CARY, N.C. – A 3-0 win by North Carolina Central University in its series opener against rival North Carolina A&T State University secured a spot in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Softball Championship for the first time in program history since joining the league in 2012 on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Aggies avoided the sweep with an 8-0 win in Saturday's second game at Thomas Brooks Park.
 
NCCU (11-27 Overall, 6-7 MEAC) and NCAT (15-28-1, 7-7) will play the rubber game on Sunday at Noon. The winner will most likely be the third seed from the Southern Division while the loser will be the fourth seed.
 
NCCU recognized pitcher/designated player Dominique Wilson, first baseman/designated player Brianna Hampton, second baseman/pitcher Jennifer Allison, catcher Kim Mobley and outfielder Charity Best before Saturday's first game.
 
GAME ONE: N.C. Central 3, North Carolina A&T 0
 
Wilson tossed her third complete-game shutout of the season on her senior day to help seal the 3-nil NCCU victory. Wilson (8-14) held NCAT to just three hits while striking out six Aggies.
 
The Lady Eagles gave Wilson run support early with a pair of runs in the second. Freshman Ava Dolan led off with a single and Allison drew an ensuing walk. They both scored, including Allison on a single by freshman Dalika Wallace.
 
Wallace added an insurance run in the fifth. She went 2-for-2 and her second single eventually turning into the third run on a sacrifice fly by Mobley.
 
NCCU outhit the visitors, 7-3, will all seven base knocks being singles.
 
Sophomore Zadasia Waddell had two of NCAT's three hits. Wilson held the Aggies without a hit over her final four innings of work.
 
GAME TWO: North Carolina A&T 8, N.C. Central 0 (5 Innings)
 
Waddell, who as tagged with the loss in the opener, settled down and held NCCU to just two hits over the first four innings of the nightcap. Waddell (9-13) retired the first eight Lady Eagles she faced and tallied four strikeouts in the combined shutout.
 
North Carolina A&T outhit NCCU, 12-2, on its way to the run-rule victory. The Aggies scored four times in both the first and fourth innings. A three-run homer by sophomore Mohagony Headen capped the visitors early run production while a two-run single by senior Kimberly Brunson finished off the late scoring barrage. Freshman Alyssa Green paced the Aggies with three hits.
 
Four NCCU errors made four of junior Lauren Sitterson's (3-8) eight runs allowed unearned in the losing effort.
 
Wallace ripped a two-out double in the third to finish her offensive day 3-for-3. Sitterson had the Lady Eagles' only other hit with a single in the fourth.