NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk State baseball team can clinch its first-ever outright MEAC regular-season divisional title this weekend as the Spartans host Coppin State in a three-game series at Marty L. Miller Field. NSU (20-13, 16-5 MEAC Northern Division) hosts the Eagles (3-35-2, 2-19) for a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, and the teams cap their … Continue reading
Friday NSU at Hampton (ESPNU) 3 p.m. Live Stats ESPN3 Saturday NSU at Hampton 1 p.m. Live Stats NSU at Hampton 3 p.m. Live Stats NORFOLK, Va. – It is coming down to the end for the top three teams in the MEAC Northern Division. The final weekend of play will decide who takes home the … Continue reading
2015 MEAC Outdoor Track – Day 1 Results GREENSBORO, N.C. – Norfolk State junior Kiara Howell got off to a strong start in her quest for her third straight MEAC Outdoor Championship Most Outstanding Field Athlete honor, winning the women’s discus throw on the first day of action at the conference outdoor meet Thursday at North Carolina A&T. … Continue reading
RALEIGH, N.C. – For a second straight game junior Casey Hargett started a game with a hit but then North Carolina Central University was held hitless for the rest of the contest as host North Carolina State University picked up an 8-0 non-conference victory in six innings Thursday night at Curtis & Jacqueline Dail Stadium. Senior … Continue reading
The Georgia Regents University Augusta men’s golf team captured its first ever Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Golf Championship on Saturday at the Crosswinds Golf Club. A new face to the conference, the Jaguars became an associate member of the MEAC in September. The team ranked No. 49 entering the championship in Golfstat’s head to head … Continue reading
HAMPTON, Va. – The Hampton University Department of Athletics has given head men’s basketball coach Edward “Buck” Joyner Jr. a multi-year contract extension, just over a month after he won his second Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament championship. In six seasons at the helm, Joyner is 99-96 overall and 57-39 in MEAC play. “We are extremely … Continue reading
DOVER, Del. – Hosting its annual event Delaware State Open, the DSU track & field program concluded its final competition Monday afternoon before the MEAC Outdoor Championships, which will begin later this week, with the women tallying 172 points to place first, while the men finished second with 72 points. On the women’s side, two Hornets … Continue reading
LA JOLLA, Calif. – North Carolina Central University head volleyball coach Nicki Holmes traveled across the country to attend the 2015 NCAA Inclusion Forum and he was a participating guest on the topic of Sitting Volleyball Experiential Opportunity at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines hotel in the Golden State over the weekend of April 24-26. … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. – The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) will host the 2015 Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships, April 30-May 2, at the Irwin Belk Track on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University, in Greensboro, N.C. Competition will begin on Thursday at 1 p.m. with the men’s decathlon followed by the women’s … Continue reading
BALTIMORE – Coppin State’s student-athletes had to do something on Tuesday. They couldn’t let the horrific images of burning buildings and police cars along with looters running out of stores with armfuls of merchandise, people cutting fire-hoses and rocks being thrown at law enforcement officials being displayed on national television and not do anything about it. … Continue reading
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Bethune-Cookman returns to the NCAA Women’s Tennis Tournament for the first time since 2001 with a return trip to Gainesville to face the Florida Gators. The Lady Wildcats (22-6) learned they will face the Gators (21-3) next week, with match time and date still be determined. Bethune-Cookman met Florida in the NCAA … Continue reading
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – Maryland Eastern Shore’s Jesse Stinnett and Tanner Whiteman managed to cool off Norfolk State’s red-hot bats, holding the Spartans to five hits during Saturday’s 2-1, 1-0 doubleheader sweep by UMES at Hawk Stadium. UMES right hander Stinnett outdueled Spartan lefty Matt Outman in the opener as the Hawks broke NSU’s school-record 13-game winning streak, … Continue reading
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Kiara Howell continued her recent slate of strong performances in the throwing events as she placed third in the college javelin throw on Friday at the Penn Relays. Howell’s personal-best throw of 44.49 meters (145 feet, 11 inches) was bested by just two other competitors in the field of 30, Shelby Freedman of South … Continue reading
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Redshirt freshman Romero Hines helped the Norfolk State men’s track and field team cap its 2015 outdoor season in style by winning the college section of the men’s long jump on Friday at the Penn Relays. Hines set a new personal record for the second time in three meets, leaping 7.51 meters (24 feet, 7.75 … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk State tennis programs had 10 players named to the MEAC All-Academic Team, released by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon. NSU’s total is tied for the second-most in the MEAC. Only North Carolina Central, with 11, had more among conference schools. The Spartans split their overall total evenly between the men’s … Continue reading
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