Ladies To Face No. 4 Texas Lutheran At Home
The Centenary softball team faces a tough test this weekend as the nationally-ranked and preseason conference favorite Texas Lutheran Bulldogs come to town for a three-game Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference series beginning with a single game on Friday at 6 p.m. at the Centenary Softball Complex.
Shreveport- The Centenary softball team faces a tough test this weekend as the nationally-ranked and preseason conference favorite Texas Lutheran Bulldogs come to town for a three-game Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference series beginning with a single game on Friday at 6 p.m. at the Centenary Softball Complex.
Live stats and live video are available for Friday's game at the links below:
Stats: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/sball/2022-23/boxscores/20230324_737m.xml
Video: https://collegetvticket.com/event/centenary-college-vs-texas-lutheran-university-7/
The Ladies (5-12, 1-2 SCAC) dropped two of three games in their first SCAC series of the season at home last weekend to the University of St. Thomas Celts, falling in Sunday's rubber game 10-6 after splitting a doubleheader on Saturday. The Bulldogs (14-2, 3-0 SCAC) enter this weekend ranked fourth in the country by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and took a break from conference play to sweep Mary Hardin-Baylor in a DH at home on Tuesday.
The series concludes on Saturday with a DH set for Noon and 2 p.m. Severe weather is anticipated in Shreveport on Friday, thus Friday's game is potentially in question.
The Ladies edged the Celts 2-1 in game one of the series and UST responded with a 9-0 win in six innings in the second game. Sophomore P Anna Scarbrock (Alexandria, La.) tossed a complete game, her team-leading fourth of the season, in game one to record the victory. She allowed just one earned run on five hits in her seven innings of work. She did not walk a batter and struck out a pair as she faced 25 batters and threw 77 pitches, 49 for strikes. She is 3-4 this season with a 4.03 ERA and leads the team in wins, ERA, innings pitched (50.1), and complete games. Scarbrock ranks in the top 10 in the conference in wins, ERA, and IP.
Senior LF/SS Kaylea Patridge (Las Vegas, Nev.) ranks in the top 10 in the league in five different categories – batting average (.409), on-base percentage (.480), slugging percentage (.659), total bases (29), and triples (2). Patridge leads the team in four of those five categories, ranking second in triples to junior RF Mackenzie Cox (Alexandria, La.) who lead the way with three.
Patridge is second on the team in hits (18), doubles (4), and RBI (11). She has also scored seven runs and hit one homer with three stolen bases. In 44 at-bats, she as walked four times and only struck out three times.
Cox ranks in the top three in the SCAC in triples (3) and stolen bases (11) as she has yet to be caught. She is hitting .328 (.375 OBP/.466 slugging) with a team-best 19 hits and 16 runs scored along with seven RBI, two doubles, and four walks. Sophomore C Viviana Rivero (Redondo Beach, Calif.) is batting .353 with a .397 OBP and is slugging .549. She has 18 hits and 15 runs scored (both second on team) with a team-leading three home runs and team-high 13 RBI.
Rivero had a big day at the plate last Sunday against the Celts as she belted a pair of home runs and finished 2-4 with two RBI and two runs scored and became the first Centenary player to hit two HR's in a game since All-American Anna Dunn did so against Dallas on April 14, 2018. Rivero hit a one-out solo homer to center in the third and went deep again to lead off the fifth.
Freshman 3B Jaeden Thrasher (Forney, Texas) is second on the team with two home runs and has 13 RBI, 10 hits, and a team-best five doubles. Freshman 2B Catherine Stokes (Natchitoches, La.) is hitting .333 (.390 OBP/.412 slugging) with 17 hits, nine runs scored, seven RBI, and four doubles. Junior 1B Isabelle Dominguez (Newark, Calif.) is batting .393 (.414 OBP/.464 slugging) with 11 hits, three RBI, three runs scored, and a pair of doubles.
Senior CF Mallory Stout (Trinity, Texas) is hitting .273 (.421 OBP/.295 slugging) with 12 hits, 14 runs scored, a team-high 10 walks, and three stolen bases. Stout ranks fourth in the SCAC in walks. sophomore IF/DP Kaitlyn Dickey (Church Point, La.) is hitting .286 on the season (.308 OBP/.286 slugging) with 10 hits, eight RBI, three runs scored, two walks, and a stolen base.
See the Ladies' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/sball/2022-23/schedule
Admission is FREE to all Centenary home athletic contests and Live stats and live video stream are available for all home contests as well. Please note that all dates and times are subject to change.
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