BALTIMORE, Md. (March 28, 2026)--The Lady Bears softball team returned home on Saturday afternoon to begin its Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) series against the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Morgan State would defeat the Hawks, 4-1 at Lois T. Murray Field.
 
The win was the eighth straight victory for Morgan State over UMES, as the Lady Bears improved to 14-1 at home against the Haws since the 2010 season.
 
UMES (9-21, 1-6 MEAC) got on the board first when Lola Meyer singled to center field to score Gabriella Beltran, giving the guests a 1-0.
 
That would be all the scoring for the visitors, as Morgan State finally got going in the fourth inning when Alison Keener singled in Olivia Pagano and Dejah Jones also scored on a fielding error by the Hawks' right fielder to give the Lady Bears a 2-1 lead.
 
Morgan State (6-17, 3-4 MEAC) rounded out the scoring with its final two runs coming in the fifth inning. Olivia Garner scored from third and Millie Cousins followed with a double to center field to score Cassie White for the fourth and final run of the game for Morgan State.
 
The Lady Bears finished the game with seven hits, as six players recorded a hit. Morgan was paced by Pagano, who went 2-for-3 at the plate with a run score.
 
Cousins picked up her team-leading fifth win in the circle. She would go the distance giving up a run on seven hits, a walk and struck out a game-high five batters in seven innings of work.
 
UMES, which also finished with seven hits, was led by Skylar Skinner and Meyer, who each totaled two hits.
 
Morgan State and UMES will conclude the series with a doubleheader on Sunday, beginning at 12 noon.
 
 
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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.