PETERSBURG, VA – The Chowan University softball team captured the 2013 CIAA Championship on Saturday afternoon in a 7-3 victory over the Virginia State University Lady Trojans. The title marks the second in program history, with their first coming in 2010 in the Hawks’ first year as part of the CIAA and was also against Virginia State.
Chowan pounded out 11 hits over the course of the afternoon. Leigh Ward paced the Hawks offensively with three hits and two RBI’s in the win. Shelby Pendleton tallied two hits with Amber Matthews knocking in two RBI as well.
Alora Lincoln earned her 15th win of the season on the mound, and was named the CIAA Tournament Most Valuable Player. She scattered nine hits in the contest and just two earned runs in the championship win.
Virginia State got on the board first in the contest after a Hawk error in the outfield in the top of the second. Chowan quickly recovered in the home half of the frame, when Hannah Joyce scored off Tori Cragan’s single to left field and Ward’s single allowed Kelly Hardison and Cragan to score giving the Hawks a 3-1 lead.
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