PRINCESS ANNE, Maryland – After a four-day gap in action, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore baseball team returns to the diamond to host Merrimack College for a three game Northeast Conference series starting on Friday, March 31. It’s the first time the programs have ever met, with Merrimack 5-14 (2-4 NEC) just recently making the transition to Division 1 during the 2019-20 school year and it being the Hawks (5-18, 3-6 NEC) first season in the NEC. Honing on the Hawks The Hawks got some well needed rest this week as a brutal stretch of seven games in nine…