Box Score CLEARWATER, Fla. (Feb. 8, 2025)--The Mogan State softball team concluded Day 2 of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Leadoff Classic with a heartbreaking non-conference loss, as the Lady Bears fell to Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) member, Bethune-Cookman, 4-3 at the Eddie C. Moore Complex.
 
Trailing 3-1 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning, Bethune-Cooman (1-3) would score three runs, including two runs with two outs, to complete the comeback victory.
 
The loss extended the Lady Bears' losing skid to three straight, after suffering a 12-0 loss to Kentucky earlier in the day.
 
Morgan State (1-3) also had its losing skid to Bethune-Cookman extended, as it dropped its fifth straight to B-CU and fell to 1-7 against the Wildcats dating back to the 2004 season. The Lady Bears' lone win over B-CU was an 8-5 victory on April 7, 2006 at the then Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Round-Up in West Columbia, S.C.
 
Saturday evening's match up between the former MEAC foes, was their first meeting in eight years when the Wildcats defeated Morgan State, 8-0 in the opening round of the 2017 MEAC Softball tournament in Ormond Beach, Fla. (May 11, 2017).
 
The two teams were scheduled to meet for a three-game MEAC series in Daytona Beach, Fla. during the 2020 season, but the season was shortened due to the Covid-19 pandemic and B-CU did not compete during the 2021 campaign. The Wildcats would eventually leave the MEAC for the SWAC at the start of the 2021-22 athletic season.
 
Morgan State will conclude its trip to Florida on Sunday, when it takes on Marshall at 10 a.m.
 
 
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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.