Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 NORFOLK, Va. – Robyn Mitchell and the rest of her Norfolk State softball teammates continued their offensive display for the second straight doubleheader, as NSU opened MEAC play with a pair of wins over Coppin State, 8-2 and 12-3, on Saturday afternoon.

Mitchell had the biggest day by far, and two days after hitting three homers in a doubleheader sweep of Rider. This time on Saturday at the NSU Softball Field, the junior finished the afternoon against the Eagles 5-for-6 with three runs and nine RBI.

Mitchell now is hitting 8-for-13 with six runs, one double, four homers and 15 RBI in the last four games.

The Spartans had 27 hits over the two games against CSU, as NSU improved to 8-13 overall and 2-0 in the conference. Coppin State fell to 3-10 overall and 0-2 in the first conference games of the year.

Mitchell had one of NSU's four home runs in the second game, and the Spartans broke it open with a combined nine runs in the fifth and sixth innings to run-rule the Eagles.

Coppin State had opened the game with a solo homer, but Mitchell's hard-hit RBI single off the first baseman tied it up at 1-1 in the first. In the third, senior Morgan Boyd scored on a wild pitch, and sophomore Heather Dunning came home on a sac fly to shallow center by Mitchell.

CSU got a run back in the fourth to make it 3-2 in favor of NSU, but the Spartans really turned it on in the fifth. A pair of singles by freshman Mikki Haury and Boyd put two runners on, and one out later Mitchell launched one deep over the right-center field fence for a 6-2 lead.

The Spartans then batted around in the bottom of the sixth to end the game with two outs.

Junior Liz Riley opened the frame with a solo shot to left, and one out later junior Sommer Di Fulgo and Haury launched back-to-back solo homers. Haury's bomb landed to the right of the satellite dish way beyond the left-center field fence.

After a CSU pitching change, Boyd hit a bunt single and scored one out later on Mitchell's infield single. Junior Alina Moriarty dropped one into left field, and both she and Mitchell came home when freshman Kayla McNair smacked a hard roller past the infielders and all the way to the wall in right center.

Senior Stephanie Wheatley (1-4) earned the win in relief, giving up just two hits and one unearned run in three innings.

Senior Jamie Schulle (7-5) picked up the victory in game 1, scattering seven hits in seven innings while allowing two runs, one earned, with five strikeouts.

Unlike the second game when NSU scored late, the Spartans got on the board quickly in the first game of the day thanks to a a five-spot in the second inning.

Mitchell's RBI single got the scoring started in the first inning, and after the Eagles plated two runs in the second thanks to an NSU error, the Spartan bats came alive in the bottom of the frame.

Riley led off with a sharp double to left center, and one out later Di Fulgo's single to center put runners on the corners. After CSU recorded the second out of the inning, the wheels fell off for the Eagles.

Boyd's infield single loaded the bases, and Dunning's hit back through the circle scored two runs. She and Boyd moved into scoring position with a double-steal, and back-to-back walks issued to Mitchell and Moriarty made it 4-2.

McNair hit a two-run single past the first baseman, and Riley drew a walk to load the bases again. Relief pitcher Ellie Vogel finally got out of the inning on a fielder's choice to short.

Mitchell added two more RBI to her weekend total in the fifth on a two-run double over the left fielder's head.

Boyd had a solid day, finishing 5-for-7 with six runs scored and five stolen bases. McNair drove in four runs, while Dunning, Riley, Di Fulgo and Haury all had three hits over the two games.

Norfolk State will finish out the series Sunday at 11 a.m. at the NSU Softball Field. The game time has been moved up from its original start time of noon due to the threat of inclement weather later in the day.