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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. - The Lincoln University softball team lost a pair of non-conference games Saturday to Salem in the Lions' home opener.
GAME ONE: SALEM 12, LINCOLN 3
The Wildcats scored in all but one inning in securing the 12-3 victory in the opener.
After falling behind 2-0 after two, the Lions battled back in the third. Freshman Irlynn Ricardson got the one-out started with a double, followed by a walk to freshman Aniyah Isaac (New Brunswick, N.J./New Brunswick) and a single by freshman MacKienzee Rasheed (Cincinnati, Ohio/Walnut Hills). Back-to-back RBI singles by freshman Jaelynn Barrios (Bayonne, N.J./Bayonne) and junior Amaya Townsend (Port Jervis, N.Y./Port Jervis) evened the score.
However, Salem escaped further damage with a pop up and strikeout. They went on to score a pair of runs in the fourth and fifth innings, and three runs in each the sixth and seventh innings.
Isaac manufactured the only other Lincoln run, drawing a one-out walk, advancing to third on a wild pitch, and scoring on a throwing error.
Richardson and Barrios each had two hits for the Lions.
Freshman Tia Brown (Newark, N.Y./Newark), 1-5, took the loss, allowing nine runs – seven earned – on 13 hits in 5 1/3 innings. She added two strikeouts and three walks.
GAME TWO: SALEM 8, LINCOLN 0 (FIVE INNINGS)
Richardson accounted for two of Lincoln's three hits as the Lions dropped the nightcap, 8-0.
Salem scored an unearned run in the first, four in the third and three in the fourth to account for all of the runs.
Freshman Caitlin Dove had the other Lincoln hit, a fifth-inning single.
Freshman Cate Liskey (Richland, Pa./Eastern Lebanon ), 0-5, was saddled with the loss, allowing eight runs – six earned – on eight hits in 3 1/3 innings.
Lincoln (1-13) returns to action Noon Sunday at the University of Sciences.
