BALTIMORE, Md. (March 1, 2024)--The Morgan State softball team will head to the Lone Start State this weekend to take on 17th ranked Baylor in a three-game series in the Baylor Invitational (March 2-3) at Getterman Stadium in Waco, Texas.
 
This will be the first meeting between the two programs and Morgan State's first regular season contest against a top-25 opponent.
 
The matchup of Bears gets underway with a doubleheader on Saturday, March 2. First pitch is at noon CT, followed by a 2:30 p.m. CT Game 2 start. Both games can be seen on Big 12 Now ESPN+. The Morgan State Lady Bears and the host Baylor Bears will wrap up the series with a single game on Sunday at noon CT. That contest will be on Facebook Live.
 
Morgan State (7-5) enters the weekend coming off a 1-5 outing at last weekend's Liberty Softball Classic (Feb. 23-25), hosted by Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va.
 
The Lady Bears' lone win came during a Day 1 doubleheader split on Friday, Feb. 23 against Penn. Morgan would see its six-game winning streak snapped by the Quakers in an 8-7 loss in eight innings, before defeating Penn in Game 2, 6-3.
 
Morgan State then dropped its remaining four games, falling to Penn State in a doubleheader on Saturday, 5-2 and 7-0, before closing out the tournament on Sunday with a 6-1 loss to Saint Francis-Pa., followed by a 10-1 loss in five innings to the host Flames.
 
No. 17 Baylor (8-3), which is in the midst of a seven-game winning streak, is coming off five straight wins in the Mary Nutter Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. The Bears moved up five spots in the ESPN/USA Softball Poll from last week's No. 22 ranking, following victories over #25 Oregon (3-2), Notre Dame (10-9), UC Riverside (8-0 in 5 innings), #19 UCLA (5-3) and #13 Missouri (5-4).
 
  
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Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.