BALTIMORE – Coppin State's softball team completed a three-game sweep of South Carolina State with a 6-2 Senior Day victory on Sunday afternoon at CSU Softball Complex. The Eagles conclude the regular season with a 7-14 mark in MEAC games and enter the MEAC Tournament as the sixth seed.
Lynn Porter led the Eagles offensively, going 2-for-3 with a double, two runs, and RBI and a walk while
Alexis Genovese and
Avianna Peterson also had two hits and an RBI apiece.
Vanessa Carrizosa,
Brissa Alvarado and
Isabella Zalba also drove in runs with a base hit and a sacrifice fly each.
Savannah Howze also chipped in with a base hit and a walk while scoring a run.
Kayleigh Reome pitched a 1-2-3 first inning to start the game but the Bulldogs took the lead with a run in the second inning. South Carolina State's lead was short-lived as the Eagles responded with five runs in their half of the frame. Howze started the inning with a single before advancing on a wild pitch. Reome reached on a sacrifice bunt attempt and Porter and Genovese followed with back-to-back RBI singles to give the Eagles a 2-1 lead.
That same inning, Porter came around to score on a sacrifice fly from Carrizosa, ad did Genovese on another sac fly from Alvarado. Zalba was then hit by a pitch, got to second on a wild pitch and scored on Peterson's single to center field.
Reome cruised through the next three innings, holding the visitors scoreless before the Eagles tacked on an insurance run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly from Zalba. Scoring on the play was Porter, who was hit by a pitch to open the inning before getting to third on a single from Carrizosa and another hit batsman.
Maren Bernal took over in the sixth and got out of the inning by forcing a 4-6-3 double play. The Bulldogs were able to get a run across in the seventh, but Bernal fielded a ground ball for the final out of the game.
Reome earned her third win of the season, allowing just one run on three hits in 5.0 innings. Bernal was charged with one run on two hits in the final 2.0 innings.
The MEAC Tournament is set for May 11-14 in Norfolk, Va., where the Eagles will take on the third seed in the opening game at 9:00 am.
