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For the Week of April 17 - 23, 2018 2 0 1 8 B L A C K C O L L E G E B A S E B A L L (Results, Standings and Weekly Honors)

Mid Eastern Southern Intercolligiate Southwestern SCORES MEAC Athletic Conference SIAC Athletic Conference SWAC Athletic Conference SUNDAY, 4/15 TUS 7, LOC 0 CONF ALL CONF ALL DIV ALL MEAC ALBST 9, MHS 7 NORTHERN W L W L T EAST W L W L EAST W L W L FAMU 6, B-CU 3 PAINE 11, BEN 6 Coppin State 12 2 13 16 1 Albany State 10 4 19 15 Alabama State 14 4 20 15 UMES 8, NSU 2 PAINE 16, BEN 5 Norfolk State 9 6 12 20 0 Claflin 9 4 13 25 Jackson State 13 5 23 13 Maryland-E. Shore 5 10 8 28 0 NCCU 2, NC A&T 1 SWAC Paine 8 6 15 16 Miss. Valley State 8 7 10 20 Delaware State 3 11 5 29 0 SIAC TSU 9, UAPB 0 Benedict 7 7 16 14 Alabama A&M 4 14 7 30 MLS 15, KSU 4 TSU 7, UAPB 3 SOUTHERN ™ North Carolina A&T 9 4 19 16 0 Morehouse 4 10 13 23 Alcorn State 3 12 8 27 MLS 10, KSU 0 PV A&M 9, GSU 1 Florida A&M 9 5 16 22 0 Clark Atlanta 4 11 11 22 WEST CAU 11, BEN 2 PV A&M 3, GSU 0 Bethune-Cookman 8 7 14 22 0 WEST Texas Southern 10 4 16 20 CAU 13, BEN 8 North Carolina Central 6 8 21 18 0 Miles 13 0 24 15 Grambling State 11 7 18 18 MHS 6, PNE 1 FRIDAY, 4/13 Savannah State 2 10 5 21 0 Spring HIll 11 1 20 15 Arkansas Pine Bluff 9 8 12 16 SWAC SIAC Kentucky State 6 6 15 16 Prairie View A&M 5 10 8 23 UAPB 4, SU 0 CAU 13, CLAF 10 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Tuskegee 4 11 9 27 PV A&M 7, GSU 1 TUS 10, LOC 7 Southern 4 11 7 24 PLAYER LeMoyne-Owen 3 10 4 20 BEN 9, MORRIS 4 Nazier McIlwain, Jr., CSU - Hit .538 (7-for-13) in 3 Southern Sports Photo Lane 1 11 4 28 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK SATURDAY, 4/14 BEN 8, MORRIS 5 games with 7 RBI, 5 runs scored. HITTER MEAC ALBST 12, MHS 6 Justin Hayes, r-Jr., NSU - Hit .444 (8-for-18) for the NEW JAGUAR: Former PLAYERS OF THE WEEK NSU 8, UMES 6 ALBST 11, MHS 8 3-1 week with 7-for-9 performance vs. UMES with 2 Cage Cox, So., C, ALABAMA STATE - Hit Mississippi Valley State PLAYER NSU 10, UMES 2 SWAC doubles, grand slam HR. .320 (6-for-16) in 3-game sweep of Alabama , So., INF, Hit 5-of-12 WOODS, head coach Sean Woods NC A&T 4, NCCU 3 AA&M 10, MVSU 6 PITCHER Kaleeq Brannigan LOC - A&M with 5 RBI and 5 runs scored with 2 (.417) in 4-game stretch with 2 HRs, 3 doubles and announced last week NC A&T 7, NCCU 5 SU 8, JSU 0 Chase Anderson, Sr., P, NSU - Two wins, one in relief doubles and a triple. OUT OF CSU 10, DSU 4 SU 11, JSU 1 vs. NCCU. 9-inning complete game win with 6 Ks vs. 7 RBI and 5 runs. PITCHER as the new head men's CSU 11, DSU 4 ALC 2, ALST 1 UMES. 1.64 ERA on week. PITCHER Aaron Solis, Jr., TEXAS SOUTHERN - Pitched THE WOODS hoops coach at Southern. B-CU 5, FAMU 2 ALST 4, ALC 1 Josh Stikeleather, Sr., NC A&T - 3 innings of relief in 3 Kristopher Skinner, Jr., MHS - In 3 relief appear- a 2-hit shutout vs. Southern with 13 Ks. Im- FAMU 9, B-CU 5 AA&M 7, MVSU 6 appearances, with 2 saves giving up 2 hits and one run. ances in sweep of Paine, was 2-0 with a save, 3.00 proved his record to 6-2. SIAC ROOKIE ERA with 7 Ks. SPRING SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULES; CLAF 7, CAU 3 Alexander Womack, Fr., NSU - Hit .412 (7-for-17) in ALABAMA STATE SWEEPS SWAC TENNIS TITLES CLAF 3, CAU 1 4 games, 3-for-4, BB and 2 SB vs. NCCU, 2-for-5 vs. LOC 9, TUS 5 UMES with RBI.

