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Norfolk State opens MEAC Tournament against Coppin State

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Title image via Niya Grant Photography Courtesy of Alex Lehmbeck, Asst. SID, Norfolk State Athletics NORFOLK, Va. – After earning the No. 3 seed for the upcoming 2023 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Men’s Basketball Tournament at the Norfolk Scope Arena, NSU will battle sixth-seed Coppin State on Thursday night in the quarterfinal round. Norfolk State (20-10, 9-5 MEAC) is looking to become just the second team since 2000 to win the tournament in three consecutive seasons, lifting the trophy in both 2021 and 2022. The team’s opening battle against the Eagles (9-22,…

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Coppin State baseball completes sweep over Saint Peter’s

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Courtesy of Steven Kramer, Coppin State Athletics 8 SPU 16  CSU Team R H E SPU 8 8 0 CSU 16 15 1 W: Thompson, Clay (1-0) L: Coombes,Christian (0-1) HANOVER, Md. – Coppin State’s baseball completed a three-game series-opening sweep with a 16-8 victory over Saint Peter’s on Sunday afternoon at Joe Cannon Stadium. The Eagles are now 3-0 for the first time in their history while the Peacocks fall to 0-3. CSU hit .393 for the series, outscoring Saint Peter’s, 42-19, with 42 base hits and ten stolen bases. Sixteen of Coppin’s 42…

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Sessoms and Tarke’s 41 combined points not enough to push Coppin State past East Carolina

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Courtesy of Steven Kramer 75 Coppin 84  ECU Team 1 2 F Coppin 42  33  75 ECU 37  47  84 GREENVILLE, N.C – Sam Sessoms led all scorers with 22 points while Nendah Tarke added 19 points, but it was not enough as the Coppin State men’s basketball team fell at East Carolina, 84-75 on Sunday afternoon at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.  The Eagles now stand at 4-8 on the season while the Pirates improve to 7-4 overall. Inside the Numbers How it Happened Up Next: It will be a quick turnaround for Coppin…

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Coppin State to face Wake Forest in NIVC

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Courtesy of Steven Kramer, Coppin State Athletics FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Coppin State’s volleyball team drew Wake Forest in the First Round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship, it was announced by Triple Crown Sports on Sunday evening. The Eagles earned their first-ever postseason bid by earning the MEAC’s automatic berth by winning the league’s regular season title. The first-round matchup against the Demon Deacons is set for Friday, December 2 at 6:00 pm.  The Deacs finished the season at 16-13 overall while tallying an 8-10 record in the ACC. On the…

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Coppin State defeats Saint Mary’s 58-53

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Courtesy of Coppin State Athletic Communications BALTIMORE – Mossi Staples scored 21 points to lead the Coppin State women’s basketball team to a 58-53 win over Saint Peter’s on Sunday afternoon at PEC Arena.  The Eagles now stand at 2-3 on the season while the Peacocks fall to 0-3. Inside the Numbers How it Happened

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Morgan State Volleyball swept by Coppin State, 3-0

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Courtesy of Kevin C. Paige, MSU Athletics Communications The Morgan State volleyball team battled through dealing with a depleted roster due to injuries and illness and gave crosstown rival Coppin State all it could handle in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) regular season finale on Friday evening. However, in the end it would be Coppin State pulling out a slim 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-23) victory over Morgan State at Hill Field House. Coppin State (21-9, 12-2 in the MEAC) would sweep the season series with the victory and earn a share…

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Coppin State’s upset bid against Georgetown runs out of steam in overtime

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Courtesy of Steve Kramer, Coppin State Athletics 89 Coppin 99  GTown Team 1 2 OT 1 F Coppin 34  49  6  89 GTown 36  47  16  99 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Four players scored in double figures as Coppin State’s men’s basketball team took Georgetown to overtime, but the Eagles fell just short, 99-89 in a nationally televised game on Tuesday night at Capital One Arena.  Playing in their second game in as many days, Coppin now stands at 0-2 on the season. View this post on Instagram A post shared by…

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Coppin State Athletics to receive NCAA Accelerating Academic Success Program Grant

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Courtesy of Coppin State Athletic Communications For the third time in department history, Coppin State University’s athletics department has been named a recipient of the NCAA Accelerating Academic Success Program (AASP) initiative grant. CSU Athletics received a single-year grant totaling $95,000 from the NCAA and was one of 13 Division I institutions to receive the grant for the 2022-23 academic year. The athletics department will use the grant for student-athlete tutoring, technology upgrades, scholarships and academic support staffing. “We are extremely fortunate to receive this grant, and we look forward to putting…

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Coppin State to take on East Carolina in NCAA Baseball Tourney

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Coppin State, who claimed victory in the MEAC Baseball Tournament , after besting Delaware State 18-12, has found out their opponent in their first round opponent in the NCAA Baseball Championship. The Eagles, (24-28) will make their NCAA Tournament debut against the Pirates of East Carolina University (42-18) in the Greenville Regional. The Pirates, defeated the Cougars of the University of Houston 6-1 to capture the American Athletic Conference (AAC) championship. The white-out Cougars will enter the matchup on an 18-game win streak and the Eagles will likely also have…

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Coppin State upsets N.C. Central in MEAC semifinal

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Courtesy of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Box Score | Championship Central | Media Center | Postgame Press Conference NORFOLK, Va., March 11, 2022 – Seventh-seeded Coppin State built a 15-point lead with just over six minutes remaining but had to survive a fierce rally by third-seeded North Carolina Central in registering a 79-73 win over the Eagles Friday in the semifinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Basketball Tournament. Coppin will meet top-seeded Norfolk State in Saturday’s final, which tips at 1 p.m. and will be carried live on ESPN2. The Spartans, who made the finals with a…

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