The Howard University softball squad was the MEAC’s best team all year long and proved it again in the conference tournament.
MEAC player of the year – and tournament Most Outstanding Performer – Maryn Jordan went 3-for-3 at the plate with three RBI and pitcher Aiko Conway only allowed two runs as the Bison coasted to an 11-2 five-inning win over South Carolina State Saturday to repeat as MEAC champions.
Howard (28-17) went undefeated in the MEAC tournament, defeating South Carolina State twice and Morgan State, each time in run rule fashion.
The Bison led 4-1 when they broke open the game in the bottom of the fourth with seven runs. Catcher Makyia Taylor singled home two runs, followed by a sacrifice fly by Cheyenne Castillo, an RBI groundout by Angel Wiggins and Amirah Lenon scoring on a wild pitch. The Bison still had two runners on when Jordan, a left-handed batter, punched a ball the opposite way to score two more runs to trigger the run rule (eight run lead through five innings).
Conway surrendered just two runs, the last a homer to Dymond Roundtree in the top of the fifth, but that was all South Carolina State could put together.
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The tournament win is the Bison’s third in their last five seasons and the program’s fourth overall.
