Aubury Coleman (Mason City, Iowa/ Mason City) broke the Lincoln University single match record for kills with 22 while Tymera Crudup (Barnegat, N.J./Barnegat) and Alisa Foster (Philadelphia, Pa./Science Leadership Acad.) also put their names in the school record books as the Lions defeated Elizabeth City State University 3-1 Monday night at Manuel Rivero Hall.

The Lions improve to 4-13 overall and 2-11 in Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association matches.   ECSU falls to 2-20 overall and 2-10 in CIAA contests.  Lincoln won the first two sets by identical 25-18 scores before dropping the third set 25-19.  The Lions roared back  to win the match with a dominating 25-16 result in the fourth set.

Coleman's 22 kills eclipsed the old mark of 21 set by Donneisha Smith against Roanoke State in 2007. Crudup recorded 25 digs, breaking Sydney Cook's four-set match mark of 23 set against Virginia Union in 2013.  Foster tied the school's record for assists with 36, equaling Erica McClain's total in a match vs. Johnson C. Smith in 2012.

Mariah Russell (St Louis Mo./Maplewood Richmond Heights) joined Coleman in double figures for kills with 14 and nearly broke her own school record for attack attempts in a game with 51. (She had 54 in a match earlier this year).  Coleman led the team with a .395 attack%, committing just five errors in 43 attack attempts. Crudup also had five aces while Tierra Russaw (Westland, Mich./Summit Academy) added 12 digs.  

Sixteen of Coleman's 22 kills came in the first two sets, recording seven and nine while hitting .520 in the process (16-3-25).    She added three kills in each of the remaining two sets, including an errorless frame in the fourth set (3-0-5).   Crudup had 14 of the Lions 27 digs in the first two sets and added 11 more in the final two frames.  Foster had 21 assists in the first two sets, nine more in the third and six in the final set.

The Lions jumped out to an early 10-5 lead in the opening frame only to have the Vikings claw their way back to tie the set at 14-14.  Five straight Lion points put the hosts back in control at 19-14 and later expanded the margin to 22-17 before Coleman scored two of Lincoln's final three points  en route to the 25-18 win.

The Lions trailed by four 13-9 in the second set when the Lions went on a 7-0 run, fueled by four Coleman kills to take a 16-13 lead.  A Lincoln error closed the gap to 16-14 but that was as close as the Vikings would come as the Lions pulled away with a 25-18 win in the set to take a 2-0 lead in the match.

The Lions found themselves trailing 7-2 early in the third set and struggled to recover, tying the set at 13-13 and later pulling within two at 20-18 before the Vikings closed it out with a 5-1 flourish, forcing a fourth set.

Three straight aces from Crudup highlighted the early action in the fourth set as the Lions took an 8-4 lead.  An ace from Foster upped the LU's lead to 14-7.  The lead would then oscillate between six and seven points with Coleman's last kill of the night, her 22nd breaking the school record, gave the Lions an 18-11 lead. The Lions then closed out the match with a 7-2 flourish to take home the 3-1 win.

Lincoln has a non-conference match against Georgian Court University on Thursday before resuming conference play sat Virginia Union University on Monday, October 23, 2017.