Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 BALTIMORE, Md. – Brian Beard drove in a career-high four runs in the opener, and Alex Mauricio and Angel Rosario homered to help the Spartans rally in game two and sweep a doubleheader from Coppin State, 12-2 and 6-3, on Saturday at Joe Cannon Stadium.

The Spartans, who won their fourth and fifth consecutive MEAC Northern Division games, improved to 11-13 overall and 5-2 in the conference with the two victories. NSU also moved into a first-place tie with Delaware State atop the division.

Beard went 2-for-5 with four RBI and leadoff man Denathan Dukes finished 3-for-4 with four runs scored in game one. Justin Lee, Roger Hall and Syeed Mahdi had two RBI apiece.

Dukes doubled to lead off the game and scored on a two-out double from Hall. Erik Crossman's RBI double tied the game in the bottom of the first, but Lee laced a two-run triple in the top of the second to give the Spartans the lead for good. 

NSU widened the lead with a six-run fourth, highlighted by a two-run single by Beard and Hall's RBI single. Mahdi tacked on an RBI triple in the fifth.

Matt Outman (3-2) earned a win in his second straight start for NSU. Outman allowed two runs in six innings and struck out five.

Lee went 2-for-4 and Hall 2-for-5 in the opener.

In game two, the Spartans fell behind after Coppin State's John Kraft hit a two-run homer in the third to break a scoreless tie. Mauricio answered with a monster solo homer in the fourth, but Coppin scratched across an unearned run in the bottom of the fourth. Bryant Miranda reached base on a passed ball and scored on Crossman's single to put the Eagles on top, 3-1.

But the Spartans plated three runs in the top of the fifth to take the lead for the first time. Mahdi was hit by a pitch the start the inning and later scored after a couple of passed balls. Roger Hall and Mauricio then hit run-scoring singles to put NSU into the lead.

Rosario added some insurance in the sixth with a two-run homer, his third of the season, to push the advantage to 6-3.

Senior right hander Cooper Jones made it stand up with an excellent relief effort. Jones relieved starter Jonathan Mauricio in the fourth and pitched the final 3.2 innings of the game to earn the victory. Jones (2-1) struck out a career-high six batters and allowed just one hit and no runs. Jonathan Mauricio took a no-decision despite yielding just one hit in his 3.1 innings of work.

Alex Mauricio had a career-high four hits, going 4-for-4 with two RBI in the nightcap as the Spartans out-hit CSU, 10-2.

The teams conclude their series with a noon game on Sunday.