GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 18, 2026)--The Morgan State softball team closed out its trip to the Carolinas with a non-conference doubleheader sweep of former Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) member, North Carolina A&T State on Tuesday afternoon. The Lady Bears would defeat A&T, 5-4 and 9-6 at Lady Aggies Softball Complex.
 
Morgan State (3-15) has now won three straight over the Lady Aggies and five of the last seven meetings. N.C. A&T fell to 13-20 overall.
 
Playing for the first time since the 2023 Elon Softball Classic, Morgan State totaled 14 runs on 18 hits in the two games, including nine runs on eight hits in the second game.
 
Hunter Newman paced the Lady Bears, recording a combined three hits, two home runs, three runs, three walks and 5 RBI.
 
Millie Cousins picked up her second win of the season with the Game 1 victory, while Serena Rodriguez earned her first win of the season in the second game.
 
Game 1
The host Lady Aggies took a 2-0 lead in the third inning, following a two-run triple by Taniyah Thomas.
 
Morgan State got the offense going in the fifth inning when it scored five times to take the lead, highlighted by Hunter' three-run homer to left field to put the guests in front, 4-2.
 
Cousins got the win after pitching 7.0 innings, squandering four runs on five hits, four walks and five strikeouts.
 
Game 2
Morgan State wasted little time getting going in Game 2, as it scored three runs in the opening inning. The first two runs each came on passed balls and Newman later stole home to score the third.
 
The Lady Aggies would get a run back in the bottom half of the first when Ayanna Mears drew a bases loaded walk to cut the deficit to 3-1.
 
Morgan State was back at it, scoring three more runs in the second, highlighted by Newman's second homer of the day, this time a two-run shot to deep center field to extend the Lady Bears' lead to 6-1.
 
The Lady Aggies would not go away, as Shandi Brown singled through the left side to score Katriel Williams and Destiny Sims doubled to score Brown to cut Morgan's lead to 6-3.
 
Morgan State added a run in the third and two more in the fourth, capped off it scoring on a 2RBI single up the middle by Denver Obermeyer for the 9-3 lead.
 
N.C. A&T's Tyra Robinson homered to deep center field to bring in two more runs and Williams grounded out to second to score Ava McCauley for the third and final run of the inning, as Morgan would hold off the Lady Aggies with the 9-6 final.  
 
Rodriguez (1-6) got the win for Morgan, tossing three strikeouts over 7.0 innings pitched. North Carolina A&T pitcher Aaliyah Williams came in relief and threw a game-high six strikeouts in 5.0 innings of work.
 
NEXT UP: Morgan State returns to MEAC action this weekend when it welcomes North Carolina Central (4-21, 3-0 MEAC) to Lois T. Murray Field for a three-game series. The Lady Bears and Eagles will meet in a doubleheader on Saturday, March 20 at 1 p.m. and will wrap up the series with a single game on Sunday at noon.
 
The Eagles are coming off a series sweep of Coppin State in their MEAC opener last weekend at home. The wins ended a season-long 14-game losing skid.
 
 
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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.