Shreveport - The Centenary softball team has been selected as Centenary Athletics' "Team of the Week" after the Ladies earned a 2-1 walk-off victory in extra innings on Sunday afternoon over the Millsaps College Majors to salvage the final game of a three-game series at the Centenary Softball Complex.

The Ladies (5-10) rebounded from a doubleheader sweep at the hands of the Majors (5-8) on Saturday, falling 5-2 in game one and 8-4 in game two. Centenary beat Millsaps for the first time this season after dropping a season-opening DH in Jackson, Miss. on Feb. 9.

Junior P Anna Scarbrock (Alexandria, La.) picked up the win in the circle for the Ladies as she pitched three innings in relief of starter - junior Emma Shepherd (Athens, La.).Scarbrock, celebrating her birthday on Sunday, entered the game in the sixth and allowed no runs on just two hits with a strikeout and no walks.

She faced 10 batters and threw 23 pitches – 19 for strikes to improve to 3-4 on the season. Shepherd pitched five innings and allowed one earned run on three hits with five walks and two strikeouts. She faced 21 batters and threw 88 pitches (47 strikes).

Senior RF Mackenzie Cox (Alexandria, La.) finished a sizzling .556 (5-9) in the series with for runs scored, two walks, and five stolen bases in six attempts. She did not strikeout and finished with an OBP of .636 and slugged .556. Cox leads the country in stolen bases with a whopping 24 in 26 attempts. She now has eight games this season in which she has stolen multiple bases.

Centenary now turns the page to Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play as the Ladies will face the University of Dallas Crusaders next weekend at home. The Ladies were picked to finish fifth in the league this season in the preseason poll, their highest predicted finish in five seasons since the 2020 Ladies' squad was picked to finish fourth in a season ultimately cut short due to COVID-19. Dallas (1-9) was picked to finish ninth.

The series begins on Saturday with a DH at 3 and 5 p.m. and concludes on Sunday with a single game at Noon.

See the complete Ladies' season schedule here:  https://centenary.prestosports.com/sports/sball/2023-24/schedule  

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