MID-EASTERN Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Softball 2018 Season • Week 8 Contact: Ryan McGinty, Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations ATHLETIC CONFERENCE [email protected] • 757.951.2055 48 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE |——CONFERENCE——| |———OVERALL———| NORTHERN DIVISION W L T Pct. W L T Pct. Last 10 Streak Delaware State 5 1 0 .833 7 17 0 .292 6-4 L 1 Hampton 4 2 0 .667 13 14 0 .481 8-2 W 2 Coppin State 2 1 0 .667 5 10 0 .333 4-6 W 1 Norfolk State 2 4 0 .333 12 20 0 .375 3-7 W 1 Morgan State 1 2 0 .333 9 12 0 .429 5-5 L 1 Howard 1 2 0 .333 3 23 0 .115 1-9 L 2 Md Eastern Shore 0 3 0 .000 3 17 0 .150 3-7 W 2 SOUTH DIVISION Florida A&M 3 0 0 1.000 10 20 0 .333 4-6 W 3 Bethune-Cookman 2 1 0 .667 16 19 0 .457 5-5 L 1 Savannah State 1 2 0 .333 6 13 0 .316 3-7 W 1 N.C. Central 0 3 0 .000 6 15 0 .286 2-8 L 7 North Carolina A&T 0 0 0 .000 3 21 0 .125 1-9 L 7 SC State 0 0 0 .000 0 10 0 .000 0-10 L 10 LAST WEEK’S GAMES THIS WEEK’S GAMES NOTES Tuesday, March 20 Monday, March 26 Liberty 12, North Carolina A&T 2 • MEAC softball begins week eight as conference play South Carolina State at North Carolina A&T State has started for both divisions. North Carolina A&T State South Carolina State at North Carolina A&T State and South Carolina State in the south are the final two Wednesday, March 21 teams who have yet to start league play as both teams North Florida 3, Bethune-Cookman 1 Tuesday, March 27 meet on Monday. North Florida 8, Bethune-Cookman 3 South Carolina State at North Carolina A&T State Savannah State 8, Md Eastern Shore 0 Maryland Eastern Shore at Coppin State • Florida A&M opened MEAC play with a sweep over Md Eastern Shore 7, Savannah State 5 Maryland Eastern Shore at Coppin State North Carolina Central while Bethune-Cookman took 2-of- Siena at Howard 3 from Savannah State. Thursday, March 22 Siena at Howard Western Carolina 6, N.C. Central 4 • The Hampton Lady Pirates and the Florida A&M Lady Missouri Kansas City at Morgan State Rattlers were predicted to win the MEAC softball Northern Western Carolina 5, N.C. Central 0 Missouri Kansas City at Morgan State and Southern Divisions, respectively. Delaware State was Md Eastern Shore 15, SC State 4 Bethune-Cookman at UCF picked to finish second behind the Lady Pirates in a tight Md Eastern Shore 8, SC State 4 race as they received 10 first-place votes and 153 total Wednesday, March 28 points. Pollsters predicted another showdown between Friday, March 23 North Carolina Wilmington at South Carolina State FAMU and rival Bethune-Cookman as the Wildcats were Florida A&M 4, N.C. Central 1 North Carolina Wilmington at South Carolina State picked second after receiving 10 first-place votes and 130 Howard 7, Hampton 6 total points. Friday, March 30 • Four teams have won more than 10 games as Saturday, March 24 Norfolk State at Maryland Eastern Shore Norfolk State at Maryland Eastern Shore Bethune-Cookman leads the way with 16 wins while Florida A&M 10, N.C. Central 6 Morgan State at Howard Hampton, Norfolk State and Florida A&M follow with 13, Florida A&M 5, N.C. Central 3 Morgan State at Howard 12 and 10 wins, respectively. Hampton 9, Howard 1 Savannah State at North Carolina Central Hampton at Florida Hampton 8, Howard 0 Bethune-Cookman at North Carolina A&T State • Hampton’s DaSha Hill continues to lead the league Delaware State 3, Norfolk State 1 Bethune-Cookman at North Carolina A&T State in batting average with a .487 clip and is third with 37 Delaware State 8, Norfolk State 0 Coppin State at Delaware State hits and tied for second with two triples. Hill’s stolen base South Carolina State at Florida A&M Bethune-Cookman 8, Savannah State 7 streak came to an end as she’s now 30-of-32 in that cat- egory. Bethune-Cookman’s Mariah Davis has quietly Bethune-Cookman 5, Savannah State 0 Saturday, March 31 rose to the top of the leaderboard with a MEAC-best 39 Jacksonville vs. Hampton hits, 23 runs and 25 stolen bases. Preseason Player of the Sunday, March 25 Morgan State at Howard Year Ryan Jackson of Bethune-Cookman has 90 total Norfolk State 10, Delaware State 7 Hampton at Florida bases, 39 hits, 34 runs, 31 RBIs and 13 home runs to go Norfolk State at Maryland Eastern Shore Savannah State 4, Bethune-Cookman 1 Savannah State at North Carolina Central along with a .355 average. Savannah State at North Carolina Central Coppin State at Delaware State • Courtney Mirabella of North Carolina Central is Coppin State at Delaware State obliterating opposing batters with 140 strikeouts in 17 South Carolina State at Florida A&M games played. South Carolina State at Florida A&M • The 2018 MEAC Tournament takes place once again in Ormond Beach, Fla. as