(Photos by Josh Moczygemba)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Centenary College kept its
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship hopes alive
with a 15-3 run-rule win in an elimination game against
Southwestern University on Saturday afternoon at the conference
tournament. Official
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The Gents advance to tonight's semifinal game against Texas Lutheran University, which lost a narrow 8-7 game against top seed Trinity earlier today. The winner of tonight's game will face the Tigers for a shot at the SCAC Championship.
Despite the lopsided score, the game was actually 2-1 heading into the bottom of the fourth inning, as Southwestern had cut into the Centenary lead in the top of the inning. The offense for the Gents came to life in a big way after that, though, scoring 13 runs over the next three innings. Centenary scored foru in the fourth, sixth in the fifth, and then three more in the sixth. Southwestern added two runs in the top of the seventh, but it wasn't enough to extend the game.
Holden Novak put together a solid complete-game effort for the Gents, though it was overshadowed by the high-powered Centenary offense. Novak gave up three unearned runs on seven hits over the seven-inning effort.
Charlie St. Clair and Ben Little had two hits each, accounting for four of Southwestern's seven total hits in the game.
The top four hitters for Centenary accounted for six runs, nine RBI, and eight total hits. Michael Schimpf was 2-4 with four runs and two RBI from the leadoff spot, followed by Taylor Reed's 3-4 performance that also featured two runs and three more RBI. Chris Jones nabbed a pair of hits, while Aaron Quintanilla drove in three runs.
Additionally, Nic Parrott was 2-4 with two runs scored, while Preston LeJeune was 1-2 with two runs and three RBI. Christian Sebastien also added two runs scored for the Gents.
Centenary improves its record to 19-21 on the season, while Southwestern wraps up its season with a 14-28 record.
