Box Score PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – Zach Markel and Justin Lee each knocked in three runs as Norfolk State completed a three-game weekend sweep of host Maryland Eastern Shore, 15-1, on Sunday afternoon at Hawks Stadium.

The Spartans (18-24, 14-10 MEAC) posted a season high in runs and were one shy of their season high with 16 hits. The end result was a second 10-run rule win in two days over UMES (13-29, 8-14), as Sunday's game was stopped after eight innings. The Spartans outscored UMES 34-5 in the series.

Lee's three RBI represent a career high, and he was one of four players – along with Markel, Chase Kyriacou and Robert Reaume – who all went 2-for-3.

Right hander Josh Vales (2-5) enjoyed his best outing as a Spartan to pick up the victory on the mound. He allowed just two hits and one run and fanned a season-high five batters over five innings of work. Relievers Jeff Di Fulgo, Justin Bhatti, Cooper Jones and Jay Dee Johnson combined to allow just two more hits over three innings to finish off the four-hitter.

Lee got the scoring started for NSU with a two-out, two-run double off UMES starter Chipper Smith (2-6) in the top of the second. The Hawks countered with Mike Escanilla's RBI single off Vales in the bottom of the second, but that would be all UMES could muster off NSU pitching.

NSU's offense struck for four runs in the fourth. Justin Burrell tripled and scored on a single by Reaume. Lee tripled Reaume home and came home one batter later on a single by Chase Kyriacou. Markel capped the rally with a sacrifice fly.

NSU added an unearned run in the fifth, then extended its lead to 9-1 on Markel's two-run single in the sixth.

The Spartans turned to their bench in the later innings, and everyone got into the action at the plate. Ian Horne hit a pinch hit RBI single to ignite the Spartans' six-run eighth inning. Omar Hotusing and Kyle Vaas, who both came in off the bench, added run-scoring singles in the inning and Cody Ellis tacked on a two-run single of his own as the lead swelled to 15-1.

Twelve different Spartans accounted for the team's 16 hits. Reaume, Andre' Moore and Ross Cardwell all scored two runs.

The Spartans return home for the first time in more than a month this week for their final regular-season series. NSU hosts Jackson State at 6 p.m. Thursday and for a 1 p.m. doubleheader Friday at Marty L. Miller Field.