Longview, Texas – The Centenary softball team will face the LeTourneau University YellowJackets in a non-conference doubleheader on Tuesday evening at 4 and 6 p.m. at the LETU Softball Field.
Live stats and live video are available for both games at the links below:
Stats: https://letuathletics.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary
Video: https://letuathletics.com/watch/?Live=652
The Ladies (7-10) enter Tuesday's play on a high note as they opened Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play with a sweep in a doubleheader over the University of Dallas Crusaders last weekend at home, winning game by 7-0 and game two 4-1 as Centenary has now won three games in a row.
The YellowJackets (7-8) have lost two in a row as they were swept last Thursday in a DH at Trinity University. LeTourneau is 2-5 at home this season but has not played on its home field since the first weekend in March. The YellowJackets swept the Ladies in a DH last season in Shreveport, winning 4-1 and 8-3.
Junior P Anna Scarbrock (Alexandria, La.) was named the SCAC Softball Pitcher of the Week on Monday after she was masterful in the circle in the Ladies' 7-0 win over Dallas on Saturday. She tossed a complete-game shutout and needed only 50 pitches to do so. She allowed just two hits with no walks and one strikeout. She faced 24 batters, hitting one, and threw 40 of her 50 pitches for strikes. Scarbrock earned the honor for the second time in her career and first time since April 20, 2022.
Scarbrock has not allowed an earned run in her last 10 innings while allowing only four hits and no walks with two K's. She now owns a pair of seven-inning complete-game shutouts and both have been against Dallas as she tossed one last season on April 7, a 4-0 Centenary win. Scarbrock has thrown 19 complete games in her career which ranks third in the division III era (2012-present) in program history.
The Ladies recorded their first shutout of the season behind Scarbrock and their offense pounded Dallas' two pitchers for 13 hits and led 4-0 after their first two at-bats in the 7-0 win. The Ladies finished with 13 hits and stole five bases as they stole a season-high five bases in a game for the third time this season.
The Ladies are hitting .305 as a team with a .367 on-base percentage and are slugging .350. They average 4.9 runs per game and have a team ERA of 3.67. Centenary has collected 142 hits, 18 for extra bases, with 163 total bases which includes 42 walks and nine HBP. The Ladies have nine sacrifice flies and have stolen 40 bases. The Ladies have collected 10+ hits in game nine times this season and done so in eight of their last 10 games.
Senior RF Mackenzie Cox (Alexandria, La.) is the Ladies' leading hitter at a sizzling .481 with a .582 on-base percentage and is slugging .537. She has a team-high 26 hits and 26 runs scored with a double, a triple, and four RBI. She has walked a team-leading 13 times in 54 at-bats and only struck out three times. Cox has also stolen 27 bases to lead the entire country in division III in the category and has only been caught twice.
Sophomore C Jaeden Thrasher (Forney, Texas) is the Ladies' leader in RBI with 13 and is third on the team in hits with 16. She is hitting .296 with a .293 OBP and is slugging .407. Her six doubles lead the team and she has scored eight runs, stolen two bases, walked once, and only struck out four times in 54 at-bats.
Scarbrock leads the Ladies' pitching staff in appearances (nine), games started (seven), wins (four), complete games (two), and innings pitched (43.0). She is 4-4 with a 2.50 ERA with 14 strikeouts and only four walks. Junior Emma Shepherd (Athens, La.) is 1-0 with a team-leading 2.57 ERA and has one save. She has a team-high 18 K's in 16.1 IP.
The Ladies earned a DH split in their last visit to Longview during the 2022 season, falling 2-1 in game one and rebounding with an 11-4 win in game two. The series started in 2012 with LeTourneau holding a 15-3 edge.
See the complete Ladies' season schedule here: https://centenary.prestosports.com/sports/sball/2023-24/schedule
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