Shreveport, Louisiana - The third-ranked Trinity Tigers split a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference baseball doubleheader with the Centenary College Gents on Saturday.

Trinity won the opening seven-inning game 12-3, and Centenary took the nine-inning matchup 5-4 at Shehee Stadium. The Tigers, who had a nine-game winning streak snapped, now stand at 30-7 and 16-2 SCAC. The Gents hold a record of 18-19 and 11-7 SCAC. Trinity edged Centenary 4-2 in a 12-inning marathon in Friday night's series opener.

Earlier, the Tigers clinched the top-seeded position in the SCAC Championship, and will host the four-team tournament May 2-4. The defending conference champions take on fourth-seeded Southwestern University in the first round at 1:00 p.m. on May 2.

Trinity opened the doubleheader with a four-run first inning, highlighted by a two-RBI single from Colin Serkowski. The big inning for the Tigers was the five-run fifth, sparked by a two-RBI single from Jeremy Wolf.

Wolf batted 3-4 with three RBI, and Pat Hirschberg also drove in three runs. Serkowski went 2-3 with two RBI, and Christian Muscarello crossed the plate three times for the Tigers.

Zack Speer (8-1) was the starting pitcher, and struck out six batters over five innings. Speer allowed one earned run, four hits, and two walks. Clayton Freimuth and Matt Abrahams entered in relief.

The see-saw second game had the Tigers leading 2-0 after the top of the second inning. Chris Bianchi and Connor Moore each drove in runs. Centenary countered with a run in the bottom half of the inning, and produced two more in the third to take a 3-2 lead. An RBI double in the fifth gave the Gents a 4-2 advantage.

Muscarello cracked an RBI single in the seventh, but Centenary answered with a run-scoring triple. Trinity's last score of the game came in the eighth inning, on an unearned run by Jules Cronk.

Bianchi had two RBI in the game, and Cronk scored two of the team's runs. Michael Walker (4-2) took the loss, allowing two earned runs. Carter Lauck was the relief pitcher in the fifth inning.

Trinity wraps up its regular-season schedule Tuesday in Belton, Texas, with a 7:00 p.m. game against the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. The game was originally scheduled for April 15, but was postponed because of the weather.