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CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PHOTO GALLERY (Courtesy of Lawrence Johnson)

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(PETERSBURG, Va.) History was made as the Bowie State University defended their back-to-back CIAA Championship, routing Fayetteville State University 9-1 to claim their third conference crown in a row.

The Lady Bulldogs of Bowie State jumped on FSU's Lady Broncos from the opening pitch, bolting out to a 3-0 advantage. Bowie State put three more on the board in the bottom of the second inning to increase the lead to 6-0.

Fayetteville State scored their only run the top half of the third inning when Alicia Frank singled to left field, scoring LaTonia Gatling.

Bowie State (24-6) responded by adding two runs in the bottom of the third and ended the game early on a triple by Tiffany Toney (Abilene, TX, Abilene Cooper, The University of Oklahoma ) which scored Danielle McClay (Silver Spring, MD, Montgomery Blair) from first. Toney, the Championship game MVP also opened the game with a triple.

Toney, Tricia Corbin (Glen Burnie, MD, Old Mill) and Danielle McClay led BSU's Lady Bulldogs with a pair of hits each. Corbin recorded a game-high four RBI for Bowie State.

Fayetteville State (26-25) was led by Rahkee Smith with three hits on the afternoon and April Branch added two hits.

With the Bowie State win, the Lady Bulldogs advance to the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regionals.