BALTIMORE, Md. (March 11, 2025)--Morgan State will welcome George Washington on Wednesday afternoon in a non-conference game at Lois T. Murray Field. First pitch is at 2 p.m. The Revolutionaries lead the all-time series, 6-1. This will be GW's second trip to Lois T. Murray Field and the first since a 2-1 victory over the Lady Bears in Baltimore (4/19/23).
 
MSU-GW SERIES: George Washington leads the all-time series, which dates back to the 2015 campaign, 6-1. The Revs have won five straight over Morgan State, including last season's victory, 9-2 in Washington, D.C. The Lady Bears' lone win was a 5-4 victory in Washington, D.C. (3/27/19).
 
BEAR CLAWS: Morgan State (3-14) is coming off a 4-3 road victory at Mount St. Mary's in the finale of the Mount St. Mary's Tournament. The win ended a six-game losing skid. Morgan State would drop the first two games against Le Moyne, 5-1 and 7-4. In the win against Mount St. Mary's, Rylee Hyde led the Lady Bears, going 2-for-3 with a run scored. Victoria Fletcher was 1-for-4 with 2 RBI. Fletcher earned the win to improve to 2-6 on the season. She would go the distance, surrendering three runs on nine hits and a walk, while striking out six batters.
  
A LOOK AT GW: The Revs (12-8) are riding a three-game winning streak, after going 3-1 in the GW Invitational last weekend. GW started with a 3-2 loss to Manhattan, before defeating Manhattan (9-4), and UAlbany twice (3-2 and 5-0). In the last win over UAlbany, Ashley Corpuz went 2-for-3 at the plate with two runs scored and 4 RBI. Cece Smith (5-3) got the win, allowing four hits and a walk, while striking out seven batters in seven innings of work. Sophia Torreso was named Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week, while Corpuz was named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week.
 
ON DECK: Morgan State will open Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) play at home this weekend when it entertains Delaware State for a three-game series (March 15-16). The Lady Bears and the Hornets will play a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 1 p.m., before closing out the series with a single game on Sunday at noon.

RODRIGUEZ NAMED MEAC PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Morgan State sophomore Serena Rodriguez was named MEAC Pitcher of the Week (2/25). Rodriguez went 1-1 for the week, collecting an ERA of 0.64 in the circle. The Simi Valley, Calif., native pitched 11.0 innings, including a complete game against Fairleigh Dickinson. She surrendered just one earned run on 11 hits and struck out three batters. In the series finale victory over the Knights, Rodriguez went four scoreless innings, allowing four hits and struck out two batters to earn her first win of the season.
 
RIVAS NAMED TO NFCA ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Morgan State sophomore outfielder Amber Rivas was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division I Leadoff Classic All-Tournament Team (2/9). Rivas posted a .385 batting average over the opening weekend, recording five hits with one double, three RBI and a run scored in five games. She also tallied a walk and two stolen bases. A native of West Hills, Calif., Rivas recorded an RBI, walk and stolen base to help Morgan State defeat Notre Dame, 5-4 in the season opener. It was the program's first victory over an opponent of the newly constructed Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Rivas recorded her first hit of the season, which was a double and an RBI against Pittsburgh. She then went 2-for-3 at the plate against Bethune-Cookman and closed out the tournament with another 2-for-3 performance with a run and RBI and a stolen base in the finale against Marshall.
 
MORGAN TAKES DOWN NOTRE DAME IN SEASON-OPENER: Morgan State opened the season in the prestigious National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division I Leadoff Classic against Notre Dame and handed the Irish a 5-4 loss in the opener (2/7). The win was Morgan State's first-ever against a member of the newly constructed Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Notre Dame (0-1) entered the contest with an RPI ranking of 66^th, while Morgan State (1-0) was 183^rd. Playing in the Leadoff Classic for the first time in program history, the Lady Bears jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first inning. Morgan State would maintain its three-run advantage until the top of the fifth inning when the Irish scored three runs to even the score at 3-3. The Irish then added a run in the top of the sixth to pull ahead 4-3, its first lead of the contest. However, the lead would be short-lived, as the Lady Bears responded with two runs in the bottom half of the sixth inning, which proved to be the difference to give Morgan State the 5-4 victory. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Preseason Player of the Year and MEAC first-team pitcher and utility selection, Victoria Fletcher went 2-for-3 at the plate with an RBI and a walk. MEAC third-team selection Alison Keener also went 2-for-3 at the plate and scored a run.
 
2025 MEAC CHAMPIONSHIP: The 2025 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) softball championship tournament is scheduled for May 7-10, 2025 at NSU Softball Field, hosted by Norfolk State University.

 
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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.