BCSP Notes . . .

On the women' side, the Lady Tigers totaled 144.5 points to narrowly outscore Alabama State (134.5). Jackson State finished third with 119 points. Grambling was strong in the distance events. In the 1,500-meter run, Sha'tina Anderson led a 1-2-3-4 finish for the Lady Tigers finishing in order, in front of Neia Richard, Melissa Dixon and July Phillip.

On the men's side, Grambling took the title with 179.5 points. Jackson State finished second with 143.5 points. Prairie View A&M placed third with 132.5 points while Southern was fourth with 130 points.

One outstanding performer was Grambling State's Kerone Fairweather, who finished second in the men's 5,000 meter run, while winning both the men's 10,000 meters and the 3,000 steeplechase. The Tigers captured the top four places in the steeplechase. Grambling's Herbet Harris won the triple jump with a mark of 47 feet, 9 3/4 inches while Terrance Brown won the javelin with a throw of 196 feet, five inches.

WOMEN	MEN
1) Grambling State 144.50	1) Grambling State 179.50
2) Alabama State 134.50	2) Jackson State 143.50
3) Jackson State 119	3) Prairie View A&M 132.50
4) Southern 107.50	4) Southern 130
5) Prairie View A&M 88	5) Alabama State 75
6) Texas Southern 64	6) Alabama A&M 63
7) Arkansas-Pine Bluff 55.50	7) Texas Southern 39
8) Alcorn State 49.50	8) Alcorn State 29
9) Alabama A&M 34	9) Mississippi Valley State 21.50
10) Mississippi Valley State 18.50

Mississippi Valley State three-peats in SWAC softball
Mississippi Valley State captured its third consecutive title as it downed Alcorn State 2-1 in nine innings in the finals of the 2006 SWAC Softball Championship. The game saw its complement of outstanding pitching and great defensive work in the outfield. Both teams scored a run in the fifth inning and played to a 1-1 stalemate after eight innings and were primed for play in the ninth.

After Alcorn State went down in their half of the ninth inning, MVSU's Nakelya Moragne reached base and advanced on a fielding error. Two batters later, Balencia Young hit a hard grounder down the left field line to the third baseman whose throw could not catch a running Young nor prevent Moragne, running on the contact, from scoring the winning run.

Young was named the tournament's most valuable player and led two other members of her team on the all-tournament squad.

Shaw's tennis teams head to Regionals
Both of CIAA men's and women's tennis champion Shaw's teams will travel to Savannah, Ga., this week for NCAA Div. II Mid-Atlantic Regional matchups.

Both teams will take on host Armstrong Atlantic State in the first round of regional action. The Lady Bears will face the defending national champions Armstrong Atlantic State on Thursday, May 4th at 9:00 am and the Bears will take on Armstrong Atlantic at 2:00 p.m.

This will be the Shaw men's second consecutive trip and the Lady Bears first trip to the NCAA Division II Mid-Atlantic Regional. Last year the Bears were defeated 7-0 by Armstrong Atlantic in the first round.

Bozeman gets the nod at Morgan State
Former Cal coach Todd Bozeman was named last week as the 15th head men's basketball coach at Morgan State University. Director of Athletics Floyd Kerr made the announcement on Thursday, April 27. Bozeman replaces Alfred "Butch" Beard, who stepped down March 28 after a 4-26 season, the Bears' worst record since a 3-25 record in 2001.

Bozeman brings 15 years of coaching experience, three NCAA Tournament berths, and at the age of 29 was the youngest head coach ever in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. The 42-year old comes to Morgan after spending the last eight years out of college coaching following an NCAA infraction at the University of California.

Bozeman possesses a dynamic basketball background that includes coaching at the highest levels as well as affiliations with some of the best teams, coaches and players in the game's history.

"I always had a dream and a goal of taking a historically black college and making it a national power and making it a special basketball program," said Bozeman, who served as an assistant at George Mason (1988), Tulane (1988-90) and Cal (1990-92), before taking over as the Golden Bears' head coach in 1992 where he posted a 63-35 record. "So now I have that opportunity and I am going to do my best to fulfill the dream."

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