DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. – The Lincoln University of Pennsylvania baseball program has finally come away victorious in a ballgame with the Mercy Mavericks following 17 failed attempts, taking the last contest of the year in convincing fashion, 10-3.
What You Need to Know:
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- Score:Â Lincoln (PA) 10 | Mercy 3
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- Records: Lincoln-PA (12-35-1, 5-19 ECC) | Mercy (15-31, 10-14 ECC)
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- Location: Dobbs Ferry, New York – Mercy Field
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- Winning Streak: Lincoln-PA (W1) | Mercy's Last Win: May 5, 2023 (8-3, 7 Innings)
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Lincoln (PA) Top Performers:
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- Josiah Bowles (Plant City, Fla./Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy) capped his career with 7.1 sparkling innings of two-earned run work (three total), punching out one Maverick and ending his senior season as the squad's winningest pitcher at 4-3.
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- Eight of the club's ten base hits came from four hitters as Damaal Sands (Nassau, Bahamas/Monteverde Academy), Alex Jones (Bear, Del./Appoquinimink), DeAndre Bowens (Rock Hill, N.Y./Monticello), and Jefry Azcona (Trenton, N.J./Trenton Central) all clubbed a pair of singles each while scoring seven times, driving in four RBIs, and walking thrice with Bowens adding a sacrifice fly to the mix plus Sands getting plunked twice.
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- Jaden Greenidge (Richmond, Va./Monacan) was a valuable two-way player and put it on display one more time, cranking an RBI-double and swatting a sac fly plus a score on top of 1.2 scoreless frames with only two baserunners allowed.
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- The Lincoln Lions set a new program record for the most wins in a single season during their NCAA Division II era dating back to 2008, securing 12 wins and falling two victories shy of tying for the all-time school mark of 14 when they were a DIII team in the spring of 2006.
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