NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk State plays its final home games and last conference series of the year this weekend with MEAC tournament seeding on the line when the Spartans host first-place Coppin State for a three-game series at Marty L. Miller Field.

Due to on-campus graduation activities, Saturday's doubleheader has been pushed back to a 2 p.m. start. Sunday's Senior Day home finale is still set for 12 p.m.

The Spartans (17-23, 13-8 MEAC North) have won four straight games and are still mathematically alive in the race for a share of the regular-season divisional title. NSU would need to sweep Coppin State (17-21-1, 16-4) and have the Eagles lose a makeup game next week with Delaware State to force a tie with the Eagles. CSU needs just one win in its final four games to clinch the division, which would send the Spartans into the MEAC tournament as the No. 2 seed from the North.

NSU enters the weekend following an impressive 9-2 win over Longwood on Tuesday. The Spartans outhit LU 13-5, with six different players notching multi-hit games and the freshman duo of Seth Hockett and Joey Santos keeping the Lancer bats in check.

The Spartans also stole eight bases against Longwood, bring their MEAC-leading total to 86 on the year - ninth-most in the country. Outfielders Justin Hayes, who is tied for first in the MEAC with 24 steals, and Tony Leite, who has 21 (third in MEAC), both swiped two bags in the game. Both are also within striking distance of the school's Division I single-season record of 29 steals, set by John Lynch in 2010.

Hayes is also now batting .368, one point behind MEAC leader Corey Joyce of N.C. Central. With his 2-for-4 day against Longwood, four-time MEAC Rookie of the Week Aaron Robinson is now ninth in the conference in batting, at .323.

Coppin State enters the weekend coming off back-to-back losses, including a 16-5 set-back at George Washington on Wednesday. The Eagles won two of three in their MEAC series with Delaware State last weekend, winning the first two games before dropping the finale 14-12. CSU is batting a league-high .285 as a team, with shortstop Derek Lohr pacing the squad with a .362 mark. He is one of seven regulars batting over .300 in the Eagle lineup.

CSU has won four of six games with NSU this year, taking two of three in each of the two previous series meetings. 

Prior to Sunday's game, seven Spartans will be recognized before playing in their final home game: outfielders Leite, Troy White, Terrence Pinkston and Syeed Mahdi, pitcher Nick McGuire, infielder Justin Burrell and catcher Ismael Herrera.