Morgan State softball swept by Marist

By Keith Henry

It wasn’t a real good day for the Morgan State softball team to begin with. The first reason being the Lady Bears couldn’t play their home games with the Red Foxes at Lois Murray Field because that place was deemed unplayable. So they had to move the game to Coppin State softball field in order to play that day.

However, once Morgan State started playing, It didn’t end well for the Lady Bears over there either as Marist swept Morgan 11-7 in the first game and came back late to edge them 3-2 in the second game.

Morgan head coach Jeff Bozier looked at this as a test for his mostly young team. He said, “The first game, my whole thought was I wanted our rookie pitcher Gabrielle Gomez. I just wanted tough love for her. We just wanted to put her out there to sink or swim. That’s what I wanted her to do. Our slow start with Gabrielle doesn’t surprise me. That’s part of what I’m doing now. I still consider myself being in the lab trying to work things out.”

Gomez got in trouble early and often, giving up nine runs in five innings of work. Theo offense wasn’t of much help early either. Particularly in the bottom of the fourth inning when runners wre on second and third.

Marist head coach Joe Ausanio said about the games, “