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NORFOLK, Va. – Mikey Bruno went 4-for-8 and Norfolk State pitchers Ryan VanAssche and Chris Horne turned in two solid starts to lead the Spartans to a 9-1, 8-6 doubleheader sweep of visiting Coppin State on Saturday afternoon at Dick Price Stadium.

The Spartans (14-21, 10-7) recorded 10 hits in each ballgame and have notched at least 10 in five straight contests following the three-game conference sweep of the Eagles (0-38, 0-14).

In game 1, VanAssche (3-4) allowed just four hits and one run in seven innings while striking out a career-high nine hitters. Bruno and Cameron Day both went 2-for-4 in the opener, with Day matching his career high with three RBI.

The Spartans plated four runs in the bottom of the second. Day started the rally with an RBI double, and Chris Warren tacked on another run with a bases-loaded single. Two more runs scored on a CSU error.

Day added an RBI single and Ryan Montgomery hit a sacrifice fly as the Spartans scored twice more in the fifth. Ross Cardwell added a run-scoring single in the sixth, while Day (bases-loaded walk) and Rafael Colon (fielder's choice) recorded RBI in the eighth.

That was more than enough for VanAssche, who did not allow a hit in his final three innings of work and walked just one hitter on the afternoon.

Colon also tallied two hits, and Tyon Ore scored twice in the opener for NSU.

Aaron Jones had two of CSU's five hits in game 1. Ben Jarboe (0-11) took the loss for the Eagles, allowing nine hits and seven runs (four earned) in 6.2 innings pitched.

CSU took a 2-0 lead in game 2 on Ian Arciaga's two-run double off Horne in the top of the second inning. But those would be the only runs to cross home plate against Horne (4-4), who picked up his team-leading fourth win of the season.

NSU tied the game in the bottom of the third. Warren led off with a triple and scored on an RBI single by Justin Lee. Lee later scored on a sacrifice fly by Shane Hoggard.

The Spartans took the lead for good on a two-out, two-run single by Chase Kyriacou in the bottom of the fourth. They would add some insurance with a four-run sixth with included three extra-base hits. Montgomery tripled to score Colon, who had been hit by a pitch. Warren's sacrifice fly then plated Montgomery, making it 6-2 in NSU's favor.

Later in the frame, Lee reached base on a bunt single and scored when Bruno sliced a double just inside the third-base bag. Bruno scored on Cardwell's two-out triple, NSU's third triple of the game.

NSU would need those runs as the Eagles scored four of their own in the top of the seventh. An NSU error prolonged the inning, and with two outs, Jesse Savage hit an RBI single and Alex Brown hit a three-run double to bring CSU within 8-6. But Jordan Egan got Arciaga to ground out to end the game.

Horne allowed just five hits and two runs in six innings. He walked three and struck out six. NSU's pitchers struck out 20 in the doubleheader and fanned 39 in 25 innings in the three-game series.

Hawks (0-7) took the loss after giving up four runs and six hits in four innings. Arciaga and Jordan Ellis had two hits apiece in the nightcap for CSU.

Warren was 3-for-5 with three runs scored, and Cardwell was 3-for-9 with two RBI over the two games. Bruno went 2-for-4 in both contests.

The Spartans host North Carolina Central at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.