HBCU baseball continues with its weekend recap of both large and small HBCU games. Black College Nines (BCN) notes the 2024 season action from this past weekend.
Florida Memorial University
Florida Memorial University swept a four-game series from Harris Stowe State University in the HBCU Spring Break Tourney.
Coppin State University
Coppin State’s baseball team opened NEC conference play with a doubleheader sweep of Merrimack on Friday afternoon March 8 at Joe Cannon Stadium. The Eagles won the opener, 7-4, before defeating the Warriors, 5-4 in 12 innings in game two.
Norfolk State University
The Norfolk State baseball team closed its first home weekend with a victory in 11 innings of play, beating Central Connecticut State 5-4 on a walk-off single from Jamal Ritter.
Mississippi Valley State University
Mississippi Valley State took two of three games from the University of Arkansas Pine-Bluff… winning game 1, 13-2, losing game 2, 5-4, and winning the series finale 6-4.
North Carolina A&T University
North Carolina A&T earned a convincing 13-1 win over University of South Florida to improve to 11-4 on the season.
Miles College
Miles ran past LeMoyne-Owen to sweep a three-game series over the weekend 13-0 (7 innings), 10-4, and 13-2 (7 innings).
Wiley University
Wiley baseball swept its Gulf Coast Athletic Conference three-game series against Dillard. The Wild Cats scored 35 runs in the weekend contest and defeated Dillard 11-4, 11-10, and the series finale 13-0.
Albany State University
Albany State swept its doubleheader of SIAC conference foe Kentucky State Sunday. The first game was won by the score of 14-11 and the second game was won 6-1.