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Ladies Grab Five All-Conference Selections, Miller Named First Team SAN ANTONIO, Texas – And the historic 2016 Ladies softball season continues. Just hours after capturing its first Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament win in program history, five Centenary softball players were honored by the conference. In a vote by the SCAC coaches and announced at the Conference Softball Tournament Friday, April 22, five Ladies grabbed All-Conference honors. Headlining the All-Conference winner was sophomore Haley Miller, who took First Team All-Conference Utility accolades. Freshman Wendy Gillet appeared on the Second Team as a First Baseman, while classmate Nichole Aldridge (pitcher), sophomore Michelle Tasin (second base) and senior Emily Sexton (outfielder) were named Honorable Mention. With her First Team honors, Miller became the first Lady to receive this accolade in three years. …show more content…

She led the team with a .450 batting average, including a hit in all six of the first Centenary games of 2016. Aldridge also grabbed Honorable Mention All-Conference honors, leading the team with a 10-13 record in the circle. Aldridge, who started 20 games and appeared in 28 in the circle, holds a 3.09 ERA with a save in 129 innings pitched. She went 3-1 in her first week of collegiate action to be named SCAC Pitcher of the Week on February 15. Joining Aldridge on the Honorable Mention All-Conference list is Sexton and Tasin, who both made All-Conference last season. Sexton ranks third in the SCAC in stolen bases (25) and fourth in runs scored (38). Tasin finished third in the conference in hits (54) and fifth in the conference with a .412 batting average, including beginning the season with a 16-game hitting streak. Going 1-1 on the first day of the SCAC Tournament, defeating #5 Southwestern but falling to #1 Texas Lutheran, Centenary returns to action tomorrow at 10 a.m. against #6

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