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Box Score 2 The Lincoln University women's softball team won their first conference game of the season Sunday afternoon, defeating Elizabeth City State University 14-12 in the opener of their two game series in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
The second game also turned out to be an offensive slugfest as the Vikings came away with a 20-17 win. Lincoln finishes their season with a 3-17 overall record and a 1-15 CIAA mark. ECSU finishes their season at 2-28 overall and 2-14 in league play.
Diamond Scott (Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway) went 3-for-4 with four RBI and four stolen bases in the opener. Her four steals ties the Lincoln school record for stolen bases in a game.
Breanna Pigford (Mickleton, N.J./Kingsway Regional) also went 3-for-4 with four runs scored while
Faith Queen (Landover, Md./Fairmont Heights) added two hits and scored two runs.
Jemiah Groce (Newark, Del./Christiana) earned the complete game win.
Trailing 2-0, Lincoln scored their first two runs via wild pitches and Scott gave the Lions a 3-2 lead with an RBI double. The Vikings came back with three runs in the bottom of the second to retake the lead 5-3
Scott drove in two more runs to tie the game at 5-5 with a two-run single.
Tymera Crudup (Barnegat, N.J./Barnegat) added an RBI single to score Scott and later scored on an error as the Lions took and 8-5 lead.
The lead was short-lived as the Vikings again came back, scoring four times to lead 9-8. The Lions countered with three in the fourth as Pigford led off the inning with a triple and scored on Groce's sacrifice fly. Scott and Crudup drew back-to-back bases-loaded walks to bring home the next two runs to take an 11-9 lead.
ECSU added three more in the bottom of the fifth and the Lions plated one in the top half of the sixth to knot the game at 12-12 heading into the seventh.
McKenzie Spencer (Richmond, Va./Henrico) led off the inning with a single, stole second and scored on
Selena Mulet (Baltimore, Md./Catholic HS of Baltimore)'s single, giving the Lions a 13-12 lead. Pigford scored an insurance run via an error to make the score 14-12. Groce gave up a two –out single to Alyssa Griffin in the bottom of the seventh but retired the next batter to preserve the win.
In the nightcap, the two teams combined for 34 hits and 37 runs as the Vikings came out on the plus side of a 20-17 score.
Spencer, Scott and
Kyleigh Norwood (Falls Church, Va./Fairmont Heights) had three hits apiece while Scott and
Tierra Russaw (Westland, Mich./Summit Academy) drove in three runs apiece.
The Lions jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, sending eight batters to the plate in the first inning with hits by Mulet and Groce each driving in a run. Lincoln also scored on a wild pitch and a throwing error.
The Vikings answered with a solo run in the first and eight more in the second, taking full advantage of three errors by the Lions to take a 9-4 lead.
Lincoln came right back with seven runs in the fourth with back-to-back singles from Queen and Norwood bringing home the first two runs and Russaw's bases loaded double scoring three more. Spencer brought home the final run with double, giving the Lions an 11-9 lead.
Much like the first game, the ECSU offense came back again, scoring five times in the fifth to lead 14-11 before the Lions cut the deficit to one with two runs in the sixth. The Vikings scored six more in the bottom of the sixth to lead 20-13
The Lions had one last chance in the seventh to rally as Spencer delivered a one-out single and stole second and third. Pigford walked and stole second to put two runners in scoring position before Spencer scored on a passed ball. A walk and two hit batters brought Pigford home before Scott singled to bring home two more to close the gap to 20-17 but it would be as close as Lincoln would get as they left the bases loaded to end the game.
