WEEK NINE SOFTBALL RELEASE

• MEAC softball enters week nine highlighted by five conference contests and six non-conference midweek series.

• Morgan State, Delaware State and Florida A&M enter week nine as the hottest teams in the MEAC as all are 7-3 in its past 10 games. Morgan State is the lone team in the MEAC with an overall winning record (12-10).

• 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.

• Two teams (Howard, Savannah State) are still looking for its first wins of 2017.

• Morgan State’s Damali Young is a perfect 25-of-25 in stolen bases. Bethune-Cookman’s Ryan Jackson leads the MEAC with nine home runs, 34 RBI and 82 total bases. She ranks second in hits (46) and runs (29).

• Maryland Eastern Shore’s Adrienne Guerra, Morgan State’s Amy Begg and Florida A&M’s Kenya Pereira lead the MEAC with 98, 95 and 94 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. Wiggins achieved her 250th MEAC win on Sunday, April 2 and is 250-87 (.741) all-time in MEAC play.