Softball to Face ETBU in a DH On Road Monday
Marshall, Texas - The Centenary softball team will face the East Texas Baptist University Tigers on Monday in a non-conference doubleheader set for 5 and 7 p.m. at Taylor Field.
Marshall, Texas - The Centenary softball team will face the East Texas Baptist University Tigers on Monday in a non-conference doubleheader set for 5 and 7 p.m. at Taylor Field.
The Ladies (5-2) dropped two of three games over the weekend to Millsaps in Arnaudville, La. Centenary lost 5-0 in game one of the series then split a DH the following day, losing 3-2 and winning 4-1. The Ladies are off to their best start to a season since beginning 6-1 in 2018.
ETBU enters Monday's games at 3-0 on the season after sweeping Concordia at home and the Tigers are currently ranked number one in the country in the NFCA (National Fastpitch Coaches Association) poll for division III. Live stats and live video will be available for the games at the links below:
Stats: https://goetbutigers.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary
Video: https://goetbutigers.com/watch/?Live=1522&type=Live
Freshman outfielder Mackenzie Cox (Alexandria, La.) had an outstanding week for the Ladies in games against Hendrix and Millsaps. She recorded a career-high three hits in a 3-3 performance on Feb. 25 in game one of a DH at Hendrix. Cox then went 1-4 in game two with a run scored. She then went 1-4 with an RBI and a run scored in game one of a DH versus Millsaps on Feb. 27. She also walked three times in her five games last week and stole two bases. In 14 at-bats during the week she only struck out one time. The rookie leads the Ladies with a .357 batting average, a .500 on-base %, and is third on the team in slugging.
Junior pitcher Ashley Hunter (Benton, La.) won a pair of games this past week and now leads the conference in wins this season with three. She defeated Hendrix on Feb. 25 as she pitched six innings and allowed just one earned run and five hits with one walk and four strikeouts in a 9-1 Ladies' win. Hunter then beat Millsaps on Feb. 27 in the first game of a doubleheader, a 4-1 Ladies' victory, as she once again allowed just a single earned run on four hits in five innings of work. She walked two and had 3 K's. She owns a 1.40 ERA for the season.
Freshman pitcher Hailee Leger (Belle Chasse, La.) relieved Hunter and pitched the final two innings allowing just a single hit. Sophomore third baseman Britlyn Garrett (Stonewall, La.) went 2-3 with an RBI and a run scored in game one of the Saturday DH versus Millsaps and senior catcher Erin Lewis (Leesville, La.) hit her second-career home run and first of the season in the second game.
Leger pitched in relief of game two of the DH versus Millsaps and worked the final four innings and allowed just one unearned run on one hit with no walks and three K's. Through 27.2 innings pitched this season, Leger owns a 1.01 ERA and has still yet to walk a batter. She has allowed just four earned runs, 19 hits, and has struck out 20.
Centenary is scheduled to open Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play at home next weekend when the Ladies face Austin College March 6-7.
A link to the Ladies' complete season schedule can be found here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/sball/2020-21/schedule.
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