UNDER THE BANNER Woods returns to SWAC at Southern WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS LUT WILLIAMS The Jags lost in the SWAC Tournament this LADY AGGIES FALL IN NCAA BOWLING: BCSP Editor year in the semifinals toArkansas-Pine Bluff. After a somewhat turbulent time away, Sean ST. LOUIS – North Carolina A&T's quest for a na- During that 2011-12 season, Woods led the Woods is back in the SWAC. Delta Devils to a 21-13 overall mark, including tional bowling championship ended Friday with a 2-0 loss Southern University introduced Woods, a sterling 17-1 record in league play, and earned to Nebraska in an elimination match at the NCAA Wom- who previously had a successful stint as head SWAC Coach of the Year honors. en's Bowling Championship here. basketball coach at Mississippi Valley State, as A native of Indianapolis, Woods also re- The sixth seeded Aggies loss to the top seeded and the new head men's basketball coach for the Jag- ceived the Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year defending champion Cornhuskers 1,012-947 in the tradi- uars during a press conference last Thursday. Award for that year's efforts – an honor presented tional portion of the match. A&T left 11 frames open dur- Woods, 48, who served as the assistant annually to the most outstanding minority men's ing the game. On nine of those attempts, the 10-pin was coach at Stetson University in Deland, Florida, basketball coach in Division I basketball. left standing. last season, won the Southwestern Athletic First-year Grambling State head coach Sophomores Tyra Merritt and Mia Pope led the Ag- Conference regular-season and tournament Donte' Jackson, also out of the SWAC, won the gies as each posted a 210. Merritt who ended Thursday’s championships as the head coach at MVSU in Jobe Award this season. 2012. play with nine straight strikes opened Friday's play with BACK IN THE SWAC: Former Mississippi Valley State Woods was an assistant coach at High Point But leaving the Delta Devils after that four straight strikes. Her streak of 13 straight strikes fi- head coach now tthe new head man at Southern. University from 2003-2006 before he moved to championship season to become head coach at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, also as an assistant nally came to an end when she left the 10-pin up on frame Morehead State, controversy followed. press conference for his past actions that got from 2005-2006. He also served as an assistant No. 5. Pope left her first frame open and then converted He was suspended for one game during him in trouble. at Texas Tech from 2006-2008 before taking the four spares and five strikes before leaving her last frame his initial season for berating and appearing to "No doubt about it," he was quoted in the job at MVSU. open. make contact with a player on the bench during a Baton Rouge Advocate. "That’s something that's He became the MVSU head coach on June Down a game in the mega-match series, the Aggies game vs. Kentucky. That situation made national totally behind me now. You live and you learn. 24, 2008. He was 50-80 overall in four years then had to face the Cornhuskers in Bakers competition, a news. You just move on and you become better. leading the Delta Devils while compiling a 44- collection of five games where the team with the highest He resigned from Morehead State early in "God is good," he added. "My faith has 28 mark in SWAC play. total pinfall takes the match. the 2016-17 season two days after two players been tested. I'm sure you guys have read some Woods starred collegiately at Kentucky The first two games were tight. The Cornhuskers de- accused him of assaulting them during a game. things about me, and you’ll know exactly what's from 1988-1992 and was a member of the Wild- feated N.C. A&T 194-183 in Game 1. The second game He was charged with misdemeanor battery. The gone down. My faith's been tested." cats senior-laden cast known as the "Unforget- matter was reportedly resolved last year when He succeeds Morris Scott at Southern who was even closer with Nebraska winning 224-223. tables,' coached by Rick Pitino. Woods pleaded guilty and completed a six- had served as interim coach following the pro- Down only 12 total pins entering game 3, Nebraska As a senior, Woods was a key player for UK month diversion program. At Morehead State, motion of former head coach Roman Banks to in a classic game vs. Duke in the NCAA East had a superb game defeating the Aggies 245-166 to take Woods went 77-70 overall in five seasons and director of athletics last year. In his only year, Regional final won on a last-second shot in over- command of the match. 