PRAIRIE GROVE -- Lincoln's defense stymied Prairie Grove despite 11 hits by the Lady Tigers which produced only two runs in a 10-2 loss Tuesday, March 13.
The Lady Tigers were a collective 11-of-28 for an impressive .393 average led by senior Katharine McConnell, who was 4-of-4 with a double and 2 runs scored. Classmate Kylie Scott was 3-of-4. Yet, all that firepower virtually went for naught. A telling statistic was Prairie Grove had no runs batted in. McConnell's 2 stolen bases filled in the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle of Prairie Grove's statistical malady that included 15 runners left on base.
Lincoln senior Jada Corbit turned a double play and the Lady Wolves limited their errors making only 2. Senior Ayden Massey allowed no runs on 5 hits with 1 base-on-balls and 2 strikeouts over 4 innings. Freshman Paige Umberson also threw well yielding 2 runs on 4 hits among 13 batters she faced in three innings of work.
Lincoln took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first. Neither team scored for the next two innings before the Lady Wolves added 3 in the top of the fourth, one in the fifth and 4 more in the sixth. Prairie Grove had one run in the fifth and one in the seventh.
Corbit, Umberson, Katie Lankford and Tristan Cunningham had 2 hits apiece. Massey helped her cause at the plate with a pair of RBIs and a double. Six Lincoln players drove in one run each. Lankford and Kinley Webb each belted triples. Cunningham had 2 doubles.
Madie Stearman took the loss for Prairie Grove, allowing 14 runs on 10 hits with 2 base-on-balls and 2 strike-outs.
The Lady Wolves turned back Berryville, 6-2, in nonconference softball action Thursday. Lincoln scored 2 runs in the bottom of the third, another in the fourth. Hollie Webb and Cunningham both singled to get aboard in the third. Each would eventually score. Massey singled in the fourth to set up the Lady Wolves' third run.
Lincoln held a slim 3-2 edge when the Lady Wolves came to bat in the bottom of the fifth. Malorie Pershall led off with a single and Corbit followed suit. Madison Jones popped up to first, but Massey drew a walk to load the bases with one out. Umberson dealt Berryville hopes a blow by smacking a 2-run single giving Lincoln a pair of insurance runs. Lankford reached on an error to again load the bases. Kinley Webb hit a shot into center field that was held up by wind and caught for the second out. Hollie Webb drove in a run with a single and Lincoln led 6-2.
Sports on 03/21/2018