Box Scores: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – The Hampton University softball team won two of three games against the University of Maryland Eastern Shore on Sunday at Lady Hawks Field.

The Lady Pirates (9-21, 2-1 MEAC) opened the day by finishing Saturday's postponed contest and taking a 14-9 win, before winning what was originally supposed to be Saturday's second game 3-2.

UMES took the third game 12-4 in five innings.

The Lady Hawks struck first on Saturday, scoring two runs in the bottom of the first inning before Hampton answered with a run in the second on an RBI single from junior Travonna Byrd (Newport News, Va.).

The Lady Pirates then pushed across six runs in the third to take a 7-2 lead. Junior Sharde' Estep (Aquasco, Md.) reached on an error to bring in the first two runs, before junior Rebecca Magett (Grand Rapids, Mich.) singled home another run.

Byrd then doubled home a run before another run scored when senior Tiffany Brents (Chino Hills, Calif.) reached on a fielder's choice.

UMES scored four runs in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to 7-6, but the Lady Pirates added two runs in the fourth on a two-run single from sophomore Nina Ferguson (Plymouth, Minn.).

Hampton added two more runs in the fifth –highlighted by a triple from sophomore Tamara Vickers (Lawndale, Calif.) – and three runs in the top of the sixth; Magett doubled home a run, while Ferguson brought in another with a triple.

UMES went down in order in the bottom of the seventh on Sunday.

Magett went 3-for-4 at the plate, driving in two runs. Ferguson drove in a team-high three runs. Brents threw 3.2 innings in relief to pick up her third win of the season, striking out one.

The Lady Pirates struck first in the first inning of the second game, when Estep singled home a run, before taking a 2-0 lead in the third inning on an Estep sacrifice fly. Magett doubled and scored on an error in the fifth to put Hampton up 3-0.

UMES scored a run in the fifth and another in the seventh.

Magett, Vickers and senior Bre'Anna Brown (Los Angeles, Calif.) each had three hits for Hampton. Brents picked up her fourth win of the season, going the full seven innings.

An Estep RBI single and a bases-loaded walk to Ferguson in the first inning of the third game gave the Lady Pirates a 2-0 lead, but UMES answered with three runs in the second inning to take a 3-2 lead.

Byrd singled home a run in the third to tie the game at 3-3, but the Lady Hawks scored four runs in the third, two runs in the fourth and three runs in the fifth to put the game out of reach.

The Lady Pirates will return to action on Wednesday, when they take on Campbell at the Lady Pirates Softball Complex in a doubleheader starting at 2 p.m. For more information on Hampton University softball, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5811 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            (757) 727-5811      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            (757) 727-5811      end_of_the_skype_highlighting, or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.