Maryland Eastern Shore 8, Coppin State 1 | Maryland Eastern Shore 5, Coppin State 3
Morgan State 8, Delaware State 0 | Morgan State 8, Delaware State 0
North Carolina Central 11, Howard 3 | Howard 11, North Carolina Central 7
Maryland Eastern Shore 8, Coppin State 1 | Maryland Eastern Shore 5, Coppin State 3
BALTIMORE, Md. – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore softball team got two much-needed conference wins on Friday, April 7, sweeping its doubleheader at Coppin State by scores of 8-1 and 5-3.
The Hawks (9-17, 5-4 MEAC) piled up 18 hits on Friday, including a 10-hit performance in the day’s first contest. UMES also got high-quality outings from their pitchers, with both Ameenah Ballenger and Katelyn Smitchko going the distance and combining for 12 strikeouts on the day.
Morgan State 8, Delaware State 0 | Morgan State 8, Delaware State 0
BALTIMORE, Md. --The Morgan State softball team was back at home in the friendly confines of Lois T. Murray Field on Good Friday for a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) doubleheader against Delaware State.
The Lady Bears would shutout the Hornets, claiming Game 1 by a score of 8-0 in six innings, before completing the sweep with another 8-0 victory in five innings in the second game.
The victories marked the fifth and sixth shutout wins in 11 MEAC contests this season, as the Lady Bears improved to 19-13 overall and 9-1 in the MEAC. Delaware State fell to 6-20, 2-8 in the MEAC.
North Carolina Central 11, Howard 3 | Howard 11, North Carolina Central 7
WASHINGTON, D.C. – North Carolina Central University junior outfielder Imara Harrell collected a pair of hits and drove in multiple runs in each end of Friday's Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference softball doubleheader at the Nationals Youth Academy. NCCU won the first game 11-3 before host Howard University rallied to win the second game 11-7.
NC Central (11-23, 9-1 MEAC) and Howard (11-19, 4-5 MEAC) will play the rubber game of the MEAC series on Saturday with the first pitch scheduled for noon.
About the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is in its 52nd year of intercollegiate competition with the 2022-23 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up of eight outstanding historically Black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State University.