DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina Central University will play the final game of its eight-game home stand against High Point University on Tuesday, March 29 before heading west to Appalachian State University on Wednesday, March 30 to tune up for a pivotal series with Florida A&M University this upcoming weekend.

NCCU (12-13, 5-3 MEAC) was originally scheduled to travel to HPU (18-5, 5-0 Big South) on Feb. 23, but that game was postponed due to rain.  The Eagles pay a visit to App State (5-19, 1-8 Sun Belt) after NCCU picked up a 4-1 victory on March 1.

NCCU is paced at the plate by senior James Dey (Charlotte, N.C.) who has a team-best .386 batting average along with four doubles and three homers, including a late two-run go-ahead shot against Savannah State University to give NCCU a 2-1 win on Friday, March 25.

Dey has racked up 22 hits and 11 RBI and carries a .614 slugging percentage which is third on the squad behind Carlos Ortiz (Cleveland, Ohio) with a .706 and Conrad Kovalcik (Detroit, Mich.) at .639.

HPU has started its conference run with a 5-0 mark before finally dropping a game against Winthrop on Saturday, March 26.  The Panthers are currently second in the Big South standings behind Liberty University who is 3-0 in the league.

The Panthers have hit a total of five home runs as a team, and Carson Jackson (Melbourne, Fla.) has lifted three of them.  He has tallied a total of 12 extra base hits with six doubles and three triples, and leads the squad with 22 RBI.  Jackson is hitting .357 at the plate and holds a strong .571 slugging percentage.

NCCU defeated App State 4-1 earlier this season in a power fest that saw all runs come home on homers.  Ortiz and Zachary Marszal (Cary, Ill.) both hit solo blasts, and Thomas Prospero (Batavia, N.Y.) secured the win with a two-run comet.

Tanner Mann-Fix (Charlotte, N.C.) hit a long fly ball that resulted in the lone run for the Mountaineers in that game, and he continues to lead his crew with a .299 average, and he is tied for the team-lead with eight extra base hits on three doubles, three triples and two homers.

First pitch for the game against High Point is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. at the Durham Athletic Park, and admission to the game is free.  Both midweek games will be carried live on the NCCU Sports Network available at NCCUEaglePride.com and live Twitter updates can be found by following @NCCUAthletics.

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