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Softball Clinches First SCAC Tournament Appearance
SHERMAN, Texas – All the Ladies needed to do to secure its first appearance in the 2016 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament was beat Austin College in one of four games this weekend. The Maroon and White wasted no time, as Centenary (18-20, 7-15 SCAC) took game one 8-4 before falling to Austin College (12-24, 4-18) 5-1 in the nightcap of softball double header Friday, April 15.
The Ladies led 5-0 before Austin College even recorded a hit. Senior Emily Sexton began the game with a single and scored on sophomore Michelle Tasin’s double. Freshman Wendy Gillet followed with a two-run shot to right center, her third of the season, to put Centenary up 3-0 before freshman Haley Miller …show more content…

Miller (5-4) picked up the win in the circle for the Ladies, allowing seven hits and two runs (one earned) in 5.1 innings pitched. Gillet led the Centenary offense by going 3-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored and two RBIs.
Raquel Vara went 3-for-4 with a run scored for the home team.
Victoria Herrera (5-13) went the distance, allowing eight hits and eight runs (five earned) in the loss. She got the complete game win in the finale of the day, allowing three hits and just one run with four strikeouts.
Game two started off promising for the Ladies when Sexton led off the game with a double and scored on a pair of sacrifices, but that was it for the Centenary offense – which managed only three hits in the game.
Nichole Aldridge (8-13) took the loss in the circle, allowing nine hits and five runs (three earned) in six innings of work.
Austin College took the lead in the second thanks to a costly error. Vara doubled to begin the inning snd scored on a one-out throwing error on Aldridge. A sacrifice and a two-out single by Clevinger put the home team up 2-1 after two

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