BCSP Notes . . .

FAMU pitcher Danielle Brown (19-9) won all four tournament games, three by shutouts, to take home the most outstanding performer award. Brown also had a two-run double in the game to help stake the Lady Rattlers (39-23) to a 4-0 second inning lead. DelState (34-22) plated three runs in the top of the fifth inning to get within 4-3.

FAMU won the title for the second consecutive year and Brown was named the most outstanding performer for the second consecutive year. The senior allowed three earned runs while striking out six in 6 2/3 innings of work in the final game after pitching shutouts in the teams other three outings. "This means the world to me because this is my last year," said Brown. "We just wanted to come in and win four games and get the title and we did it." FAMU head coach Veronica Wiggins was named the outstanding tournament coach for the second straight year.

The Lady Rattlers earned the league's automatic NCAA Tournament bid and will await this Sunday's selections show (ESPN News, 3:30 p.m., ET) to find out who their first opponent will be in regional play.

2006 MEAC Softball All-Tournament Team:
Most Outstanding Player:  Danielle Brown, FAMU
Most Outstanding Coach:  Veronica Wiggins, FAMU

Christina Brock _ North Carolina A&T
Latronda Anderson -  North Carolina A&T
Tiffany Bowser, - Bethune-Cookman
Danielle Brown _ Florida A&M
Tiffany Johnson, Florida A&M
Kelly Gordon, Florida A&M
Catrina Ansbach, - Delaware State
Ashley Gray -  Delaware State
Kathryn Powell, -  Delaware State
Evelyn Garcia, Hampton
Jennifer Bien-Aime, Howard

Hampton women and Norfolk State men win MEAC track titles
The women of Hampton and the men of Norfolk State won the 2006 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships on the campus of North Carolina A&T in Greensboro, N.C. this weekend.

Junior Yvette Lewis of Hampton was named the outstanding performer for the second consecutive year for the women, while Norfolk State's David Kemboi captured the title for the men.  

The Lady Pirates, who totaled 160 points, won their fourth MEAC title in five years. They led after day two with 63 points and tallied 97 points in the last day of competition to capture the title. The Spartans won their third MEAC title and first since 2001.

Lewis set two MEAC records in both the 100m hurdles (13.16) and the triple jump (13.26m). The previous record for the 100m hurdles was 13.47 and Lewis topped her own record of 13.20m at last year's outdoor championships.

"I didn't think about anything when coming out of the blocks." explained Lewis when talking about setting the record in the 100m hurdles. I usually think about certain points or marks but this time I didn't and I think that helped."

The Lady Bears won five gold medals, five silver medals and four bronze for a total of 14 in the three day championships. Head Coach Maurice Pierce was named the 2006 Outstanding Coach. Pierce led his team to a sweep of both the MEAC indoor and outdoor titles this season.

"Our big key performers, Yvette Lewis, Kellie Wells and Krystle Medlin came through for us," said Pierce.  "They were capable of scoring lot of points, and whenever you have athletes of that caliber on your team you're bound to win."

Kemboi swept the men's track & field outstanding performer awards this season. The first-year sophomore was previously named the 2005 cross country and 2006 indoor outstanding performer. Kemboi set a new record in the 5,000m with his time of 14:54.61. Norfolk State's Cleophus Koros held the previous record of 15.11.57 in 2004.

"This was the only the second time I ran the 3,000 steeplechase and I haven't run the 1500m in four years. So this was a new experience, a new horizon," said Kemboi.

Coach Kenneth Giles of Norfolk State was named the MEAC outstanding coach for the men. Giles guided his team to a sweep of the track titles (cross country, indoor, and outdoor). Norfolk State was the last team to sweep the titles in 2001. 

"Winning all three titles was one of our goals coming into this season. We were fortunate to have a good group of kids and they provided the leadership that we needed. The goal coming to sweep all three of the championships and to have David [Kemboi] sweep the outstanding performer honors. We were fortunate enough to do that."

Dionne Wright (Maryland-Eastern Shore) set a new MEAC record in the women's shot put. Wright won the event with a 14.63m toss surpassing the former record of 14.22m. UMES finished second with a point total of 107. Morgan State was third with 95 points followed by Norfolk State (76) in fourth, and Florida A&M (49) rounded out the top five.  

On the men's side, Hampton was the runner-up with 127 points, followed by host school, North Carolina A&T (95), Morgan State (74), and Florida A&M in fifth (58).

Shaw, Tuskegee bow in Tennis Regionals
Both men's and women's teams from Shaw and Tuskegee, who swept CIAA and SIAC tennis titles respectively, were shut out in the first round of the NCAA Division II Tennis Regionals.

Armstrong Atlantic shut out Shaw in the women's Mid-Atlantic Regional, 6-0. The top-ranked and defending Div. II champions, now have a 56-match win streak. Shaw finishes the season at 17-3.

The No. 7-ranked Armstrong Atlantic men's tennis team picked up a 5-0 win over Shaw in the first round of the men's Mid-Atlantic Region Thursday afternoon. Shaw suffered its first loss of the campaign, finishing its season with a 17-1 mark.

West Florida knocked off Tuskegee 5-0 in the first round of the women's South Regional. Valdosta State posted a 5-0 win over Tuskegee in the men's opening round. The third-ranked Blazers rolled past the Golden Tigers who brought only four players and defaulted one doubles and two singles matches.

Tidbits
• Fayetteville State's golf team finished eighth out of eight teams in the NCAA Division II Men's Southeast/Atlantic Super Regional held at Rocky Rivers Golf Course in Concord, North Carolina. The Broncos were paced by Ian Milne who posted a 71-73-78=222 for the three-day tournament on the par 72, 6970 yard course.
  
  
• Southwest Athletic Conference women's golf champion Jackson State tees off Friday and Saturday at the NCAA Div. I Central Regional Golf Tournament being held at The Traditions (Golf Course) at Texas A&M, which is the host school for the tournament. The BCSP erroneously reported two weeks ago that JSU would play in Greensboro, N.C. in the East Regional. We apologize for the error.
  The Lady Tigers are led by Shasta Averyhardt, a sophomore from Grand Blanc, Mich., who posted back-to-back scores of 69 to win the SWAC individual championship. JSU head golf coach Eddie Payton, predicts that Averyhardt will be one of the next outstanding players on the LPGA Tour once she completes her career with the Lady Tigers.

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