BALTIMORE, Md. (Feb 17,2019)-The Morgan State softball team returns to action this weekend for Diamond 9 Citrus Classic 1 in Orlando, Florida (Feb. 22-24). The tournament marks the second straight away trip for the Lady Bears, who opened the season with a trip to South Carolina for the Presbyterian Blue Hose Invitational.
 
The Lady Bears (0-5) will play six games in three days this upcoming weekend. They will play Fordham University on Friday, Feb. 22 at noon and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) at 2:30 p.m. On Saturday they will start the day by playing again against UAB at 12 p.m., before to play the University of Iowa.
 
Morgan State will close out the weekend on Sunday with a game at 9 a.m. against the Czech National team, followed by a game against Notre Dame at 11.30 a.m. The game against the Czech National team will be an exhibition contest. The Lady Bears defeated the Czech team, 5-4 in their 2017 contest.

The Lady Bears are still looking for their first win of the season after falling in their first five games to begin the season. Morgan State enters the weekend coming off a week off, following its season opener two weeks ago. The Lady Bears dropped back-to-back their five games. They would lose twice to both Akron (12-11, 5-0) and Presbyterian (5-2, 9-2) and suffered a 13-0 loss to East Tennessee State.
 
Fordham (4-5) closed out its weekend where they went 1-3 at the Boyd Gaming Rebel Classic with an 11-3 loss to Brigham Young on Saturday.
 
UAB (5-5) lost 11-3 in its final game on Sunday at 21st-ranked Auburn at the Plainsman Invitational where they went 1-3 overall.
 
Iowa (3-6) went 2-3 during the Diamond 9 Citrus Blossom Tournament, winning its last game on Sunday, 5-3 against Massachusetts.
 
Notre Dame (4-6) ended its weekend going 2-4, earning a 3-2 victory over Ohio State at the St. Pete Clearwater Elite Invitational on Sunday.  
 
All six of Morgan State's games this weekend can be watched live on Flosoftball.com.