BALTIMORE, Md. (March 27, 2024)--Morgan State will travel to Orangeburg, S.C. this weekend to take on South Carolina State in a three-game Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) series at Lady Bulldog Field.
 
The Lady Bears and Lady Bulldogs will get underway with a doubleheader on Friday, March 29 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., before closing out the series with a single game on Saturday at 12 p.m.
 
Last season the two teams split the series in Baltimore, each winning a game. The Lady Bulldogs claimed Saturday's contest 5-3. On Sunday, Morgan State won the opener, 6-1. The Lady Bears held a 4-2 lead in the fifth inning of Game 2 when it was stopped due to darkness.  
 
Morgan State (16-13, 5-1 MEAC) is coming off a tough 4-3 loss in eight innings at rival Towson on Tuesday. The loss ended a season-high six-game winning streak for Morgan State. Prior to the Towson contest, the Lady Bears swept visiting Maryland Eastern Shore in a three-game MEAC series, outscoring the Hawks 18-5.
 
South Carolina State (4-16, 2-4 MEAC) is coming off being swept by Howard on the road over the weekend, including a 7-0 loss in the finale on Sunday.   
 
Morgan State leads the MEAC in pitching with an ERA 2.65 and fielding 96.3%. South Carolina is sixth in pitching (5.13 ERA) and sixth in fielding (93.5%).
 
 
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ABOUT MORGAN
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.