OXFORD, Pa. — Elise Carter (Smyrna, DE/Smyrna HS) led Lincoln University (Pa.) with eight kills, and
Charly Manley (Upper Marlboro, MD/Frederick Douglass HS) recorded 16 assists and nine digs as the Lions closed their regular season with a 3–0 loss to Shaw University in CIAA volleyball action Thursday evening at Oxford High School. The Lady Bears took the match 25–8, 25–23 and 25–18.
After Shaw hit .464 to take the opening set, Lincoln responded with 11 kills and a .161 hitting percentage in the second. The Lions led 18–15 before Shaw went on a 7–0 run fueled by four Mary Barnes service aces. Lincoln answered with four straight points to tie the set at 23, getting a kill from
Audreynette Lydgate (Bowie, MD/Charles Herbert Flowers HS) and back-to-back aces from
Amira Billingsley (Glen Burnie, MD/) during the run. Kamaria Sanders and Leana Gould delivered consecutive kills to give Shaw the set.
Lincoln scored the first four points of the third set, with Manley setting up a Lydgate kill and following it with an ace. A
Yvette Mercedes (Columbia, MD/) kill put the Lions ahead 14–13, but Shaw broke a 15–15 tie with three straight points and led the rest of the way.
Carter hit .313 to pace the Lions. Mercedes added seven kills, an ace and a solo block, while Lydgate finished with five kills.
Donavyn Morris (Chester, PA/) led Lincoln with 10 digs, and Billingsley accounted for three of the Lions' six aces and two of their three solo blocks. Sanders led Shaw with 11 kills, and Barnes finished with nine of the Lady Bears' 17 aces.
