Dove, Brown get offensive in DH

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. – The Lincoln University softball team dropped two games to the University of Sciences in Philadelphia, PA on Sunday.

GAME ONE: USCIENCES 18, LINCOLN 0
Four different players managed a hit for the Lions as they fell to USciences.

The Devils scored in all four at-bats, including a nine-run fourth, to secure the victory.

Freshman Irlynn Richardson (Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills) had the lone extra-base hit, a double, which gave her a hit in six of the last seven games. Freshmen MacKienzee Rasheed (Cincinnati, Ohio/Walnut Hills), Jarae Turner, and Sydney Davis (Harrisburg, Pa./Sci-Tech High School) all had singles in the game. It was the first career knock for Davis.

Junior Amaya Townsend (Port Jervis, N.Y./Port Jervis), 0-3, allowed seven runs – two earned – on eight hits over two innings.

GAME TWO: USCIENCES 12, LINCOLN 5
Freshman Cailyn Dove (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck Senior) had a career-high three hits, and two other players recorded multi-hit games as Lincoln fell to the Devils, 12-5.

Lincoln raced out to a 4-0 lead after three innings.

Dove double home freshman Tia Brown (Newark, N.Y./Newark) in the second inning. Lincoln added three more runs on an RBI by Amaya Townsend (Port Jervis, N.Y./Port Jervis) and a two-RBI double by Brown.

USciences took the lead with seven runs in the fourth inning.

A one-out double by Dove brought Townsend home in the fifth to pull Lincoln to within 7-5, but USciences scored three in the fifth and two more in the sixth.

Dove was 3-for-3 with a double and two RBI, while Townsend was 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored, and an RBI. Brown finished the day 2-for-4 with a double, run scored, and two RBI.

Brown (1-5) allowed 12 runs, 10 earned, on 13 hits with seven walks and a strikeout.

Lincoln begins Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association action Thursday in the CIAA Roundup. The Lions play conference favorite Claflin 12:30 p.m. Friday, and then plays Fayetteville 5:30 p.m. Friday.

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