Softball

MEAC Softball Recap, April 7

 Morgan State 8, Delaware State 0
Coppin State 9, Maryland Eastern Shore 3
Florida A&M 8, Savannah State 0
Bethune-Cookman 10, South Carolina State 0
Bethune-Cookman 8, South Carolina State 3
 

Coppin State 9, Maryland Eastern Shore 3  
 
BALTIMORE, Md. — The University of Maryland Eastern Shore softball team held a 3-1 lead entering the bottom of the fifth inning against the Coppin State University Eagles on Sunday (April 7), but CSU would rally back and score eight unanswered runs to secure a 9-3 win.
 
The Hawks (5-22, 2-6 MEAC) committed four errors in the game. Two of them came in the fifth inning which helped Coppin State score seven runs in the frame.
 
Maryland Eastern Shore scored the first run of the game in the second inning. Junior Allison Gingrich (Landisburg, PA) hit an infield single and a throwing error from the Eagles on the play allowed senior Kiana Peterson (Willingboro, NJ) to come around to score from second base.
 
One inning later, senior Daeshia Jones (Teaneck, NJ) broke a 1-1 tie with one swing of the bat as she crushed a solo homerun over the left field fence. It was her first of the season and second of her Hawk career with both of her collegiate blasts coming at Coppin State.
 
The Shore extended their lead in the fifth inning as sophomore Stephanie Huff (Montoursville, PA) hit a sacrifice fly to left field that brought senior Breana Florez (Houston, TX) in to score. That would be their final run as Coppin State began their comeback in the bottom half of that inning.
 
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Florida A&M 8, Savannah State 0  
 
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The FAMU Softball team closed its’ 2019 home schedule Sunday morning with a nationally-televised 8-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference victory over visiting Savannah State at the Lady Rattler Softball Complex.
 
Tallahassee native and junior pitcher Kyaira Brown (11-8) went the distance for her second win in the weekend series Sunday, limiting Savannah State (7-22, 1-8 MEAC) to just two hits, striking out nine against two walks,
 
Her dominant performance was crucial, as the Rattlers (15-22, 6-0 MEAC), didn’t get cranking offensive until the fourth inning, when they pushed across two runs for a 2-0 lead, followed by a single tally in the fifth, and the game-clinching five-run outbreak in the bottom of the sixth which ended the game via eight-run rule after five innings.
 
FAMU, which finished with 13 hits, had five players with two hits including Kyaira Brown, Taylor Rosier, Tyra Bowers, Alexis Day and Seriah Brokenborough.
 
Rosier led FAMU with three RBIs, followed by Day, who drove in a pair of runs, while Brown, Hera Varmah, and Brandice Boatwright each picked up an RBI.
 
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Bethune-Cookman 10, South Carolina State 0  
Bethune-Cookman 8, South Carolina State 3  
 
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - -Alexis Bermudezpicked up two more wins, and Bethune-Cookman picked up the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Southern Division series sweep of South Carolina State with victories of 8-3 and 10-0 Sunday at Sunnyland Park.

Bermudez, who won Saturday's series opener, threw four innings of one-hit relief as the Wildcats (15-25 overall, 6-0 MEAC) completed Saturday's suspended game, then the 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Rookie Of The Year fired a four-hit shutout to keep the Wildcats atop the Southern Division.

BCU 8 SCSU 3

South Carolina State led 3-0 after two innings, but the Wildcats used aggressive base running (seven stolen bases) to get back into it.

Pinchrunner Carrington Robinson and Quianah Mitchell scored on a passed ball and stolen base in the third to make it a one-run game. The next inning, Yvonne Siordia and Kara Traylor scored on a fielder's choice hit by Mitchell, who later scored on a passed ball to make it 5-3.
 
BCU 10 SCSU 0

While Bermudez was scattering four hits and striking out six, Smith went 3-3 from the plate and Brianna Paysinger and Kaira Cabato each drove in two runs for the Wildcats.

BCU jumped out to a 3-0 lead after one and pushed it to 5-0 in the third. Sanders smacked a two-run doubled and scored from second on a wild pitch to highlight BCU's five-run fourth.

Paysinger and Cabato each had two hits for the Wildcats.

For the series, Smith hit .800 (4-5) while Jacki Smith was .667 (4-6) and Paysinger .500 (3-6) with four RBI. Sanders also had four RBI, and Sasha Killings three.

Bermudez (8-16) struck out 22 and held South Carolina State to a .128 batting average in her three victories.
 
Recap | Game 1 | Game 2

Morgan State 8, Delaware State 0  
 
Baltimore, Md. (Apr. 7, 2019) --- Erica Hawkins and Stephanie Rundlett combined on a three-hit shutout in Morgan State’s 8-0 MEAC win over Delaware State to complete a three series sweep.  The Bears outscored the Hornets 16-0 in the series.
 
Hawkins pitched the first four innings, allowing one hit and striking out one without a walk, while Rundlett threw the last two innings, surrendering two hits and striking out one.
 
Jade King had a double in the fifth inning for the Hornets’ lone extra base hit in the series. Jasmine Melgoza singled in the first inning and Jonah Cunnigan had a base hit in the sixth for the only other DSU hits in the game.
 
Damali Young was three-for- four with two runs batted in to lead Morgan State’s 11-hit attack.
 
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