Category: HBCU Sports

Morgan State women’s Cross Country wins DSU Farm Run Invitational

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Courtesy of Kevin C. Paige, MSU Athletics Communications Meet Results SMYRA, Del. (Oct. 9, 2022)–The Morgan State Lady Bears’ cross country team captured the DSU Farm Run Invitational on Friday, hosted by Delaware State University at the Delaware Outreach & Research Center. Morgan State won the team title with a total of 28 points to hold off the host Hornets, who finished with 33 points. Coppin State placed third with 64 points. Delaware State’s Ashley Lagat won the individual title in a time of 20:11.6. Rachel Field once again led Morgan…

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Morgan State’s Volleball homecoming ruined emphatically by Norfolk State, 3-0

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Courtesy of Kevin C. Paige, Morgan State Athletic Communications 3  NSU 0 MSU Team 1 2 3 F NSU 25 25 25 (3) MSU 21 23 18 (0) BALTIMORE, Md. (Oct. 10, 2022)—The Morgan State volleyball team concluded the 2022 homecoming festivities with its annual homecoming match on Sunday afternoon at Hill Field House against visiting Norfolk State. The Spartans would spoil the afternoon with a 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-18) Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference victory over Morgan State. The Spartans improved to 3-11 on the season, 3-1 in the MEAC, while…

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Jackson State Volleyball gets easy wins ver Southern and Texas Southern in first day of SWAC East Cluster

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Courtesy of Jackson State Athletics Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 MONTGOMERY, Ala.| The Jackson State University volleyball team opened play at the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Eastern Division Cluster hosted by Alabama State. The Tigers defeated Southern University, 3-0, and Texas Southern, 3-1 at Lockhart Gymnasium. GAME 1 HOW IT HAPPENED -Jackson State (4-12, 3-1 SWAC) got off to a 15-5 lead over the Jaguars to open the first set -Southern University (1-15, 1-3 SWAC) attempted to climb back into the match but fell short as JSU took set one, 25-16…

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Jackson State Bowling finishes fourth at FAMU Invitational

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Courtesy of Jackson State Athletics: PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Jackson State University bowling team finished in fourth place in the season-opening Florida A&M Invitational. JSU finished Sunday’s bracket finals in the same place in began after a series of highly competitive matches. Competing in the baker format in the best four out of seven series, Jackson State defeated Southern 4-2 (194-165, 189-170, 214-199, 185-190, 151-183, 242-168) to advance to the semifinals. Jackson State fell in six games to Tulane (171-160, 203-184, 167-171, 179-200, 150-160, 162-177) before losing to Alabama State…

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Grambling soccer gets victory over Alabama A&M

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Courtesy of Curtis Ford, Grambling State Athletics 2  GSU 0 AAMU Team 1  2  F GSU 0  2  2 AAMU 0  0  0 The Grambling State University women’s soccer team got back to its winning ways on Sunday afternoon, earning a hard fought 2-0 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) victory over Alabama A&M at Bulldog Field.  HOW IT HAPPENED  In the first half, Grambling State (6-7-2 overall, 3-1-2 SWAC) dominated the stat sheet and possession, placing pressure on Alabama A&M’s (3-8-1, 1-2-1) defense. However, the Lady Tigers couldn’t manage a goal…

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Grambling Volleyball splits SWAC Round-up matches with FAMU

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Courtesy of Brian Howard,Senior Associate AD for Athletic Communications, Grambling State University 0 GSU 3  FAMU Team 1 2 3 F GSU 17 13 21 (0) FAMU 25 25 25 (3) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. | The Grambling State University volleyball team opened the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Round-up on Sunday by splitting a pair of matches as the Lady Tigers fell, 3-0, to Florida A&M in the opener, before taking the nightcap, 3-2, to host Alabama A&M at the T.M. Elmore Gymnasium.  In the opener against Florida A&M, Grambling State (8-8 overall,…

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Tennessee State gets off the schneid with resounding 41-17 Homecoming win over Bethune-Cookman

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17 Bethune-Cookman 1-4 , 1-1 41  Tennessee St. 1-4 , 0-0 Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F BCU 3 0 7 7 17 TSU 7 24 3 7 41 Powered by a defensive unit that forced four turnovers, Tennessee State has removed itself from the rolls of the winless with a 41-17 homecoming win over Bethune-Cookman. It was Bethune that struck first. After Tsu’s opening drive ended in a quick three-and-out, B-CU drove 63 yards in 8 plays, ending in a 22-yard field goal off the foot of Dylan Moghaddam to give…

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Albany State decimates Edward Waters, 55-7

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55  Albany St.  5-1 , 3-0 7 Edward Waters 1-5 , 1-4 Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F ASU 20 14 14 7 55 EWU 7 0 0 0 7 It was a rough day at the office for the Tigers of Edward Waters, as they found themselves on the business end of a 55-7 donkey-kicking from defending conference champion Albany State University. Albany State wasted no time getting the scoring started, as Joe Shorter took the opening kickoff a90 yards to the house to put the Golden Rams up 6-0…

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Alabama A&M wins overtime thriller 37-31 over Grambling

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Courtesy of Joshua J. Darling, Alabama A&M Sports Information Director 31 GSU 37  AAMU Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT OT F GSU 3 7 0 14 7 0 31 AAMU 7 0 10 7 13 0 37 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – In what is becoming a regular occurrence in this series, Alabama A&M (2-4, 2-1 SWAC) rallied in double overtime to take down Grambling (1-5, 0-3 SWAC) 37-31 in an NCAA Division I football game on Saturday, October 8. THE STATS – ALABAMA A&MSophomore running back Donovan Eaglin (Houston, Texas) delivered another dominating performance,…

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Texas Southern ruins Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s homecomingn

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Courtesy of Texas Southern Sports Information 24  TXSO22j 17 UAPB Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F TXSO22 3 7 7 7 24 UAPB 0 3 7 7 17 PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Jacorey Howard scored on a 1-yard run with 3:31 left and the TSU defense held UAPB to 212 total yards as TSU won its first true road game since 2018 after defeating Arkansas-Pine Bluff 24-17 at Golden Lion Stadium. The Tiger defense set the tone early with two straight punts but the TSU offense finally had some success as several…

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