{"id":94667,"date":"2019-04-15T13:18:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T23:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=94667"},"modified":"2019-04-15T13:18:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T23:18:17","slug":"pepsi-athletes-mejia-lincoln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/15\/pepsi-athletes-mejia-lincoln\/","title":{"rendered":"2 softball standouts earn UH<\/abbr> Hilo athletic honors"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Isabelle Mejia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> softball standouts hit and pitched their way to this week\u2019s Pepsi Athletes of the Week.<\/p>\n

Isabelle Mejia<\/h2>\n

In this past weekend\u2019s four-game series against Academy of Art, Mejia pitched her team to two wins improving to 11–2 this season. In the series opener on Friday, she didn\u2019t give up earning a run in with a 10–1 victory, allowing four hits in the five-inning mercy rule victory and fanning six. At the plate, she drove in five runs, hitting a single, double and triple on the afternoon. On Saturday, she had a no-hitter through four innings before settling for a seven-inning win, allowing just four hits, one run and again striking out six. She had a hit and drove in two more runs, giving her seven RBI<\/abbr> in two days.<\/p>\n

Kiarra Lincoln<\/h2>\n

Lincoln played her typical sterling defense as the Vulcans won three of four games against Academy of Art over the weekend. She went 6 for 11 in the three games, including 6 for 9 in the first trio of contests. Lincoln scored four runs, drove in four runs, had a double and a home run. In the field, she had 10 chances without an error and on the season has a .964 fielding percentage. At the plate, she leads the Vulcans in hitting (.333), runs scored (34), RBI<\/abbr> (32) and is tied for the UH<\/abbr> Hilo lead in home runs with five.<\/p>\n

Read more at UH<\/abbr> Hilo athletics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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