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On Sunday, April 26, 1998, North Carolina Central University swept Virginia State University in the best-of-three playoffs, 11-2 and 10-1, to win the 1998 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Softball Championship at Lion’s Park in Raleigh, N.C.
“(Winning the CIAA Championship) says a lot about the individuals on this team,” NCCU head coach Ingrid Wicker said after winning the conference crown. “Through all of the adversity the team faced this year, they worked together to get through it.”
The 1998 softball team captured the school’s first CIAA Softball Championship since the sport was introduced in 1977.
Members of the team are Rena Armwood (Durham, NC), Lukisha Austin (Greenville, NC), Andrea Carley (St. Croix, Virgin Islands), Rebecca Freeman (Andover, NY), Michelle Harrison (Salem, Virginia), Lisa Hicks (Detroit, Michigan), Hallina Humphries (Rochester, NY), Teneesha Hyman (Wilson, NC), Sylvia Latson (Detroit, Michigan), LaTisha Martin (Sanford, NC), Yolanda McDowell (High Point, NC), Latisha McEachern (St. Paul, NC), Stephanie Spindler (Vancouver, Washington), Lynn Williams (Burlington, NC), assistant coach Jermaine D. Hall, and head coach Ingrid Wicker-McCree.
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