After a rain out Monday night, Lincoln rescheduled their match up with undefeated Skyline to go along with playing Stover on Tuesday's Senior Night.
After a slow start, the Lady Cardinals defeated Stover 11-1 in six innings.
Freshman Molly Strozewski started in the circle and went 4 innings. Senior Braylin Paxton finished up.
Alyssa Mellen had a big game with two 2-RBI singles in the each of the fifth and sixth innings to go along with a walk back in the third.
Lincoln scored six runs in a busy fifth inning. Mellen singled in two runs, Cadence Harvey singled in one, an error scored two runs, and Katy Cook singled and droved in another.
The Lady Cardinals took the lead in the bottom of the third inning after Mellen walked and Stover dropped a third strike, each scored one run.
Strozewski gave up five hits and one run over five innings, struck out nine and walked one.
Lexi Rogers took the loss for Stover. She went four innings and surrendered eight runs (six earned) on eight hits, struck out six and walked three.
Paxton threw one no-hit inning in relief.
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Skyline defeated Lincoln 6-0. Paxton started and went the first two innings until her knee gave out and Strozewski took over.
The Lady Tigers jumped out to a lead in the top of the first inning after Kinsley Volcko was hit by a pitch and pushed in a run, and Raegan Lewis grounded out, but scored two runs.
A single by Breanna Johnson stretched the Skyline lead to 5-0 in the top of the second inning.
Skyline notched one run in the top of the third on a solo home run to center field by the pitcher Makenna Shockley.
Shockley surrendered one hit and zero runs over four innings and struck out eight and walked none.
Lilly Mellen and Rebekah Helland each collected one hit for the Lady Cardinals.
Johnson, Shockley, and Adena Acker each collected three hits for the Skyline squad. Skyline was perfect in the field and didn't commit a single error.
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On Thursday, the Lady Cards traveled to Windsor for a 15-3 victory.
Rebekah Helland hit for the cycle. She tripled in the first inning, hit a solo home run to left field in the fourth inning, doubled in the third inning, and singled in the fifth inning.
In the first, Helland tripled to drive in two runs and the hard hitting Katy Cook singled to score one.
In the third, Cook tagged a 2-run home run to center field, Skyler Arbuckle picked up an RBI double and Danika Gillespie drew a walk that scored one run.
Four more Lincoln runs touched home plate in the fourth inning to push the lead to 11-2. Helland hit a solo home run to left field, Greenlea Harms drew a walk and scored a run, and Gillespie collected a 2-RBI single.
Paxton earned the win. After a few rough starts, she allowed just three hits and three runs (one earned) over five innings, struck out seven and walked just one.
Bailey Hawkins started for the Windsor Lady Greyhounds. She gave up six hits and seven runs (four earned) over two innings, struck out two and walked one.
Lincoln moved to 16-3 on the season.
