LINCOLN -- The Lady Wolves softball team split a pair of games against local foes last week, losing to Elkins, but smashing Greenland 22-0.
Elkins 7, Lincoln 3
Elkins broke away from a 3-3 with Lincoln courtesy of a 4-run fourth inning to hand the Lady Wolves a 7-3 loss on Thursday. Lincoln took a 1-0 lead in the second inning before Elkins used three runs in the second to move ahead. The Lady Wolves answered with 2 runs in the top of the third inning to even the score at 3-all, but they would not score again.
Elkins' sophomore Sophia Hollingsworth (1-1) pitched a complete game for the Lady Elks. She scattered 5 hits over 7 innings, recording 7 strikeouts against 2 base on balls. She limited Lincoln to a .179 batting average. Lincoln was 5 for 28 in the batter's box.
Elkins scored 7 runs on 6 RBIs. Hollingsworth helped her cause at the plate by going 1 for 3 with a double and driving in a pair of Lady Elks' runs. Senior Hannah Hurst, Junior Morgan Caler, sophomore Allison Coleman, and freshman Karlee Williams each drove in a run. Freshman Dugan Lyndsey tripled and went 2 for 3.
Lincoln 22, Greenland 0
The Greenland Pirates were raided and plundered when the Lincoln Lady Wolves softball team came to town March 6.
A low-scoring 1-0 first inning wasn't any indication of what was to come. The visiting Lady Wolves ravaged Greenland with 9 runs in the second and a dozen more in the third to end the game early -- with Lincoln taking home a 22-0 win.
Pounding out hits for the Lady Wolves were Tristan Cunningham (2 for 3, triple, 3 RBIs), Lexington Dobbs (2 for 4, double, 3 RBIs), Kaitlyn Lankford (1 of 3, 2 RBIs), Hollie Webb (2 of 3, double, 3 RBIs), Malorie Pershall (3 of 4, double, 2 RBIs), Kinley Webb (3 of 4, double 2 RBIs), and Jada Corbit (3 of 4, double, 1 RBI). Kinley Webb had 3 stolen bases.
Junior Ayden Massey was the winning pitcher for Lincoln, retiring the Pirates in order in all three innings the game lasted. Greenland managed only one hit off her while she struck out 5 Pirates. The Lady Wolves had no fielding errors in the contest.
Sports on 03/15/2017