April 17, 2010

Game 1 Box Score | Game 2 Box Score

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. - Morgan State University senior Porsche Boddicker held the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to a combined five hits and one earned run as the Lady Bears defeated the Lady Hawks, 9-0 and 11-2, Saturday afternoon.

In the first game of the afternoon, Boddicker gave up just one hit, a double to junior Kyrus Whitehurst (Virginia Beach, Va.) in the second inning.

UMES was still within reach through three innings, down 1-0. In the top of the fourth, MSU broke the game open, scoring six runs on three hits and one error. The Lady Bears scored another two runs on three hits in the top of the fifth to go on and win, 9-0, in five innings.

The Lady Hawks managed to get more hits than MSU in the second game, but it wasn't enough as juniors Ebony Hahn (Groveport, Ohio) and Inde Whitehurst (Virginia Beach, Va.) combined to give up 13 walks to MSU batters.

UMES was able to get on the scoreboard in the bottom of the third inning with hits by sophomore Britney McLeod (Palmyra, N.J.) and senior Ashley Johnson (Temple Hills, Md.). McLeod scored the first run of the afternoon on a wild pitch by Boddicker while sophomore Kristi Miranda (Houston, Texas) reached base on an error and scored on Johnson's single.

Going into the fourth inning, the Lady Hawks were down 5-2 before MSU scored six unanswered runs to take the win, 11-2.

The two teams finish their weekend series on Sunday with a 1 p.m. first pitch at Lady Hawks Field.