HAMPTON, Va. (April 17, 2016)-The Morgan State women's tennis team closed out the 2016 regular season with a 5-2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Northern Division road victory over the Hampton Lady Pirates on Sunday afternoon at the Neilson-Screen Tennis Stadium.
 
The Lady Bears concluded the regular season with a 7-10 overall mark and finished 4-2 in the MEAC Northern Division. Predicted to finish second in the MEAC Preseason Poll, Morgan State will enter the upcoming MEAC Tennis Championship, as the No. 3 seed out of the northern division.
 
Hampton fell to 3-14 overall and finished in fifth in divisional play with a 2-4 mark. The loss to Morgan State eliminated the Lady Pirates from advancing to the league championship.
 
"It was a good day for us," said Morgan State head coach Matt Townes. "We improved on our position for championships, as well as finished out the regular season with a 'W'. I'm excited to see us perform next week."
 
The Lady Bears will now turn their attention to the MEAC Tennis Championship held April 21-23 at Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center in Norfolk, Va. Morgan State will open up the championships with an opening round match against the Florida A&M Rattlers, the No. 2 seed out of the MEAC Southern Division, on Thursday, April 21 at 11 a.m. 
 
 
April 17, 2016
Hampton, Va. (Neilson-Screen Tennis Stadium)
Morgan State 5, Hampton 2
 
Singles
No. 1 – M Mitaishvile (HIU) def. Chloe Kabamba 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 – Danielle Thompson (MSU) def. C Slocombe 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 – Kayla Price (MSU) def. M Pierce 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
No. 4 – Cierra Plummer (MSU) def. A Romanova 6-1, 6-2  
No. 5 – Chelsi Russell (MSU) def. d'Auvergne 6-3, 6-0
No. 6 – S Paez (HIU) won by default
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Russell/Plummer (MSU) def. Mitaishvile 6-4
No. 2 – Thompson/Kabamba (MSU) def. d'Auvergne 6-1
No. 3 – Paez/Romanova (HIU) won by default