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• MEAC softball enters week eight highlighted by six conference contests and six non-conference midweek series. For the first time in three weeks, weather did not play a role as all scheduled contests took place.

• Maryland Eastern Shore completed its spring break rodeo with a 4-2 mark. The Hawks traveled to three states in three days before returning home for league play on Saturday and Sunday. During their nine-game swing this past week, the Hawks tallied 90 hits and 54 RBI.

• Bethune-Cookman and Morgan State are carrying the MEAC banner in terms of non-conference play as the Wildcats and Bears both have a league-best nine wins.

• South Carolina State experienced the thrill of victory this past weekend for the first time in 2017 with two wins over North Carolina A&T State. As a result of its wins, two teams (Howard, Savannah State) are still looking for its first wins of 2017.

• Florida A&M’s Kenya Pereira and Maryland Eastern Shore’s Adrienne Guerra lead the MEAC with 81 and 80 strikeouts, respectively.

• Delaware State head coach Amber Jackson was inducted into the 2017 MEAC Hall of Fame Class on March 9. Jackson was a former softball standout at Bethune-Cookman.

• The Delaware State Hornets and the Florida A&M Lady Rattlers were predicted to win the MEAC softball northern and southern divisions, respectively.

• The FAMU Softball team handed Coach Veronica Wiggins a milestone 700th win Saturday, March 13 with an 8-1 win over Howard University in the final game of the Puerto Rico College Softball Classic.