Softball | 3/29/2026 5:35:00 PM

SUMMARY  
BALTIMORE, MD - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore softball team closed its three-game Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference series against Morgan State with 9–1 (6 inn.) and 7–2 losses in Sunday afternoon's doubleheader. 

UMES struck early in Game 2 with a two-run first inning and added a run in Game 1 behind an RBI from Amaya Nunez, but Morgan State used strong offensive outings in both games to secure the series. Makalah Clark and Skylar Skinner led the Hawks offensively on the day.

THE SCORE 
Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (9–22, 1–7 MEAC) — 1
Morgan State (7-17, 4-4 MEAC) — 9

Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (9–23, 1–8 MEAC) — 2
Morgan State (8-17, 5-4 MEAC) — 7

HOW IT HAPPENED 
GAME ONE
Morgan State scored four runs in the first two innings, while UMES managed its lone run in the top of the third.

Makalah Clark led off the inning with a single to the pitcher and later advanced to third on a groundout. Amaya Nunez followed with a sacrifice fly to left field, allowing Clark to score and cut the deficit to 4–1 before the inning came to a close.

UMES threatened again in the top of the fifth with the bases loaded while trailing 7–1. Paris Richards opened the frame with a walk and Kinsey Mentzer entered as a pinch runner. Clark singled to move Mentzer to second, and Emily Gunther followed with a single to advance Mentzer to third and Clark to second. Nunez reached on a fielder's choice with Mentzer thrown out at home, and a strikeout ended the inning with the Hawks unable to capitalize.

Morgan State continued its offensive momentum, adding its remaining runs over the final innings to secure a 9–1 victory in Game 1.

GAME 2
UMES struck early in Game 2, scoring its only two runs in the first inning. Skylar Skinner opened the game with a bunt single and Jada Lacey followed with a walk to put two runners on base. After a caught stealing resulted in the first out, Emily Gunther worked another walk and Araceli Manzo singled to load the bases.

Makalah Clark delivered the key hit of the inning with a two-RBI single through the right side, bringing home Gunther and Lacey to give the Hawks a 2–0 lead before the frame came to a close.

The Hawks were held scoreless the rest of the game as Morgan State answered with two runs in the second inning and pulled away in the fifth with a four-run frame to secure the series finale.

BY THE NUMBERS
Dani Brown struck out three in 1.1 innings in Game 1 and returned in the sixth; Paris Richards pitched 4.1 innings in relief.

Makalah Clark posted a multi-hit game in Game 1 and recorded her first multi-RBI game of the season in Game 2.

Amaya Nunez collected her eighth RBI of the season with a sacrifice fly in Game 1.

Chloe Weber started Game 2, while Dani Brown added two innings in relief.

Skylar Skinner recorded her sixth multi-hit game, reaching 25 hits on the season.

NEXT UP 
UMES softball will face George Mason in Fairfax, Va., on Wednesday, April 1 at 3 p.m.