Box Score BALTIMORE, Md. – Sophomore Haley Ward continued her torrent play, going 3-for-3 and driving in five runs in a 10-2 win for the Norfolk State softball team over Coppin State Sunday afternoon at the Coppin State Softball Complex.

NSU completed the weekend sweep of the Eagles during the first round of MEAC play for the Northern Division, and Ward was the biggest reason why. The Virginia Beach native finished the three-game series 10-for-11 with 12 RBI and had hits in her last 10 at bats. She is hitting 21-for-29 (.724) over her last eight games.

NSU (10-15, 3-0 MEAC) also had big games from junior leadoff hitter Morgan Boyd (2-for-3, three runs) and sophomore Alina Moriarty (3-for-3, two runs, one RBI). Along with Ward, the No. 1-3 hitters in the lineup combined for eight of the team's 11 hits on the day.

After scoring 25 runs in a doubleheader sweep on Saturday, NSU picked up right where it left off in Sunday's matinee. After Boyd singled to start the game, Ward tripled and Moriarty doubled to quickly make it 2-0 in favor of the Spartans. Moriarty later came home on a double play.

Ward, who finished a single short of hitting for the cycle, belted an RBI double in the second to score freshman Heather Dunning. NSU left the bases loaded in the second but added two more runs in the fourth for a 6-0 lead. Boyd and Ward walked, and Moriarty singled to load the bases. Senior Gipsy Ramirez knocked in two runs with a two-bagger of her own before Coppin State again got out of a jam.

NSU then added four more runs in the fifth to help win the game by the eight-run rule. Freshman Whitney Williams singled, and one out later Boyd reached base on an error on Coppin State. Ward then followed with a three-run home run, her first of the year, for a 9-0 lead. Moriarty doubled and later scored on a wild pitch to complete the scoring for the Spartans.

Coppin State (5-15, 0-3) tallied a pair of RBI hits in the bottom of the fifth to avoid the shutout.

Junior Jamie Schulle (7-8) picked up the win, pitching all five innings and allowing two earned runs on five hits.

NSU will return home to face Howard on Friday for a 1 p.m. doubleheader at the NSU Softball Field.