Evvie
Patricia Zyzyk
11
Winner Morgan State MSUSB 18-13
5
Towson TOWSON 29-11
Winner
Morgan State MSUSB
18-13
11
Final
5
Towson TOWSON
29-11
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Morgan State MSUSB 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 6 11 14 0
Towson TOWSON 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 10 5

W: Begg, Amy (10-6) L: Baltazar (4-2)

Game Recap: Softball | | Kevin C. Paige, MSU Athletic Communications

Lady Bears Complete Doubleheader Sweep Of Towson In Extra Innings, 11-5

TOWSON, Md. (April 11, 2018)-The Morgan State softball team wrapped up its historic day with an 11-5 victory in eight innings over host Towson to complete a doubleheader sweep on Wednesday at Tiger Softball Stadium.
 
Morgan State (18-13), which was coming off its first-ever win over the Tigers in the Game 1 victory, erupted for six runs in the top of the eighth inning to break a 5-5 tie and secure the win.
 
"The feeling of beating them the first time was great, but the second time for the sweep put me on top of the world," said junior Stormy Zyzyk, who transferred from Towson. "Being a part of a team that has yet to reach its full potential and still beat Towson says a lot on its own. This team is definitely a force to be reckoned with come playoffs (MEAC Tournament).
 
"From the losses we took in basketball and football, it meant a lot to us to show we can beat Towson," added Zyzyk. "Because of the terms I left there, there will always be an incentive to beat them."
 
Morgan State broke a scoreless game when Gabriella Gorosave doubled to score Damali Young, giving the Lady Bears a 1-0 lead in the third.
 
Towson (29-11), which fell to 14-3 at home this season and suffered its first non-conference doubleheader loss of the season, took their first lead of the game in the bottom half of the third inning on a two-run homer to left center by Daria Edwards to give the host Tigers a 2-1 lead.
 
Giselle Alvarez hit a two-run double to center field to give the Lady Bears the lead back at 3-2 in the fourth.
 
Towson got three runs in the fifth inning when Olivia Baltazar singled down the right field line to score a run and Brook Miko doubled to center field to bring in two more runs, as the Tigers extended their lead to 5-3.
 
Morgan State would fight back with a run by Danielle Pitpit in the sixth inning and Caitlyn Williams scored on an error by the short stop to tie the game at 5-5 in the top of the seventh.
 
The Lady Bears, who sent 11 batters to the plate in the top of the eighth inning, recorded four straight hits to start the inning and scored five runs off of Morgan State's first eight batters before Towson even recorded the first out.
 
Pitpit, who led off the inning, drew a bases loaded walk in her second at bat of the inning to score Zyzyk for the sixth and final run of the inning, as the Lady Bears took an 11-5 advantage.  
 
Morgan State's Amy Begg, who improved to 10-6 on the season, retired the Tigers with ease, as she got the three Towson batters she faced to foul out, line out and fly out in order to earn the complete game victory.
 
Begg would finish with four strikeouts and no walks in eight innings of work. Baltazar was charged with the loss for Towson and fell to 4-2.
 
Young and Haylee Bobos led the Lady Bears with three hits, while Alvarez and Gorosave each had 2RBI. Pitpit went 1-for-2 at the plate and scored a game-high three runs.
 
The Lady Bears will look to take this momentum into this weekend's highly anticipated Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Northern Division series against visiting Delaware State (April 14-15). Morgan State and Delaware State (9-23, 7-2 MEAC), will both enter the contest tied for first in the division with identical league records.
 
"Towson is better than any MEAC team in the northern division and this is also one of the best teams they've had also, so all of our confidence is up and I don't think anything can stop us now," said Zyzyk. "We played a perfect game defensively and won against all of the pitchers they threw at us. We are definitely on a high that we don't plan on coming down from anytime soon."  
 
Morgan State and the Hornets will get the series underway with a doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m., before wrapping up the series on Sunday at noon. All three games will be played at Lois T. Murray Field.
 
 
 
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