Baseball Back Home In Conference Play Versus Concordia
The Centenary baseball team returns to Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play this weekend as the Diamond Gents welcome the Concordia University Tornados to town for a three-game series beginning on Friday with first pitch set for 6 PM at Shehee Stadium.
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Shreveport - The Centenary baseball team returns to Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play this weekend as the Diamond Gents welcome the Concordia University Tornados to town for a three-game series beginning on Friday with first pitch set for 6 PM at Shehee Stadium.
Live stats and live video are available for all three games at the links below:
STATS: https://gocentenary.com/sports/bsb/2025-26/boxscores/20260227_s818.xml
VIDEO: https://flosports.link/4bLBOwG
TICKETS: https://fan.hudl.com/tickets/VGlja2V0ZWRFdmVudDY5NjEzM2VjYjc3MGJkMzQ4ODBkYzAxZg==
The Diamond Gents (5-7, 0-3 SCAC) and Tornados (6-1, 5-1 SCAC) will wrap up the series on Saturday with a doubleheader at 1 PM.
Tickets can only be purchased online. NO cash sales will be available. Centenary students, faculty & staff are allowed into every home event FREE with a valid Centenary ID. Passport Points are available for students to claim.
Centenary will play at home for just the second time this season after a 12-2 blowout victory over Millsaps College on Feb. 17. Concordia has played all seven games at home this season and will make its road debut this weekend.
The Diamond Gents split a four-game series against the George Fox University Bruins last weekend in Newberg, Ore. The Tornados defeated Southwestern University 12-7 at home on Tuesday.
The Diamond Gents, who were swept at Schreiner University earlier this month to begin league play, were picked to finish sixth in the SCAC Preseason poll this season.
Concordia, which advanced to the NCAA regional final a season ago after finishing runner-up at the SCAC Tournament Championship, was the preseason league champion selection this season. The Tornados totaled eight first-place votes to top the coaches' poll with 116 points. Concordia is currently receiving 59 votes in the D3baseball.com Top 25 national poll, the most votes of any team as the Tornados are just on the cusp of being nationally ranked.
SERIES HISTORY: The Diamond Gents and Tornados have played five times with Concordia winning all five. The Tornados swept the Diamond Gents in Austin, Texas last season.
Centenary is hitting .260 as a team with a .362 on-base percentage and slugging .336 as a team with six home runs. The Diamond Gents have 95 hits, scored 60 runs, 49 RBI, 10 doubles 41 walks, 22 hit by pitches, 12 stolen bases, and seven sacrifice flies.
Junior SS Vance Sartor (Prescott Valley, Ariz.) leads the team in batting average (.410) and hits (16) and is third in RBI (6).
Sophomore CF Blaine Birkelbach (Pearland, Texas) is second in hits (15) and tied for second in RBI (7), and leads the team in runs scored with nine while hitting .313.
Sophomore RF Noah Paulson (El Lago, Texas) is third in hits with 12 and tied for second in RBI (7) and is hitting .300.
Freshman 1B Ethan Hopkins (Baton Rouge, La.) is the team leader in RBI (8), home runs (2), and doubles (3) and is tied for fourth in hits (10) and third in runs scored (7).
Sophomore 3B Aron Gillum (Shreveport, La.) is tied for fourth in hits (10) and tied for second in RBI (7) and tied for second in runs scored (8). Senior C Caleb Ickes (Prairieville, La.) is tied with Gillum for second in runs scored (8). Ickes also has five hits and four BB.
Birkelbach and Sartor share the team lead in stolen bases with three each and Birkelbach, Gillum, Sartor, and Paulson each have one homer. Senior 2B Clay Menard (Berwick, La.) is hitting .292 with a .485 OBP and a team-leading seven BB. He also has seven hits, three RBI, and a double.
Freshman UTL Garritt Romero (Manvel, Texas) leads the team in innings pitched (16.1) in three appearances and a pair of starts. He is 0-2 with a 4.96 ERA and also has five hits, four RBI, and two doubles.
Senior RHP Jacob Broussard (Houston, Texas) is 1-1 in three appearances and two starts with a 3.86 ERA. In 11.2 IP he has 14 strikeouts.
Sophomore RHP Coen Laroux (Woodworth, La.) has made three appearances and pitched 6.2 innings with six K's.
A Glance at the Tornados:
Concordia opened its season with a three-game sweep over the University of Dallas, all by run-rule. The Tornados then took two of three against Schreiner.
Clint Mokry is in his fourth season as head coach of the Tornados
See the complete Diamond Gents' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/bsb/2025-26/schedule
Information on Season Tickets and single game tickets is available at the following link: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/la/shreveport/organization/69826/centenary-college-of/tickets
For more information or to donate to Centenary athletics and the baseball program, visit gocentenary.com/gocentenary/C_Club.
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