Box Score DOVER, Del. – Justin Allen and Charles Dailey knocked in four runs apiece as host Delaware State completed a three-game MEAC sweep of Norfolk State, 16-8, on Sunday afternoon at Soldier Field.

Allen and Dailey, the Nos. 8 and 9 hitters, respectively, in DSU's lineup, combined to go 5-for-7 with five runs scored and eight batted in as the Hornets (24-13, 13-6) again outslugged NSU (15-24, 11-10). DSU took the season series from the Spartans, 7-2.

Chase Kyriacou went 2-for-5 with a three-run homer for the Spartans. He had six RBI in the three-game series.

DSU jumped out to a 7-0 lead after three innings on NSU starter Josh Vales (1-5). The Spartans scored six unanswered after that to make it a ballgame, but the Hornets gradually pulled away.

Allen hit a two-run single in the Hornets' four-run second and Dailey hit a three-run triple in the third to stake DSU to a 7-0 lead.

The Spartans responded with two runs in the fourth and four in the fifth to get within a run of DSU. In the fourth, Cody Ellis led off with a single and scored on a base hit by Justin Burrell. Andre' Moore later plated Burrell with a groundout.

The hits kept coming from NSU in the top of the fifth. Zach Markel led off with a double and Cameron Day followed with a single. Both scored on Kyriacou's three-run homer to left. NSU kept the rally going as Ellis singled and scored on one of Robert Reaume's two doubles in the game, cutting the Hornets' lead to 7-6.

But DSU's high-powered offense wasn't done, either. D. J. Miller led off the bottom of the fifth with a solo homer off Vales. After a trio of walks, Cameron Cecil added a two-run single and Mike Alexander tacked on a sacrifice fly to push DSU's lead to 11-6.

NSU added two more in the sixth and Ellis' run-scoring single and Burrell's RBI groundout. But the Hornets scored five more combined in the sixth, seventh and eighth frames to put the game away. Allen hit an RBI triple in the sixth and a run-scoring single in the seventh.

Hornets' right hander George Michael (5-1) was the beneficiary of his team's offensive outburst. He allowed 10 hits and six runs (five earned) over five innings to pick up the win. He walked two hitters and struck out four.

Vales (1-5) took the loss, allowing 11 hits and nine runs in four-plus innings.

Allen was 3-for-3 with four runs scored and four RBI for DSU. Dailey went 2-for-4 with four RBI. Cecil and Miller both went 3-for-5.

In addition to Kyriacou's big day, Ellis and Day both went 3-for-5 for NSU. Reaume was 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and Burrell was 1-for-3 with two RBI.

The Spartans play their final MEAC Northern Division regular-season series next Saturday and Sunday at Maryland Eastern Shore.