NEWS
Baseball
Team Announces Fall Schedule
2nd
Consecutive Large Incoming Recruited Class
August
10, 2004
The Lincoln University Lions Baseball Team, an
NCAA Division III Intercollegiate baseball team, announced their extensive fall
schedule. In addition to tryouts and practices, it includes 5 games vs. local
colleges. Paul K. Johnson, Head Coach, also announced the 2nd Annual Orange &
Blue Classic (contingent upon an 18+ person roster). This Classic will be a split-squad
exhibition best 2 of 3 game series tournament that will allow team members to
play each other to develop team skills and unity.
Tryouts are scheduled
for August 25-27 at 4 PM at Lions Field.
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Lincoln
University Lions Baseball Team
FALL GAME SCHEDULE |
| SEPTEMBER |
| Thu. | 9 | 2nd
Annual ORANGE & BLUE CLASSIC | H | 4:30 |
| Fri. | 10 | 2nd
Annual ORANGE & BLUE CLASSIC | H | 4:30 |
| Sat. | 11 | 2nd
Annual ORANGE & BLUE CLASSIC
(Rain Date: 9/12/04 @ Noon) | H | 4:30 |
| Sat. | 18 | Harford
County Community College | A | 2:00 |
| Sat. | 25 | Salem
County Community College | TBA | TBA |
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| OCTOBER |
| Sat. | 9 | Community
College of Philadelphia | A | 2:00 |
| Sat. | 16 | Delaware
Tech-Owens Campus | H | 2:00 |
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"It
is essential that we continue the fall developmental program that we initiated
last year. The practice, competition, and pre-season training were major contributors
to our team improvement. We also plan to use the fall game experience as a building
block for the spring and as a recruiting tool," said Johnson.
Johnson worked
all summer with Admissions, Financial Aid, and Residential Life to recruit 11
student athletes. "I am quite pleased with the cooperation that I received from
several departments at LU that helped us to attract 11 student-athletes to chose
Lincoln for their education and baseball. This is now two consecutive years of
large baseball recruiting classes. This allows us to continue to rebuild the program
around experienced recruits. We now have some depth at spots that we needed to
fill quickly. The combination of these new students with our returning core players
should make us a more complete and competitive team", said Johnson.
Here
is a snapshot of the recruits: Josiah Barnes (OF) from East Lansdowne-PA, Peter
Fisher (OF) from Stamford-CT, Josh Graber (RHP) from Baltimore-MD, Dante Lum (IF)
from New Castle-DE, Franklin Raymond (OF) from Wilmington-DE, Edgar Rivera (1B)
from New Brunswick-NJ, Ruben Sanchez (RHP) from Bronx-NY, Anthony Sierra (IF)
from Stanford-CT, Louis Velasquez (IF) from Philadelphia-PA, Josh Williams (LHP,
OF) from Philadelphia-PA, and Duane Wyse (IF) from Philadelphia-PA.
These
new students will be added to a team that includes a good solid base of returning
core players including Marcus Bradford, Anthony Cianferano, Matthew Sample, and
several other key returning players.
Contact Coach Johnson at 610-932-8300
ext. 3384 or paulkennethjohnson@yahoo.com,
or consult the University website for more information.
