OXFORD, Pa. – The Gallaudet University softball team hit the road for the first time in the 2010 season and was swept by Lincoln (Pa.) University on Sunday as the Bison dropped the doubleheader 14-1 and 13-5 in five-inning games held at the Oxford Athletic Association fields.

The Bison (0-10) were held to two hits in the first game as GU scored one run in the top of the fifth inning. Freshman shortstop Kara Gulvas (Crown Point, Ind.) singled to lead off the inning and moved up on a Lions error. Gulvas then scored as junior third baseman Mandie Smith (Chicago, Ill.) knocked her home on a RBI-single.

Lincoln (4-7), a NCAA Division II program, scored five runs in the first inning and then exploded for nine runs in the third inning. DeJuana Mosely led the way for the Lions as she had a 3-for-4 day at the plate in Game 1 as she knocked in four runs and scored three times. She had a double and a triple to help Lincoln to its third win of the season. Taylor Hines earned the win for the Lions as she threw a complete game.

Gallaudet freshman pitcher Nicole O'Malley (Fredericksburg, Va.) suffered the loss as she pitched four innings where she allowed 14 runs (nine earned) on 11 hits, walked eight and had one strikeout.

In the second game, Gallaudet dug itself a deep hole as Lincoln plated 10 runs in the second and two in the third as the Lions led 12-1 after three innings. The Bison battled back and scored four times in the top of the fourth before the Lions ended the game in the bottom of the fifth with one insurance run to end the game by the eight-run rule after five innings of play.

Sophomore Michelin Barron (Frederick, Md.) hit a pinch-hit home run to right field in the top of the third to place GU on the scoreboard down 10-1. The Bison had runners on second and third with two outs in the third but Lincoln Erin Rucker got a strikeout to end the threat.

GU scored four runs in the fourth as the Bison started the big inning with a single by right fielder Kaitlyn Freitas (New Bedford, Mass.). O'Malley and Barron followed and reach base on walks to load things up for catcher Casey McCullough (Oceanside, Calif.). The junior smacked a double to clear the bases and drive in three runs. Gulvas then brought home McCullough on a RBI-single to center field.

Freshman Alicia Johnson (San Jose, Calif.) took the loss as she didn't get out of the second inning as she allowed eight runs on no hits, walked nine of the 15 batters she faced, hit two and struck out three Lions. O'Malley took over pitching duties in the circle for the Bison where she finished the game. She threw one of her three wild pitches in the game in the bottom of the fifth which allowed Rucker to score and end the game due to the mercy rule. 

Gallaudet will get back into its Capital Athletic Conference schedule this week as the Bison travel to York, Pa., on Tuesday, March 30, to face the Spartans from York (Pa.) College in a doubleheader that starts at 3 p.m.