9-26 in Ohio Valley Conference play. Scott finished 15-18 overall and 10-8 in SWAC time by Christian Laettner that gave the Blue A&T did win Game 4, 201-182, before Nebraska of- Woods expressed remorse at Thursday's play in fifth place during the regular season. Devils a 104-103 win. ficially advanced with a 213-172 win in Game 5 for a total pinfall victory of 1,058-945. N.C. A&T ends their season at 79-59. "We’ve played well against Nebraska all season so I BCSP Notes don't think there was any fear," said N.C. A&T coach Kim Terrell-Kearney after the Aggies came into the matchup Alabama State men take SWAC tennis title Alabama State women repeat in SWAC tennis 1-1 against the Cornhuskers during the regular season. "It NEW ORLEANS, La. – For the third time in the past four years, the NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Alabama State women's tennis team was just a matter of we got out-bowled. There is a reason Alabama State men's tennis team is champion of the Southwestern Ath- claimed its second consecutive SWAC Championship with a convincing they are the No. 1 team in the country." letic Conference (SWAC). 4-0 victory against No. 5 Alcorn State at City Park/ Pepsi Tennis Courts The No. 1 seeded Hornets defended their crown as they defeated No. on Sunday. 5 Jackson State 4-0 in the championship played Sunday at the City Park Alabama State won its fourth overall title in program history (1995, / Pepsi Tennis Center in New Orleans. 1999, 2017 and 2018). The Hornets (11-9) received a boost from wins by Nos. 1, 3 and 6 The top-seeded Lady Hornets (12-8) received stellar performances THE STAT CORNER singles players and the Nos. 1 and 3 doubles teams. Alabama State won once again from the duo of Gabriela Lackova and Lea Krajcovivoca, in a little over two hours. Jackson State (7-19) was a four-time champion who each won their respective singles matches and then teamed to win as WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS with their last title coming in 2016. doubles partners to both finish with unblemished 4-0 records. The Hornets earned four spots on the All-Tournament Team as each The juniors who both hail from Slovakia were a dominant force SPRING SPORTS recorded at least three wins. Freshman Alejo Calvis was dubbed MVP throughout conference play this season as they combined to finish 15-2 CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULES with his fourth victory of the tournament on Sunday. Alabama State's against SWAC opponents in singles play. Lackova was named the Most trio of freshmen came up large throughout the season and in this tourna- Valuable Player after playing from the No. 3 singles position as she de- ment as Alexis Collard, Chris Andre and Calvis combined for 10 of the feated sophomore Alessandra Maganuco of Italy 6-3, 6-0. CIAA SIAC Hornets victories during the semifinals and the championship. Ion Efrim Krajcovicova, playing from the No. 4 singles position, topped junior GOLF (M) TENNIS (M&W) added an important win on Sunday. Klavdija Bukovec of Slovenia, 6-1, 6-1. April 19-20 April 16-17 Coach Anuk Christiansz doubled up on coach of the year accolades The Lady Hornets went 8-0 in conference play to earn the top seed The Club at Viniterra Peachtree Tennis Center for a second straight season, winning both the women's and men's coach and a first round bye in the playoffs. Alabama State defeated No. 4 Jackson New Kent, VA Peachtree City, GA awards. Christiansz led the Hornets to a 6-0 mark in conference play and State 4-1 in the semifinals on Saturday. WOMEN'S TENNIS GOLF then won the semifinals against No. 4Alcorn State 4-2. 