RALEIGH, N.C. – The Lincoln University of Pennsylvania softball program finally tasted victory after a month of losses, earning its first win in a game that went into extra innings with an 8-7 triumph in eight followed by a defeat, 8-6.

What You Need to Know:
 

• Game 1 (8 Innings): Lincoln (PA) 8 | Shaw 7

 

• Game 2: Shaw 8 | Lincoln (PA) 6

 

• Records: Lincoln-PA (12-25, 4-10 CIAA) | Shaw (7-20, 6-10 CIAA)

 

• Location: Raleigh, North Carolina – Worthdale Park

 

• Winning Streak: Shaw (W1) | Lincoln (PA)'s Last Win: April 23, 2023 (Game 1, 8-7, 8 Innings)
   

Lincoln (PA) Top Performers:
 

• Chloe Foster (Dresher, Pa./Upper Dublin) was the recipient of the pitching win, tossing three innings without an earned run (one unearned) with a pair of strikeouts on top of getting two outs in the nightcap.

 

• Kevyn Jones (Baltimore, Md./Paul Laurence Dunbar) piled on a team-high four hits and three runs scored plus an RBI.

 

• Leinayiah Jex (Silver Spring, Md./John F. Kennedy) reached safely twice and stole three bags to pace the Lions on the basepaths.

 

• Doubles were smashed by Tia Brown (Newark, N.Y./Newark), Jazmin Lewis, and Kailee Richmond (Womelsdorf, Pa./Conrad Weiser) while Lewis lofted a sacrifice fly and Brown tossed 3.1 innings to begin the front half of the twin-bill, whiffing four Bears with two earned runs allowed.

 
Notes:
 

• That was the program's first extra-inning victory since nearly ten years ago to the day, last triumphing during free softball when they defeated Bowie State 13-11 on April, 13 2013 to clinch a spot in the CIAA Tournament.

 

• The Lions broke out of their extended 14-game skid with its extra innings win in game one with its last victory prior to that one coming at the CIAA Round-Up versus Saint Augustine's on March 24, 9-7.

 

• Regardless of what happens in the regular season and home finale on April 27, Head Coach Zadaisha Waddell will end the year with the most victories ever by a first-year coach for Lincoln softball (12, presently), and will enter the 2024 campaign less than three wins away from being the all-time coaching leader, currently held by Jill Freese, who had 15 wins over three seasons (2017-2019).

 
Next:
 

• Two home games remain until the regular season ends as the Lions face their fellow Orange and Blue color scheme rivals from Virginia State this Thursday.