Lady Bears To Begin Home Series Against Maryland Eastern Shore On Friday – Morgan State University Athletics

BALTIMORE, Md. (April 14, 2022)–The Morgan State softball group returns residence this weekend to host Maryland Japanese Shore (MDES) in a vital Mid-Japanese Athletic Convention (MEAC) collection at Lois T. Murray Discipline. The three-game collection will get underway on Friday, April 15 with a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. and can conclude on Saturday, April 16 with a single-game at 12 p.m.  
 
With simply three MEAC collection remaining within the common season, the visiting Hawks (14-24, 10-2 MEAC), who sit in first place within the league standings, maintain a one-game lead on Morgan State (18-13, 9-3 MEAC). The Woman Bears are tied for second within the league standings with Norfolk State, who can also be 9-3 in league play.
 
This weekend’s collection will function the MEAC’s prime hitting group in Maryland Japanese Shore, which is batting .306, in opposition to the league’s prime pitching workers in Morgan State, which has an ERA of 1.79.
 
The Hawks have six gamers hitting over .300 on the season, together with convention chief Tatum Kresley, who’s batting .462. Teammates Tyanna Roberts (.375) and Julia Garcia (.364) are additionally ranked within the prime 10 within the MEAC in batting common.
 
The Woman Bears have 4 pitchers ranked within the prime 4 within the MEAC for ERA. Melissa Paz, who ranks second within the nation, has an ERA of 0.49 to guide the MEAC. Emily Raubuch (1.25) ranks second, whereas Anaya Hunte (2.16) and Victoria Fletcher (2.16) are tied for third.
 
Morgan State is using a three-game successful streak, following its collection sweep of Delaware State. The victories prolonged the Woman Bears’ successful streak over the Hornets to 14 straight relationship again to 2017 with 10 of these victories coming by the use of shutouts.
 
Morgan State accomplished the sweep with a 6-0 win on Wednesday in Dover, Del. Sophomore pitcher Anaya Hunte pitched her first profession no-hitter, tossing a school-record 16 strikeouts, whereas additionally recording the college’s first-ever good recreation.
 
Mia Ewell tallied a game-high three hits on 4 at bats with a game-high 2RBIs. Madison Bolyea was 1-for-2 with a run and had a game-high 2RBIs, whereas Danielle Jason recorded a success, a stroll and scored a game-high two runs.
 
The Hawks are on a two-game dropping skid, following a doubleheader loss on the highway to Drexel on Tuesday. MDES would fall 3-1 and 8-0.
 
Morgan State and MDES final met through the 2020 season through the Bear Invitational, hosted by Morgan. The Woman Bears and Hawks would play twice as non-conference opponents with Morgan State successful each contests, 6-1 and 16-4 in 5 innings. The 2 wouldn’t get to satisfy throughout MEAC play, as these could be the ultimate video games of the season, as the rest of the season could be canceled as a result of Covid-19 pandemic. MDES didn’t play in any respect through the 2021 season, because the Hawks program opted out of competitors.
 
The final time the 2 met in a MEAC contest was through the 2019 marketing campaign (April 19) in Princess Anne, Md. Morgan State would win the doubleheader opener, 6-5 earlier than dropping 5-3 within the nightcap. The third recreation was postponed and by no means made up.
 
 
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Morgan State College, based in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified excessive analysis (R2) establishment providing practically 140 educational packages resulting in levels from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland’s Preeminent Public City Analysis College, and the one college to have its whole campus designated as a Nationwide Treasure by the Nationwide Belief for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial scholar physique and seeks to make sure that the doorways of upper schooling are opened as vast as doable to as many as doable. For extra details about Morgan State College, go to www.morgan.edu.