Shreveport – Seven Centenary baseball players were named to the 2024 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship All-Tournament Team after the Diamond Gents defeated the No. 4 seed Texas Lutheran Bulldogs by a score of 9-5 on Monday afternoon at La Moderna Field in Cleburne, Texas to win the conference title and clinch an NCAA Tournament berth.
Senior RF Austyn Benoit (Welsh, La.), junior LHP Tyler Herrera (Spring, Texas), sophomore LF Carson Livesay (Lafayette, La.), freshman 1B Alex Miller (Cypress, Texas), freshman 3B Gage Morris (Livingston, Texas), sophomore LHP Cody Myers (Friendswood, Texas), and freshman DH Walker Wicklund (Shreveport, La.) all made the team after superb performances in Centenary's five games in the tournament.
The No. 2 seed Diamond Gents (23-18) completed their memorable run through the loser's bracket by winning three-straight elimination games over three days to win their second tournament title in three years after claiming the title in 2022. Centenary outlasted TLU 10-8 in 11 innings on Sunday to force Monday's decisive winner-take-all game.
Centenary has enjoyed incredible success in the event, winning previous titles in 2022 and in 2017 and has finished as runner-up three times (2013, 2015, 2018). The Diamond Gents opened the weekend with a 6-4 victory on Friday over Southwestern University, then fell 5-2 to TLU on Saturday. Centenary then responded with a 7-6 win over No. 1 seed and regular-season champion Trinity University that eliminated the Tigers that led to the consecutive wins over the Bulldogs.
The NCAA Tournament selection show is set for Monday, May 13 at 11 a.m. central as Centenary will find out its opponents and destination. The tournament starts with 16 regionals at school sites with each winner playing a super-regional best of three series to determine the eight teams who will advance to the D-III World Series to be held at Classic Auto Group Park, Eastlake, Ohio. This suburb of Cleveland will be the seventh site to host the D-III World Series since the tournament started in 1976.
See the complete Diamond Gents' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/bsb/2023-24/schedule
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