MEAC Softball Weekly Honors
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MID-EASTERN Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Softball 2018 Season • Week 9 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 7 2 0 .778 9 18 0 .333 8-2 W 1 Morgan State 4 2 0 .667 13 13 0 .500 7-3 W 3 Hampton 4 2 0 .667 13 17 0 .433 5-5 L 3 Coppin State 6 3 0 .667 9 12 0 .429 6-4 L 1 Norfolk State 5 4 0 .556 15 20 0 .429 5-5 W 4 Howard 1 5 0 .167 3 28 0 .097 1-9 L 7 Md Eastern Shore 0 9 0 .000 3 23 0 .115 3-7 L 6 SOUTH DIVISION Florida A&M 6 0 0 1.000 13 20 0 .394 6-4 W 6 Bethune-Cookman 4 2 0 .667 18 21 0 .462 4-6 W 1 Savannah State 3 3 0 .500 8 14 0 .364 4-6 W 1 North Carolina A&T 3 3 0 .500 6 25 0 .194 3-7 L 1 N.C. Central 1 5 0 .167 7 17 0 .292 1-9 L 1 SC State 1 5 0 .167 1 17 0 .056 1-9 L 5 LAST WEEK’S GAMES THIS WEEK’S GAMES NOTES Monday, March 26 Monday, April 2 North Carolina A&T 7, SC State 6 Delaware State at Villanova • MEAC softball begins week nine as conference play is North Carolina A&T 2, SC State 1 Delaware State at Villanova in full swing and teams are staking their claim towards a Tuesday, April 3 division title. The MEAC’s annual ESPNU televised softball Tuesday, March 27 Hampton at Longwood contest is set for this Friday (April 3) as Florida A&M hosts Elon 7, North Carolina A&T 2 Hampton at Longwood North Carolina A&T State. SC State 3, North Carolina A&T 1 UMKC 7, Morgan State 6 Wednesday, April 4 • The Hampton Lady Pirates and the Florida A&M Lady Morgan State 9, UMKC 8 Cornell at Morgan State Cornell at Morgan State Rattlers were predicted to win the MEAC softball Northern Siena 9, Howard 0 and Southern Divisions, respectively. Florida A&M has won Siena 6, Howard 1 South Carolina State at Presbyterian South Carolina State at Presbyterian four consecutive MEAC Championships while Hampton Coppin State 12, Md Eastern Shore 7 Bethune-Cookman at Jacksonville has two championships all-time. Coppin State 6, Md Eastern Shore 1 Drexel at Maryland Eastern Shore UCF 8, Bethune-Cookman 0 Drexel at Maryland Eastern Shore Charleston Southern at Savannah State • A Northern Division showdown is set for this weekend Wednesday, March 28 Charleston Southern at Savannah State as Delaware State (7-2) hosts Hampton (4-2) in Dover. UNCW 9, SC State 0 Florida A&M at Troy The Northern Division’s margin for error is thin as only two UNCW 12, SC State 1 Florida A&M at Troy games separate first and fifth place. Coppin State 3, Md Eastern Shore 1 Thursday, April 5 Coppin State at Rider • Florida A&M once again is in the driver’s seat in South- Friday, March 30 Coppin State at Rider ern Divisional play as they’ve stormed out to a 6-0 record. Delaware State 6, Coppin State 5 Delaware State at Drexel Bethune-Cookman follows at 4-2 while Savannah State Norfolk State 6, Md Eastern Shore 4 Delaware State at Drexel and North Carolina A&T State are tied at 3-3. Florida A&M 8, SC State 1 North Carolina A&T 6, Bethune-Cookman 5 Friday, April 6 North Carolina A&T State at Florida A&M • Hampton’s DaSha Hill continues to lead the league Bethune-Cookman 4, North Carolina A&T 2 in batting average with a .458 clip and is third with 38 hits Morgan State 8, Howard 7 Saturday, April 7 and tied for second with two triples. Hill has also stolen Savannah State 1, N.C. Central 0 Howard at Coppin State Florida 18, Hampton 0 30-of-32 bases. North Carolina Central’s Ava Dolan Howard at Coppin State is second in batting average with a .446 average while North Carolina Central at Bethune-Cookman Saturday, March 31 North Carolina Central at Bethune-Cookman MEAC Preseason Player of the Year Ryan Jackson of Morgan State 8, Howard 6 Morgan State at Norfolk State Bethune-Cookman has 94 total bases, 43 hits, 35 runs, 32 Delaware State 11, Coppin State 3 Morgan State at Norfolk State RBIs and 13 home runs to go along with a .352 average. Coppin State 4, Delaware State 3 Hampton at Delaware State Florida 7, Hampton 0 Hampton at Delaware State • Courtney Mirabella of North Carolina Central is North Carolina A&T State at Florida A&M Jacksonville 8, Hampton 0 North Carolina A&T State at Florida A&M obliterating opposing batters with 173 strikeouts followed Savannah State 4, N.C. Central 3 by Coppin State’s Madison Didion (97) and Florida N.C. Central 8, Savannah State 0 Sunday, April 8 A&M’s Kyaira Brown (74). Bethune-Cookman 4, North Carolina A&T 3 Howard at Coppin State Norfolk State 2, Md Eastern Shore 1 North Carolina Central at Bethune-Cookman • The 2018 MEAC Tournament takes place once again Norfolk State 7, Md Eastern Shore 0 Morgan State at Norfolk State Hampton at Delaware State in Ormond Beach, Fla. as Bethune-Cookman will host the Morgan State 9, Howard 3 tournament. The top four teams from each division make Florida A&M 5, SC State 4 Florida A&M 4, SC State 3 the conference tournament. MEAC softball • MEACSPORTS.COM 2018 MEAC softball WEEKLY NOTES: APRIL 3 • 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: TBA 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.