WASHINGTON (April 15, 2018) – Howard University Softball team lost its series finale against Norfolk State (NSU), 10-5, at Nationals Youth Academy.
 
HU (4-34, 2-9 MEAC) produced five runs on six hits, led by reigning Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Co-Rookie of the Week Trinity Gibbs going 2-of-4 with a run scored. Fellow classmate Alyssa Lavine delivered a huge two-run single in a losing effort.
 
NSU scored four times in the opening frame, capped off by a two-run double from Norfolk State's Kylee Lopez, 4-0.
 
HU got on the board in the bottom half with a wild pitch, scoring redshirt freshman Zaria Hall, 4-1.
 
Norfolk State capitalized on multiple Howard errors; thus, ballooning their advantage to eight midway through the fourth, 9-1.
 
Despite the hole, HU refused to go away. Howard responded with a four-run inning in the fourth, capped off by Lavine's two-run single to left field that sent home sophomores Noel Merritt and Kamryn Tillman, 9-5.
 
NSU withstood the Bison's late charge and added an insurance run in the sixth, 10-5.
 
Redshirt junior Mackenzi Steele kept Howard in the contest, going four innings with four Ks while allowing one unearned run in relief.
 
Norfolk State (18-23, 8-7 MEAC) registered 10 runs on 10 hits, led by Lopez going 4-of-5 with two doubles and a pair of runs scored in the victory.
 
Monday (April 16), the Bison make a quick visit to Bowie, Md. where the Bowie State Bulldogs await. The seven-inning contest starts 3 p.m.
 
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com.