Baseball And Softball Share "Team of the Week" Honor
The Centenary baseball and softball team have each been selected as Centenary Athletics' "Team of the Week".
Shreveport – The Centenary baseball and softball team have each been selected as Centenary Athletics' "Team of the Week".
The Diamond Gents and Ladies each recorded a series win over Austin College in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play, with baseball taking two of three at home and softball winning the series in Sherman, Texas.
The Diamond Gents (13-15, 8-10 SCAC) won the series opener 5-3 last Friday night and split a doubleheader on Saturday, falling 14-7 in game one and rebounding with an emphatic 18-2 run-rule win in seven innings in game two at Shehee Stadium.
Centenary is on the road this weekend to face league leader Texas Lutheran University (19-7, 14-4 SCAC) with the series beginning on Thursday with a DH at 1 PM and concluding on Friday with a single game set for 1 PM. The Bulldogs are ranked 24th nationally in the latest ABCA NCAA Division III Baseball Coaches Poll.
Sophomore UTL Turner Mclelland (Minden, La.) went 5-11 (.455) last weekend with three RBI, six runs scored, and two walks. He also had three extra-base hits (a home run, a triple, and a double) with a .571 OBP and slugged 1.000. He had a pair of multi-hit games and hit his first homer of the season in Saturday's 18-2 run-rule win.
Senior RHP Jacob Broussard (Houston, Texas) recorded his first-career complete game in the 18-2 win as he threw a season and career-high seven innings and allowed just two earned runs and three hits. Broussard walked two and struck out six of the 28 batters he faced and threw 93 pitches - 62 for strikes.
See the complete Diamond Gents' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/bsb/2025-26/schedule
The Ladies (14-12, 12-6 SCAC) opened their series last weekend with an 18-4 run-rule win in five innings and then split a DH, falling 7-2 in game one and rallying for a 10-7 victory in game two.
Centenary's loss in game one of the DH snapped its season-high eight-game winning streak, but the Ladies tied the Division III era (2012-present) program record for conference wins in a season on Friday and the Ladies' 18 runs are the most in a SCAC game since also scoring 18 against Austin College on March 16, 2023.
Freshman P/INF Haydyn Schexnayder (Egan, La.) picked up a pair of wins in the circle as she pitched six innings and allowed three earned runs and four hits with one walk and two strikeouts.
Sophomore SS/C Kaitlynn Alello (Denham Springs, La.), who played three different positions (catcher, DP, and SS) for the Ladies in the series, had a big weekend as she went 7-9 (.778) at the plate with five doubles, 12 total bases, seven runs scored, and one RBI with an .800 OBP and slugged 1.333. She had multiple hits in every game of the series - a three-hit game and a pair of two-hit performances.
See the complete Ladies' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/sball/2025-26/schedule
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