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Hunter Halford
Nick Sutton
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Norfolk State NSU 23-16, 10-2 MEAC
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Winner Delaware State DSUSB 7-30, 4-8 MEAC
Norfolk State NSU
23-16, 10-2 MEAC
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Delaware State DSUSB
7-30, 4-8 MEAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Norfolk State NSU 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 4
Delaware State DSUSB 1 5 0 0 0 0 X 6 8 3

W: BAKER,Brianna (4-7) L: Buffington, Shannon (3-2)

Game Recap: Softball | | Mike Bello, Asst. SID

NSU Succumbs to DSU on Saturday, 6-1

NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk State softball team fell to Delaware State by a 6-1 score on Saturday afternoon in the last game of the series at Hornets' Nest field. The loss kept NSU from clinching at least a share of the division title after Morgan State's game with Maryland Eastern Shore was postponed.
 
The Spartans were unable to complete the series sweep against the Hornets after winning both games on Friday. Like NSU did in both games the day before, DSU used a five-run inning to secure the win. The loss dropped the Spartans to 10-2 in the division as well as 23-16 overall.
 
With only three games left this year, the Spartans own a two-and-a-half game lead over MSU (7-4). NSU can clinch at least a share of the division title with a win in one of its last three games next weekend at home against Howard or a loss by Morgan State to Coppin State next weekend as well.
 
Saturday's doubleheader between NSU and Howard will begin at 1 p.m. at the NSU Softball Field, and Senior Day will take place next Sunday before the teams play at noon.
 
DSU improved to 7-30 on the year and 4-8 in the MEAC. The Hornets did so thanks to a five-run second inning, the last time either team scored in the game.
 
They got an RBI single in the first, and NSU senior Hunter Halford hit a solo home run in the second to tie the score at 1-1. But in the bottom of the frame, DSU got a two-run single from Jasmine Melgoza and a two-run home run off the bat of Jade King for a 6-1 run lead.
 
The Spartans had chances, sometimes thanks to errors on Delaware State. They left two runners on base in the fifth and also had the bases loaded in the sixth. But the Hornets turned a double play in both the sixth and seventh innings to keep NSU at just one run for the contest.
 
Brianna Baker (4-7) gave up seven hits and one earned run in all seven innings for the win. Senior Shannon Buffington (3-2) took the loss after allowing eight hits and six runs, three earned, in six innings of work.
 
Junior Shelby DesChamps batted 3-for-4, accounting for three of NSU's seven hits on the afternoon.
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