NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk State women’s basketball team (0-1) plays its first road game of the 2015-16 season at the University of Virginia (1-0) on Monday night. The game tips off at 7 p.m. from John Paul Jones Arena. The Spartans will be looking to bounce back from a loss in their season-opener with … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk State bowling team finished in a tie for first with North Carolina A&T after the first MEAC Southern Divisional of the year this weekend at Spartan Lanes on the campus of NSU. The Spartans went 6-2 over the course of the two-day event, including a victory over the Aggies on … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. – Kristen Dickerson scored a game-high 22 points to lead a hot-shooting University of South Carolina Upstate team to an 82-62 win over Norfolk State in the season-opener for both teams on Friday night at Joseph Echols Hall. Raven Jefferson added 19 points and Brittany Clency 13 for the visiting Spartans of USC … Continue reading
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – The Norfolk State volleyball team saw its 2015 season come to a close with a 3-1 loss at UMES on Friday night at the H.P. Hytche Athletic Center. The Hawks won commandingly in the second and fourth sets by scores of 25-7 and 25-11. NSU lost the first set by just … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. – South Carolina State scored 14 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, capped by Justin Taylor’s go-ahead 4-yard touchdown run with 42 seconds left, as the visiting Bulldogs rallied for a 17-10 win over Norfolk State on Saturday afternoon at Dick Price Stadium. Stymied for much of the first three quarters, the Bulldogs … Continue reading
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Norfolk State got a career night from senior Charles Oliver, but the Spartan men’s basketball team was never able to overcome an early deficit to South Carolina in an 84-69 loss on Saturday night at Colonial Life Arena. The Spartans had to overcome plenty of foul trouble as well, as they finished … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. – A pair of Norfolk State University football players were rewarded for their performances in Saturday’s win over Savannah State, as senior linebacker Deon King was named MEAC Co-Defensive Player of the Week and junior kicker Cameron Marouf was selected MEAC Special Teams Player of the Week by the conference office. King racked … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk State University assistant women’s basketball coach Lashondra Dixon-Gordon, a former standout player at Hampton University, has been announced as one of five inductees in the 2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame class. Dixon-Gordon joins former South Carolina State football player Bobby Moore, ex-Howard track athlete David Oliver, former Hampton football … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk State senior linebacker Deon King was named Wednesday to the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) FCS Linebacker Watch List, the organization announced. The CFPA released their watch lists Wednesday for the top defensive players in the FCS, with 34 defensive linemen, 32 linebackers and 32 defensive backs making the cut. According … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk State women’s basketball program in partnership with the NSU Women’s Economic Development Center and NSU Career Services will hold an empowerment fundraising event featuring actress Edwina Findley-Dickerson on Sunday, Nov. 22. The event will take place at 4 p.m. on the second floor of the Scott-Dozier Ballroom on the Norfolk … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. – Voting is now underway for the 2016 NFL Pro Bowl, and Norfolk State alumnus Don Carey is on the ballot as a special teams performer. Carey, who played at NSU from 2005-08, is in his fifth season with the Detroit Lions and seventh overall in the NFL. This season, he has played … Continue reading
2015 MEAC Men’s XC Results SMYRNA, Del. – Norfolk State sophomore Haileyesus Demsie earned his first career All-MEAC cross country honor, as he paced the Spartans to a third-place team finish on Saturday morning at the MEAC Cross Country Championships at the Delaware State Outreach and Research Center. Demsie placed 12th overall on the 8,000-meter … Continue reading
LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Norfolk State women’s tennis duo of junior Liza Gordeeva and sophomore Dajana Cvjetkovic earned a first-round win last Thursday in doubles at the ITA Atlantic Regional at Liberty. Competing at the Cook Tennis Center, the NSU tandem defeated Morgan State’s Cierra Plummer and Kayla Price by an 8-3 score in the … Continue reading
BLACKSBURG, Va. – Sophomore Antonio Pejic and freshman Benedikt Henning of the Norfolk State men’s tennis team each won once in singles and then together in doubles during the ITA Atlantic Regional Championship this weekend at Virginia Tech. The two Spartans earned their win in doubles with an 8-1 victory over the Duquesne duo of … Continue reading
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Rachel Webb finished in 11th place to pace the Norfolk State women’s cross country team on Saturday at the Christopher Newport Invitational. The Spartans placed fourth out of the four Division I teams competing at the meet. William & Mary won the women’s race with 28 points, following by VCU with … Continue reading
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