MID-EASTERN Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Softball 2018 Season • Week 10 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 Morgan State 7 2 0 .778 16 13 0 .552 8-2 W 6 Delaware State 7 2 0 .778 9 20 0 .310 6-4 L 2 Hampton 4 2 0 .667 13 18 0 .419 4-6 L 4 Coppin State 7 4 0 .636 10 15 0 .400 5-5 L 1 Norfolk State 5 7 0 .417 15 23 0 .395 4-6 L 3 Howard 2 6 0 .250 4 29 0 .121 2-8 W 1 Md Eastern Shore 0 9 0 .000 3 23 0 .115 3-7 L 6 SOUTH DIVISION Florida A&M 8 1 0 .889 16 22 0 .421 8-2 W 1 Bethune-Cookman 6 3 0 .667 21 23 0 .477 5-5 W 2 Savannah State 3 3 0 .500 8 16 0 .333 4-6 L 2 North Carolina A&T 4 5 0 .444 7 27 0 .206 4-6 L 1 N.C. Central 2 7 0 .222 9 20 0 .310 3-7 L 2 SC State 1 5 0 .167 1 17 0 .056 1-9 L 5 LAST WEEK’S GAMES THIS WEEK’S GAMES NOTES Monday, April 2 Wednesday, April 11 Villanova 13, Delaware State 5 Alabama State at South Carolina State • MEAC softball begins week 10 as the Northern and Villanova 8, Delaware State 4 Alabama State at South Carolina State Southern Divisional races are taking shape. Morgan State at Towson Tuesday, April 3 Morgan State at Towson Longwood 2, Hampton 1 Appalachian State at North Carolina Central • The Hampton Lady Pirates and the Florida A&M Lady Appalachian State at North Carolina Central Rattlers were predicted to win the MEAC softball Northern Wednesday, April 4 Delaware State at Delaware and Southern Divisions, respectively. Florida A&M has won Florida A&M 4, Troy 3 Delaware State at Delaware four consecutive MEAC Championships while Hampton Troy 9, Florida A&M 1 LaSalle at Maryland Eastern Shore N.C. Central 2, Campbell 1 LaSalle at Maryland Eastern Shore has two championships all-time. Campbell 11, N.C. Central 0 Florida A&M at Jacksonville Bethune-Cookman 2, Jacksonville 1 • The Northern Division race is extra tight as Morgan Jacksonville 5, Bethune-Cookman 4 Thursday, April 12 State and Delaware State are tied (7-2) while Hampton Coppin State at Drexel sits three games back due to its series with Delaware Thursday, April 5 Charleston Southern 9, Savannah State 8 Saturday, April 14 State moved back to the final week of the season due to Charleston Southern 5, Savannah State 1 Bethune-Cookman at South Carolina State weather. Delaware State and Morgan State are scheduled Rider 11, Coppin State 3 Bethune-Cookman at South Carolina State for a showdown this weekend in Baltimore. Rider 7, Coppin State 3 Norfolk State at Howard Norfolk State at Howard • Florida A&M dropped its first MEAC game of the Friday, April 6 Maryland Eastern Shore at Hampton Morgan State 8, Norfolk State 2 Maryland Eastern Shore at Hampton season last week versus North Carolina A&T State. A Morgan State 4, Norfolk State 0 Delaware State at Morgan State Bethune-Cookman loss at North Carolina Central kept the North Carolina A&T 6, Florida A&M 2 Delaware State at Morgan State Wildcats from gaining ground as FAMU is still two games Florida A&M 9, North Carolina A&T 2 Florida A&M at Savannah State ahead. FAMU heads to third-place Savannah State while Howard 16, Coppin State 6 Florida A&M at Savannah State BCU travels to South Carolina State this weekend. Coppin State 7, Howard 3 Sunday, April 8 Saturday, April 7 Bethune-Cookman at South Carolina State • Reigning MEAC Player of the Week Ava Dolan of Bethune-Cookman 8, N.C. Central 2 Norfolk State at Howard North Carolina Central leads the MEAC with a .474 av- N.C. Central 6, Bethune-Cookman 4 Maryland Eastern Shore at Hampton erage in addition to driving in 31 RBI with 36 hits and 18 Delaware State at Morgan State runs. Hampton’s DaSha Hill follows with a .453 aver- Sunday, April 8 Florida A&M at Savannah State Morgan State 6, Norfolk State 4 age, 39 hits, 30 stolen bases and 24 runs scored. Coppin Florida A&M 4, North Carolina A&T 2 State freshman Nia Bowe ranks third with a .446 aver- Bethune-Cookman 4, N.C. Central 3 age, 33 hits, 28 RBIs and 17 runs. • Courtney Mirabella of North Carolina Central is obliterating opposing batters with 194 strikeouts followed by Coppin State’s Madison Didion (111) and Florida A&M’s Kyaira Brown (92). Brown leads the MEAC with 11 wins total. • The 2018 MEAC Tournament takes place once again in Ormond Beach, Fla. as Bethune-Cookman will host the tournament. The top four teams from each division make the conference tournament. MEAC softball • MEACSPORTS.COM 2018 MEAC softball WEEKLY NOTES: APRIL 10 • 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. 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. Regular updates North Carolina Central Hampton North Carolina A&T State Kevin Buczek of the weekly release will be distributed via e-mail from Howard North Carolina Central [email protected] the conference office. To be included on the distribution Md. Eastern Shore Savannah State (919) 530-6017 list, send an e-mail request to Ryan McGinty at mc- Morgan State South Carolina State [email protected].