NORFOLK, Va. – After starting off the season with a 3-2 record at home in the NSU-Hampton Classic, the Norfolk State softball team stays in the Tidewater area but travels to Hampton for the HU Classic this weekend.
The Spartans will face off against the same teams on Saturday that they do on Sunday. NSU starts off with a 9 a.m. contest against St. Bonaventure before playing Central Connecticut State at 1 p.m. at the Hampton Softball Complex. On Sunday will play the Bonnies and Blue Devils at the same times as Saturday, respectively.
NSU is 1-1 all-time against SBU and are 0-7 against CCSU.
NSU vs. SBU/CCSU On Deck
- The Spartans opened the NSU-Hampton Classic last weekend with a pair of walk-off wins over Hartford, including a nine-inning victory in game two. It marked the first time the 2011 season that NSU opened the season 2-0.
- Senior Tuli Iosefa leads the Spartans with a .385 batting average and is tied with junior Imani Moore for the team lead in hits with five. Iosefa was also hit by a pitch on two occasions.
- Both Senior Gabby Vaughan and freshman Kenna Higa both had above .600 slugging percentages thanks in part to each of them a home run over the weekend. Higa leads both the Spartans and the MEAC with four runs scored as well.
- NSU was the only MEAC team to win more than one game on opening weekend, with three conference opponents not competing.
- The Spartans team ERA of 2.46 is the best in the MEAC. The 28 strike outs by NSU pitchers are nearly double that of the other teams combined.
- The Bonnies open their 2022 season this weekend against NSU and will play a pair of games against the Spartans and host Lady Pirates.
- Last season SBU went 2-26 and 2-22 in the A10. Their two wins came in a four-game series with Dayton.
- The Blue Devils also open their 2022 season at the HU Classic. CCSU opens with a double-header against Hampton on Friday afternoon before playing the Spartans and Lady Pirates on Saturday afternoon. The wrap up the weekend with a single game against NSU on Sunday.
- In 2021, CCSU went 23-15 overall and 20-8 in the Northeast Conference. The Blue Devils opened the NEC tournament with a win over the #2 seed but dropped their final two games of the season.
