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Game 2 Box

Washington, D.C. - Amanda Black pitched a two-hit shutout to lead Hampton University to a 6-0 win over Howard in the first game and Kristina Cordova hit a walk-off home run to help the Bison edge the Lady Pirates, 6-5 in the second game of a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women’s softball doubleheader at Banneker Stadium.

Black, a 5-6 sophomore and odds-on favorite to win the MEAC Pitcher of the Year award, made quick work of the Bison, allowing only two hits, walking none and striking out five while facing only 26 batters. She improved to 19-4 on the season to move into fifth place all-time at Hampton with 35 career victories.

Much of the Lady Pirates offense was supplied by freshman first baseman Jada Jeffries who was a perfect 4-for 4 and drove in three runs, and senior third baseman Maggie Wolfe, who collected three hits in four at bats.

The second game was a nip-and-tuck affair. Howard (30-17 overall, 9-4 in the MEAC) took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. The Lady Pirates (30-10 overall, 11-0 in the MEAC) tied the score in the top of the third. The Bison regained the lead at 3-1 in the bottom of the fourth only to have the Lady Pirates tie it at 3-3 in the top of the fifth.

Howard scored twice in the fifth to go ahead 5-3 but Hampton, the Northern Division champions, got a two-run homer from junior Angela Balser in the top of the sixth to deadlock the score at 5-5.

That set the stage for Cordova, a junior third baseman, who had gone hitless before that. She hit Jeffries’ first pitch over the right field fence to end the contest.

Dale McNeal (16-9) went the distance for the Bison while Jeffries (4-4) absorbed the loss.