NORFOLK, Va. (April 21, 2016)-The Morgan State women's tennis team dropped its 2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tennis Championship quarterfinal match to the Florida A&M Rattlers on Wednesday morning at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center on the campus of Old Dominion University.
 
The Lady Bears, who entered the championship as the No. 3 seed out of the MEAC Northern Division, finish the season 7-11 overall.
 
FAMU (9-11), the second-seed out of the MEAC Southern Division, advances to Friday's semifinal match against North Carolina Central at 9 a.m. The fourth-seeded Eagles (6-12) out of the southern division knocked off the top-seed in the northern division, Norfolk State by a score of 4-2 on Thursday.
 
The Rattlers secured the doubles point after claiming all three matches by way of default. FAMU then took a 2-0 lead by earning a default win at No. 6 singles.
 
Morgan State's lone win came from Danielle Thompson, who defeated FAMU's Shantel Blackwood in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2 singles.
 
Kayla Price lost to Olivia Rolle at No. 3 singles, 6-3, 6-2 and Cierra Plummer dropped a 6-2, 6-3 decision to Dominique Henry of Florida A&M at No. 4 singles.
 
The Lady Bears' Chloe Kabamba's match at No. 1 singles and Chelsi Russell's No. 5 singles match both went unfinished.
 
 
April 21, 2016
NORFOLK, Va. (Folkes-StevensTennis Center)
Florida A&M 4, Morgan State 1
 
Singles
No. 1 – Alexis Dean (FAMU) vs. Chloe Kabamba unfinished
No. 2 – Danielle Thompson (MSU) def. Shantel Blackwood 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 – Olivia Rolle (FAMU) def. Kayla Price 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 – Dominique Henry (FAMU) def. Cierra Plummer 6-2, 6-3  
No. 5 – Arrice Robinson (FAMU) vs. Chelsi Russell unfinished
No. 6 – Elizabeth Clayton (FAMU) won by default
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Blackwood/Robinson (FAMU) def. Russell/Plummer by default
No. 2 – Henry/Rolle (FAMU) def. Thompson/Kabamba by default
No. 3 – Clayton/Dean (FAMU) won by default