview, Texas in a non-conference doubleheader set for 4 and 6 p.m.
Centenary finishes the regular season with a key SCAC series at St. Thomas April 23-24 in Houston. The Ladies and Celts will play a doubleheader on Saturday at Noon and 2 p.m. and a single game on Sunday at Noon. St. Thomas (20-12, 12-6 SCAC) is currently third in the conference standings while Centenary is sixth. The top six teams at the conclusion of the regular season qualify for the 2022 SCAC Championship April 29-May 1 in Irving, Texas.
See the Ladies' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/sball/2021-22/schedule
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