Author Archives: Kevin Paige

Heading into a contest against Norfolk State Jan. 28, it had been six years since Morgan State was last swept by the Spartans in a season series. Norfolk State will have to wait another year. Morgan State senior guard Omara Parker came off the bench for a team-high 17 points to lead the visiting Lady […]

Senior guard DeKeisha Mathis scored a team-high 16 points and freshman guard Tracey Carrington came off the bench to add 15 points to lead Morgan State past North Carolina A&T, 85-83 in overtime in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) game at Morgan’s Hill Field House on Jan. 21. The victory was the third straight for […]

Just when Morgan State thought its seven-game losing skid was over, the Lady Bears found a way to blow a 10-point second half lead and fall in overtime to Holy Cross, 73-66, in the consolation game of the Miami Holiday Classic Dec. 29 at the Bank United Center in Cora Gables, Fla. Senior DeKeisha Mathis […]

Omara Parker scored a game-high 23 of Morgan State’s season-low 48 points, as the Lady Bears dropped their fifth straight, following a 65-48 non-conference loss at Stony Brook on Dec. 22 at Pritchard Gymnasium in Stony Brook, N.Y. Morgan State (2-7 overall record) which went winless to conclude its nine-day four-game road trip, was limited […]

The Morgan State bowling team returned to competition over the weekend after a week off during the Thanksgiving break and went 6-4 overall in the second Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) North Division event of the season. On Dec. 3, Day 1 of competition, the Lady Bears went 2-3 in the traditional team games. Morgan State […]

The Morgan State women’s indoor track and field team opened up the 2011-12 season with three first-place finishes, one meet record and tied for third with Delaware State. The Dec. 1 Lid-Lifter track & field meet was hosted by the Naval Academy at Wesley Brown Field House. The Lady Bears and fellow Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference […]

Through the first four games, Morgan State senior guard DeKeisha Mathis is having her best season yet as a Lady Bear. The 5-foot-6-inches-tall Mathis scored a career-high 20 points on 7-of-15 shooting, including four three-pointers to lead visiting Morgan State to a 54-52 non-conference win over Bucknell in the first-ever meeting between the two programs […]

Freshman Tracey Carrington scored 15 of her game-high 21 points in the second half and added 11 rebounds to record a double-double, while fellow freshman Amarah Williams added 16 points to lead Morgan State to a 66-50 victory over Division II Bowie State in an exhibition game on Saturday afternoon at Hill Field House. Carrington, […]

Morgan State sophomore setter Ngebui (Natalie) Chafeh was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Week, while freshman middle hitter  Zuri Smith was named MEAC Rookie of the Week as announced by the conference office on Oct 31. It was the third all-conference award and second straight for Chafeh this season and the first […]

The last time Burr Gymnasium at Howard University was refurbished, the Morgan State volleyball team spoiled the reopening, beating the Lady bison 3-1 on Oct. 6, 2006. This year, when the Morgan State Lady Bears returned to action with a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) North Division match on Oct. 16 – at a newly renovated […]

For the second consecutive season, Morgan State University’s volleyball team had its homecoming festivities come to an end at the hands of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), this time dropping a 3-0 (25-16, 25-14, 25-16) match decision to the Hawks in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) North Division match on Oct. 9 at […]

Former Morgan State volleyball standout and assistant coach Ashley Preston has been named the new head volleyball coach at Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga. Preston, who enters her fourth season of coaching and first as a head coach, takes over the helm of a Jaguar program which went 5-23 last season, including 1-6 in the […]