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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA – Junior Amaya Townsend (Port Jervis, N.Y./Port Jervis) had six hits over two games as the Lincoln University softball opened North Division action Sunday with a doubleheader against Bowie State.
GAME ONE: BOWIE STATE 9, LINCOLN 1
Townsend and freshman Tia Brown (Newark, N.Y./Newark) combined for five of Lincoln's 9 hits in the 9-1 loss to the Bulldogs.
Lincoln took the lead with a run in the first as the Lions recorded four singles in the inning, the last being an RBI stroke by Brown. LU had bases loaded with one out, but couldn't push across another run.
Bowie State got the run back, and also had an opportunity for more as they left the bases loaded. The Bulldogs tacked on five in the second and three in the third inning for the victory.
Townsend went 3-for-3, while Brown was 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Brown, 3-9, allowed nine runs – eight earned – on nine hits in 2 1/3 innings.
GAME TWO: BOWIE STATE 10, LINCOLN 3
For nearly five innings, the Lions took toe-to-toe with Bowie State, but ultimately the Bulldogs' offense was able to break through late for the 10-3 win.
Bowie State took the lead with single runs in the first and third innings.
Freshman Jasmine Solis (Fontana, Calif./Summit) two-run, two-out double knotted the game, and helped salvage the inning, in the fifth. Back-to-back singles by Townsend and freshman Cate Liskey (Richland, Pa./Eastern Lebanon ) opened the inning, but consecutive strikeouts threatened to short circuit the frame. But Solis came through in the clutch.
Unfortunately, the Bulldogs answered with four runs in the fifth and sixth innings.
Townsend added an RBI double in the sixth inning, scoring freshman Cailyn Dove (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck Senior) – who drew a one-out walk.
Brown, 3-10, allowed six earned runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Lincoln returns to the diamond noon Saturday, traveling to Virginia State.
