Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 NORFOLK, Va. – Jamie Schulle pitched seven shutout innings in an 8-0 victory over North Carolina Central, and the Norfolk State softball team completed the doubleheader sweep with a 9-4 win over the Eagles in the second game on Tuesday afternoon at the Parkwood Athletic Field.

Schulle (13-10) gave up just four hits in the first game, striking out five in seven scoreless innings. Home runs from junior Nikki Jones and sophomore Alina Moriarty sparked the NSU offense. Each drove in a pair of runs and also scored twice.

The wins moved NSU to above .500 for the first time this year at 20-18 overall. North Carolina Central fell to 3-35 after the Spartans scored five runs in the seventh in Game 2 to break open a tight game.

Moriarty and sophomore Haley Ward opened up the top of the fourth of the first game with back-to-back singles. Both players scored when Jones hit into a fielder's choice and an error on shortstop Angelique Perricelli extended the play. Junior Melina Valles hit an RBI single later in the inning to make it 3-0.

Senior Gipsy Ramirez and junior Kathy Cortez hit RBI singles in the fifth to give NSU a 5-0 lead, and Moriarty belted a two-run homer in the sixth to make it 7-0. Jones opened up the seventh with a solo homer to left field to complete the scoring in the first game.

Cortez hit 3-for-4 in the contest and then went 2-for-5 and drove in a pair of runs in the second game. Freshman Whitney Williams had four of NSU's 17 hits in the nightcap.

The Eagles scored first with three runs on four straight singles in the second inning. The Spartans immediately tied things up with three in the top of the third. Moriarty reached on an error and Ward singled before Ramirez singled in the first run. With two outs and runners in scoring position, Cortez lined one into center to score two more.

After Williams doubled in the fourth, junior Morgan Boyd singled into left to make it 4-3 in favor of NSU. The Spartans, though, left the bases loaded and were still in a tight game until scoring five in the seventh.

Cortez singled and went to third when Valles reached on an error. Williams singled into right center and freshman Heather Dunning doubled to score a second run. Moriarty singled in Dunning, and Ward followed with a two-run shot over the right field fence for a 9-3 lead.

The Eagles hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh for the final scoring margin.

Sophomore Liz Riley (6-7) earned the win in relief, giving up one earned run on three hits with four strikeouts in 5.1 innings. Moriarty hit 3-for-4 in Game 2, while Boyd, Ramirez and Ward each had a pair of hits as well.

NSU finishes out the home portion of its schedule this weekend against Delaware State. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. and a single game at noon on Sunday. Saturday will also be Senior Day.