ORANGEBURG, S.C. (April 24, 2022—Aliya Ewell recorded a game-high three hits and Asia Thomas and Victoria Fletcher each added two hits to lead visiting Morgan State to a 7-1 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) victory over South Carolina State on Sunday at Bulldogs Field.
 
Morgan State (26-13, 15-3 MEAC) got on the board first when Tayven Rousseau scored in the first inning.
 
The host Bulldogs (3-34, 2-16 MEAC) evened the score in the second inning when Makenzie McDaniel singles to left field to score Daisha Simon.
 
The Lady Bears added three runs in the third to increase their advantage to 4-1. Madison Nunez tripled to right field to score Thomas. Nunez then scored when Melissa Paz reached on a fielding error at short. Aliya Ewell doubled to center field to score Paz and give the guests a three-run lead.
 
In the fifth inning, Fletcher singled to score Aliya Ewell for a 5-1 lead. The Lady Bears final two runs would come in the sixth, when Danielle Jason stole home for the sixth run of the game and Thomas scored when Mia Ewell grounded out at first.
 
Anaya Hunte was charged with a run on four hits, three walks and struck out a game-high four in two and a third innings. Paz threw two strikeouts and had a walk in 4.2 innings.
 
Thomas finished with a game-high two runs and Nunez had a game-high two RBIs.
 
South Carolina State's DeAsia Lowther got the loss after allowing seven runs on nine hits a walk and had two strikeouts in seven innings of work.
 
Morgan State returns home next weekend to face North Carolina Central in a MEAC series at Lois T. Murray Field. It will be the first meeting between the two teams since last season's MEAC championship game.
 
 
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