Bethune-Cookman will host the tournament. MEAC softball • MEACSPORTS.COM 2018 MEAC softball WEEKLY NOTES: MARCH 26 • PAGE 1 MEAC SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK 2730 Ellsmere Ave. Norfolk, Virginia 23513 Main: (757) 951-2055 | Fax: (757) 951-2067 Commissioner: Dr. Dennis E. Thomas Sr. Associate Commissioner: Sonja Stills Assistant Commissioner for Championships: Raynoid Dedeaux Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations: Ryan McGinty Director of Multimedia/Coord. of Marketing: Elise Hillman Director of Corporate Partnerships: Patricia A. Easley Assistant Director of Media Relations: Jeff Cunningham Assistant Director of Championship & Compliance: Wyatt Sutton Business Manager: Deon Hallback Special Assistant to the Commissioner: Coretta Ellison Administrative Assistant: Nikki Johnson Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Coordinator of Softball Officials: Carl Blair Softball Contacts Bethune-Cookman MEAC Overview Annual Awards Bryan Harvey The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and www. The MEAC will name first, second and third all-conference [email protected] MEACsports.com offers authorized media immediate teams, league player of the year, defensive player, rookie (386) 481-2206 access to original, up-to-date information from the MEAC and coach of the year. Coppin State and its member institutions. The awards will be announced in early May prior to the Steven Kramer 2018 MEAC Softball Championship. [email protected] (410) 951-3729 About The MEAC MEAC Players of the Week The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) begins its Delaware State The MEAC will select a player, pitcher and rookie of the 48th year of intercollegiate competition heading into the Dennis Jones 2017-18 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., week throughout the season every Monday. The first weekly [email protected] the MEAC is made up of 13 outstanding historically black honors will commence on Monday, Feb. 12 and will con- (302) 857-6068 clude Monday, May 7. institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman Florida A&M University, Coppin State University, Delaware State Univer- Alvin Hollins sity, Florida A&M University, Hampton University, Howard Postseason Awards [email protected] University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan The MEAC will name first and second All-MEAC teams, (850) 599-3736 State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Coach of the Year A&T State University, North Carolina Central University, Sa- Hampton at the conclusion of regular season play. All award winners Jim Heath vannah State University and South Carolina State University. are selected by the MEAC head coaches and sports informa- [email protected] The MEAC sponsors 16 Division I (FCS) sports with auto- tion directors. (757) 727-5757 matic qualifying bids for NCAA postseason competition in baseball, bowling, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s Howard and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s tennis, MEAC Softball Championship Derek Bryant men’s and women’s track and field, softball, volleyball and The media credential application for the 2018 MEAC Soft- [email protected] (202) 806-7184 men’s golf. ball Championship is available via the conference website at www.MEACSports.com. For tournament information, log Maryland Eastern Shore onto www.MEACSports.com and visit Championship Cen- Social Media Ralan Wardlaw tral. [email protected] Fans and media members are invited to follow the latest (410) 621-2358 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference softball news through so- cial media. The MEAC Twitter feed may be accessed @ All-Tournament Honors Morgan State MEACSports and the conference’s official Facebook The MEAC will award an All-Tournament Team, Outstanding Kevin Paige page is available @MEACSports. The MEAC’s Insta- Tournament Performer and Outstanding Tournament Coach [email protected] gram handle is @MEACSports. following the MEAC Championship tournament. (443) 885-3009 Norfolk State MEAC Divisional Lineups Mike Bello [email protected] @MEACSports @MEACSports @MEACSports The MEAC competes in divisional play in softball. Listed be- low is the conference breakdown. Divisional winners will be (757) 823-2628 announced at the conclusion of the regular season. North Carolina A&T State Brian Holloway Weekly Release & Statistics Northern Division Southern Division [email protected] Media members may access PDF versions of the complete Coppin State Bethune-Cookman (336) 334-7141 weekly release, including conference and team-by-team sta- Delaware State Florida A&M tistics, on www.MEACsports.com.