Howard blanks Bowie State in regular season finale

Photo: Freshman Danielle McClay broke up Howard University McCoy's no-hitter in the fifth inning. The 5-7 catcher/first baseman is from Silver Springs, MD, Montgomery Blair HS.

WASHINGTON, DC - Playing their final home game of the season, the Lady Bison of Howard University sent their five seniors out on a high note by blanking Bowie State 8-0 in non-conference action.

Howard (17-15) scored three runs on the third inning with Brianne Gutierrez providing the biggest hit at the time, a double to right field scoring Jessica Norwood and Sondra Jones. A single by Emily Johnson scored Gutierrez, giving the Lady Bison a 3-0 advantage.

Bowie State closes out their regular season with a 25-12 record and await word on its opponent in next weeks NCAA Division II Regional hosted by Kutztown (PA) University.

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JCSU Softball Eliminated from Championships, Fall to Virginia State 9-8

Nicole Villarreal and Allycia Watanabe Named to All-Tournament Team

The Johnson C. Smith University softball team were eliminated from the 2008 CIAA Softball Championships. Playing their third game in one day, JCSU fell to Virginia State 9-8 in semi-finals.

JCSU started the tournament on Thursday, April 17th posting a 1-1 record. They defeated Virginia Union 7-5 but fell to Bowie State 7-3 sending them to the loser's bracket.

On Friday, the team defeated Shaw University (7-3) and Fayetteville State University (8-5), eliminating both teams from the tournament. Unfortunately for the Golden Bulls, the team would have to face Virginia State University in their third game of the day. A win would send JCSU to the championship game for the first time since 2002.

VSU jumped out early (7-0), but JCSU rallied in the second to cut the lead to one (7-6). JCSU eventually tied the game in the bottom of the fourth inning.

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