LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. – Junior Sydney Cook (Portland, OR/Cleveland HS) recorded a career-best 15 assists setting up her Lion teammates, but Felician College defeated Lincoln 3-1 (25-20, 26-28, 25-15, 25-18) in Manuel Rivero Hall on Wednesday, October 1^st.

The Lions won the defensive battle 89-78 in digs against the Golden Falcons. Sophomore Kyra Orton (Detroit, MI/Renaissance HS) had a game-high 29 digs while Sydney Cook (Portland, OR/Cleveland HS) added 23 and freshman Ashanti Price (Upper Marlboro, MD/Bishop McNamara HS) had 12. Price led the Lions offense with 16 kills and junior Jillian Lee (Baltimore, MD/Baltimore Poly Institute) posted nine kills.

Lincoln had 15 team kills in the second set and won in a hard fought battle 28-26. Ashanti Price (Upper Marlboro, MD/Bishop McNamara HS) had five kills, Jillian Lee (Baltimore, MD/Baltimore Poly Institute) had four kills, and junior Toni Smith (New Castle, DE/William Penn HS) pitched in with three kills pacing the Lions. Felician committed ten costly errors as Lincoln tied the match 1-1. The Golden Falcons went on to win the next two sets. Lincoln falls to 2-10 overall while Felician improves their overall record to 4-5.

The Lions travel to Bowie, MD on Thursday, October 2^nd for a CIAA Northern Divisional matchup against Bowie State at 7 p.m.