2018 SWAC Women’s Tennis All-Tournament Team April 19-21 April 16-18 Gabriela Lackova, Lea Krajcovivoca, Mirna Curcic and Marija Blazevic, Alabama Bowie State University Flat Creek Country Club 2018 SWAC Men’s Tennis All-Tournament Team State; Alessandra Maganuco, Alcorn State; Tyler Smith, Jackson State Bowie, MD Peachtree City, GA Alexis Collard, Chris Andre, Alejo Calvis, Ion Efrim, Alabama State; Stylianos Gkont- saris, Andrey Alawi, Jackson State Most Valuable Player SOFTBALL OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (M&W) Gabriela Lackova, Alabama State April 30-May 2 April 20-22 Most Valuable Player Moyer Park Hugh Mills Stadium Alejo Calvis, Alabama State Coach of the Year Salem, VA Albany, GA Coach of the Year Anuk Christiansz OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD SOFTBALL Anuk Christiansz, Alabama State (M&W) May 3-5 May 5-6 Paul Earnes Park Albany, GA Bowie State University 2 0 1 8 B L A C K C O L L E G E S O F T B A L L (Standings and Weekly Honors) Bowie, MD BASEBALL Central Intercollegiate Mid Eastern May 3-6 Southern Intercolligiate Southwestern CIAA Athletic Association MEAC Athletic Conference MEAC Gordon Park SIAC Athletic Conference SWAC Athletic Conference DIV CONF ALL Albany, GA CONF ALL DIV ALL NORTH W L W L W L NORTHERN W L W L T CONF ALL EASTERN W L W L GOLF (M) Chowan 6 0 12 0 23 12 Morgan State 9 2 20 13 0 EAST W L W L Alabama A&M 9 2 19 12 April 19-21 Virginia State 6 2 12 2 17 12 Hampton 6 3 15 19 0 Albany State 16 0 21 19 SWAC Alabama State 7 4 17 23 Savannah State University VIrginia Union 5 3 8 6 13 8 Coppin State 7 4 11 16 0 Claflin 11 5 19 25 Alcorn State 5 3 8 25 Bowie State 5 3 7 7 10 15 Delaware State 7 4 9 24 0 Benedict 8 6 23 9 Savannah, GA GOLF (M&W) Norfolk State 8 7 19 23 0 Miss. Valley State 2 8 7 27 Lincoln 0 6 0 11 2 12 Fort Valley State 6 9 16 13 April 16-18 Howard 2 9 4 34 0 Clark Atlanta 4 11 4 23 Jackson State 2 10 8 24 Elizabeth City State 0 8 1 13 1 27 Maryland-E. Shore 1 11 4 27 0 TENNIS (M & W) Alexandria, LA Paine 0 16 3 17 WESTERN April 26-28 SOUTH SOUTHERN Texas Southern 8 1 17 9 Oak WIng Golf Club (M) St. Augustine's 5 1 9 3 12 8 EAST W L W L Florida A&M 11 1 19 23 0 Prairie View A&M 8 3 10 16 Norfolk, VA Fayetteville State 3 1 6 4 7 21 Bethune-Cookman 9 3 24 23 0 Spring HIll 16 1 23 13 Links on the Bayou Golf Club (W) Arkansas Pine Bluff 9 5 13 22 Shaw 4 2 8 4 10 14 North Carolina A&T 4 5 7 26 0 Miles 9 4 9 26 Kentucky State 8 8 10 18 Southern 5 6 13 17 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD Winston-Salem State 2 2 5 5 7 22 Savannah State 3 6 9 19 0 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (M&W) Tuskegee 5 8 7 31 Grambling State 0 13 10 24 J. C. Smith 2 4 5 7 7 15 North Carolina Central 2 7 10 22 0 (M&W) May 4-6 South Carolina State 1 8 1 24 0 Lane 4 9 5 18 Livingstone 0 6 0 11 0 18 May 3-5 Prairie View A&M University LeMoyne-Owen 2 14 6 25 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Belk Track @ NC A&T PLAYERS OF THE WEEK HITTER Prairie View, Texas PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Greensboro, NC PLAYER PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Tiana Sanders, Sr., SS, ALABAMA A&M - Hit .625 OFFENSIVE Tyra Bowers, Jr., OF, FAMU - Hit .667 (10-for-15) PLAYER (10-of-16) with 12 RBI, 6 runs, 3 HRs, 3 SB leading SOFTBALL NA in 3-1 week with 4 SB, 6 runs scored, 2 RBI, 2 SOFTBALL Cecelia Tennessee, Fr., SS, TUS - In 3 games, hit team to 4-0 week with two wins over Tuskegee and May 9-12 DEFENSIVE doubles, 1 triple, 2 BBs. .780 (9-of-12) with 2 HRs, 3 doubles, 8 runs scored May 9-12 MVSU. Had 3 hits in 3 games. Leads SWAC in batting Alabama State University NA PITCHER and 9 RBI. (.438), RBI (33) and total bases (74). PITCHER Ormond Beach, FL Montgomery, AL Stephanie Rundlett, Jr., MSU - Had 0.48 ERA with Kayla Cato, Jr., CLAF - Hit .600 (6-of-10) with 3 HRs, PITCHER NA 3-0 record, gave up 1 run with 14 Ks. a double, a triple, 5 RBI and 6 runs scored in sweep Justine Jean, So., ALABAMA STATE - In three outings, COACH ROOKIE BASEBALL of Fort Valley State. 2-0 in two starts allowing 11 hits and 1 earned run. Had BASEBALL Kayla Porter, NSU - 5-for-10 in 3-game sweep of NA PITCHER 13 Ks vs. SC State, 7Ks in complete game win over May 16-19, May 16-20 Howard with 3 runs, 1 double and 4 RBI. Taylor Roberts, So., BEN - Led Tigers to 3-game Alcorn State. Pitched one inning of scoreless relief. Ormond Beach, FL Nia Bowe, CSU - Hit .600 (3-of-5) with 2 RBI and Wesley Barrow Stadium sweep of Paine going 2-0 as starter with second double vs. Drexel. New Orleans, LA shutout. 2.10 ERA with 16 Ks in 10 innings.