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NEWS
RELEASE - 04/08/05
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Danville Hands
Lynx Two Losses Danville Community College handed the Lincoln College Lynx a pair of baseball setbacks Saturday afternoon at Galen Shirley Field by scores of 4-1 and 6-1. The same two teams play a nine inning game Sunday at Lincoln. Danville runs its conference record to 5-3 while Lincoln College falls to 0-5 and 10-12 overall. Lincoln pounded out nine hits in the first game, including a four for four performance from Brad Hall. Hall hit a solo homer in the fifth inning for the Lynx. Scott Aeschelman was the loser in the first game, allowing eight hits and two earned runs in six innings, with four strikeouts and one walk. Andy Bakhaus had a pair of hits for the Lynx while Adam York and Kyle Killenger each had one safety. In the second game, Danville broke open a tight game with three runs in the sixth inning and coasted to the win as the Lynx managed just two hits. York and Alex Brown had the only hits for Lincoln College. Nick Kidwell was the losing pitcher with five innings, four hits, no earned runs, two strikeouts and one walk. FIRST
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| Lincoln College was founded in 1865 as Lincoln University, the only institution of higher education named for Abraham Lincoln during his lifetime. It is a selective, two-year, private, liberal arts college located in Lincoln, Illinois. Lincoln College is designed to prepare a student for university study through a structured, supportive approach to learning. Approximately 89% of Lincoln College graduates transfer immediately to a four-year school where they succeed as well as or better than the native student. Student-teacher ratio at Lincoln College is 16:1 and the average class size is 16 students. |