UNIONDALE, N.Y. – The Lincoln University baseball team had its rally come up short as the Lions fell 9-7 to Molloy College in East Coast Conference action Monday at the Mitchell Field Complex.
 

Lincoln fell behind 7-1 after three innings with senior Elias Beltre (New York, N.Y./LAM International School) (New York, N.Y./LAM International) driving home the run with a single in the third inning.
 

Four straight two-out singles, including RBI knocks from sophomore Willie Hines (Bowie, Md./Bowie) (Bowie, Md./Bowie) and freshman Jefry Azcona (Trenton, N.J./Trenton Catholic) (Trenton, N.J./Trenton Catholic) to pull the Lions to within 7-3. A solo shot in the fifth inning by Beltre brought LU to within three.
 

Molloy stemmed the tide with a pair of runs in the fifth, but Lincoln wouldn't go away. A wild pitch scored senior Bradley Regalado (Queens, N.Y./Bishop Loughlin Memorial) (Queens, N.Y./Bishop Loughlin) and an RBI groundout by Azcona tallied another run. A one-out walk had runners on the corners and the tying run at the plate. But, a caught stealing and strikeout short-circuited the rally.
 

Hines manufactured a run in the eighth by drawing a walk and moving to third on an errant pickoff, and then scored on a ground out.
 

Azcona led the team with three RBI, going 1-for-5, while Beltre came up a triple shy of the cycle – going 3-for-5 with a double, HR, and two RBI. Freshman Josh Shepherd (Bowie, Md./Bowie) (Bowie, Md./Bowie) tallied his first career hit and scored a pair of runs, while Regalado was 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
 

Freshman Nick Spurlock (Sugar Land, Texas/Kempner), 0-1, (Sugar Land, Texas/Kempner) allowed seven runs on eight hits in three innings of work. Junior CarVonte Williams (Cleveland, Ohio/Twinsburg) (Cleveland, Ohio/Twinsburg) kept the Lions close, allowing one earned run on three hits in four innings.