Softball Selected as "Team of the Week"
The Centenary softball team has been selected as Centenary Athletics' "Team of the Week" after the Ladies went 4-1 last weekend which was highlighted by a three-game sweep over the University of the Ozarks in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play.
Shreveport – The Centenary softball team has been selected as Centenary Athletics' "Team of the Week" after the Ladies went 4-1 last weekend which was highlighted by a three-game sweep over the University of the Ozarks in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play.
The Ladies (6-5, 3-2 SCAC) also split a doubleheader with Hendrix College on Monday in Conway, Ark. Centenary swept Ozarks in a DH last Friday by scores of 8-2 and 9-6 and then completed the series sweep with an 8-4 win on Saturday. The Ladies fell 6-5 in eight innings in game one on Monday and rebounded with a 4-3 victory to earn the split.
Senior C/1B Abby Touchet (Shreveport, La.) finished a red-hot .538 (7-13) with six RBI and a pair of home runs in the series sweep of Ozarks. Touchet, in her first season after transferring from TLU, also had two doubles, scored three runs, and did not strike out all weekend while finishing with a .571 OBP and slugged 1.154.
She had at least two hits in all three games, one 3-hit performance, and scored a run in each game while playing both catcher and DH. In Monday's DH, Touchet went 3-6 with two RBI, a home run, two runs, and a walk.
Senior Emma Shepherd (Athens, La.) had a sensational weekend in the circle at Ozarks as she went 2-0 with an 0.66 ERA in three appearances. In 10.2 IP she allowed just one earned run and six hits with five BB and 10 strikeouts. Shepherd worked a season-high 6.1 innings last Saturday in her first start of the season and struck out four to record her second win of the weekend after picking up one in game two of a DH on Friday. In game one of Monday's DH at Hendrix, Shepherd pitched five innings in relief and allowed just one earned run and two hits with nine K's.
The Ladies return to conference play this weekend at home as they welcome the nationally-ranked Texas Lutheran Bulldogs in a three-game series featuring a DH on Friday at 4 and 6 p.m. and concludes on Saturday at Noon.
See the complete Ladies' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/sball/2024-25/schedule
Admission is FREE to all Centenary home softball games. Live stats and live video stream are available for all Centenary home contests.
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